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2025-02-05 20:00:00Giulia's POV
I sat quietly on my bed as the look on Maria's face before she died kept playing in my head.
It has been weeks since she died but it felt like it all happened yesterday and memories of her lived rent-free in my head.
Maria was so much like a sister to me and some stupid mafia who thinks he can get whatever he wants took her away from me.
I rarely went out so the maids were forced to bring my meals which I barely had an appetite for to my room.
I couldn't shut Leonardo out. He had a spare key and came in whenever he wanted to get what he wanted.
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