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Chapter fifteen

Author: Emeewrites
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The Final Betrayal

The revelation hit me like a tidal wave, drowning me in a sea of confusion, anger, and heartbreak. Lorenzo—the man who had manipulated, betrayed, and hunted me for years—was the father of my children. I couldn’t breathe. The walls closed in around me as the weight of the truth settled over me like a suffocating blanket.

“No,” I whispered, shaking my head in disbelief. “That can’t be true.”

But the look in Luca’s eyes told me everything I needed to know. It was true. Every part of it. Lorenzo had orchestrated everything, right down to the very blood that ran through my children’s veins.

My mind raced, trying to piece together the puzzle of my past. Lorenzo had always been there, lurking in the shadows, pulling the strings behind the scenes. And I had been blind to it all.

Luca stood, his hands clenched into fists at his sides. “I didn’t want to tell you like this, but you needed to know. Lorenzo was using your children as leverage, a way to control you and the other
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