Valeria and Dante

The room became completely silent after Valeria stepped into Maria's study. For several seconds, no one moved. Dante remained standing where he was, his attention fixed on Valeria. Aurelio stood across from them, watching the two people who had become the greatest threat to everything he had spent years trying to reclaim.

There was no fear on Valeria's face. There was no hesitation in Dante's expression. And somehow, that seemed to anger Aurelio more than ...