Chiara’s POVAfter Mom left, I returned to the house fuming. Sybil was waiting for me in the living area with the wine bottle she had brought for Mom. The wine she never got to drink.

“Where’s Kai?” I asked her.

“I haven’t seen him but he’s probably in his bedroom,” she replied. I fled all the way down there. I had not been to his bedroom since we got married. His entire wing was unfamiliar to me. I pounded on the bedroom door three times before the door swung open.

Kai stood ...