"Please wait." My ex-father-in-law's deep voice filled the grand hall. The words carried across the marble floors like thunder. I turned to face him, my face showing nothing.

"I don't like what Vanessa did. She was cruel, and I will punish her for it." He started talking, and I watched Madam Vanessa shake with fear beside the crystal chandelier.

His voice was cold as ice when he kept talking. "Since our Moretti family hurt you, you can ask for anything back. I will give it to you - money, ...