CHAPTER NINE

As I wanted to reply, Dad cut in.

"There is definitely no way she’d know a riff-raff like that. Have you forgotten that she has been in Italy for the last nine years, so how would she know him? There are men like that everywhere, even in Italy, trying to get her attention, just like there are girls trying to get Kingsley's attention," Dad said, reminding him that there are also girls flocking around his son.

Mr. and Mrs. Bane swallow hard at his words, knowing that Kingsley was quite popular among ladies. But I could guarantee his loyalty.

Dad's face reddened with anger as he remembered Lance. "That scoundrel is in prison now, and I'll make sure he rots in jail for the rest of his life for what he did."

Mr. Bane turned to me as if he had not heard everything Dad had just said. I would say he was just trying to be careful, as the last thing he would want was any scandal that would tarnished his image and his empire's. "Do you know this man, Ariel?"

I shook my head, trying to keep my v