**Lucia’s POV**

The silence was so heavy I could hear the blood rushing through my ears. It was a cold, sharp silence that felt like a blade at my throat.

I lay there on the bed, my chest still heaving, my body still trembling from the climax. But the pleasure was gone. It vanished the second that name left my lips.

Stefano.

I had said it. I had screamed it. I had said the name of the man I loved while the one I hated was between my legs.

Raffaele didn't move for a long time. He stayed right ...