YOU ACCIDENTALLY SENT THE MAFIA BOSS THE WRONG ULTRASOUND—MINUTES LATER HE CLAIMED THE BABY, BUT NEVER EXPECTED YOU TO CLAIM YOUR OWN STRENGTH

and the kind of elegance that made every hallway feel insufficiently dressed.

You stood in your living room clutching the note with trembling hands.

Luca read it once.

His expression became something you had never witnessed before.

Not anger.

Murder held tightly on a leash.

“Who?” you asked.

He did not answer immediately.

Isabella did.

“His uncle. Or someone continue reading …