Chapter 45

Irina 

The door opened. A sigh of disappointment escaped my lips as I saw a maid with my food enter the room. 

"It's dinner time, Mrs. Sterling." 

"Wow!" I scoffed sarcastically, "I'm Mrs. Sterling now." 

"The patriarch's real surname was Sterling, and you are his wife. Mrs. Sterling was the right way to address you." I snapped my fingers and a life jolted in my body with the thought that I found a hole out of this hell. 

"Tell Leandro to come here. I need to talk to him." 

"The patriarch will come up here when his time allows it. The patriarch is currently in the middle of an important meeting." I stood up and sauntered to the table where she put my food. I snagged the steak knife from the plate and placed it near my wrist. 

"Leandro might quickly find a time to come up here once he hears that I slit my wrist." I was internally whimpering in pain as I cut through my wrist but was forced to keep a straight face