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Chapter 82: The Truth Beneath the Surface
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Damian stood on the balcony of the villa, the night air heavy with salt and tension. Below, the sea churned against the rocks like a living thing, mirroring the chaos swirling inside him. His phone vibrated in his hand, but he didn’t answer. Not yet.Inside the villa, Sienna paced, her bare feet brushing across the cool tiles. She’d tried reading, tried watching something mindless on TV, even tried meditating—anything to stop her mind from going back to the conversation she’d overheard.Vincent Morelli. The name still made her stomach twist.Julian was asleep upstairs, unaware of the war brewing around him. Sienna had kissed his forehead three times before leaving his room, silently praying that whatever darkness Damian was trying to shield them from would never touch their son again.She turned sharply when the glass door slid open. Damian stepped inside, his eyes distant.“You’re still up,” he said quietly.“You didn’t come to bed.”He didn’t respond immediately. Instead, he walked
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The wind howled against the walls of the Cavendish estate as if the mansion itself were bracing for what was to come. Inside the grand dining hall, Damian stood motionless, the last of Ava’s veiled threats echoing in his mind like a warning shot. The pieces were coming together too quickly now—too neatly. And that only meant one thing: a bigger storm was brewing.Sienna sat quietly across from him, her fingers laced tightly on her lap. Julian was upstairs, safe and asleep, guarded by two security men Damian trusted with his life. But even that didn’t ease the weight in his chest.“She’s not finished,” Sienna said softly. “Ava doesn’t walk away from anything without making it burn first.”Damian nodded, his jaw tight. “No, she doesn’t. And the fact that she showed up with that smile on her face tells me she thinks she has something on us.”“She always does,” Sienna said bitterly. “Secrets. Leverage. Twisting things until even the truth feels like a weapon.”He walked to the window and
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The quiet buzz of the city below barely reached the high penthouse windows, where Sienna stood, her hand pressed against the cool glass. The skyline of Milan stretched out before her, bathed in the soft light of the setting sun. For a moment, she let herself breathe, savoring the peace. It had been days since the chaos of the Morelli compound had settled, but the weight of what they had uncovered still clung to her like a shadow.Damian had been gone longer than she had expected. She had grown used to the rhythm of his presence, his calm, authoritative energy filling the spaces around her. Now, with his absence, every tick of the clock seemed louder. Every thought seemed heavier.The door behind her creaked open, and she turned, already knowing who it was before the familiar scent of his cologne reached her.“You’re still awake,” Damian’s voice was low, a note of surprise in it.Sienna nodded, unable to meet his gaze. “Couldn’t sleep.”He stepped closer, his hands reaching for her wai
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Sienna stepped out of the Cavendish Hotel’s headquarters, her pulse still unsteady. The cool New York air hit her face, but it did little to ease the heat crawling up her spine. Damian knew. Not about Julian—not yet—but he knew she had left without a reason. And if there was one thing she remembered about Damian Cavendish, it was that he never let go of unanswered questions. She hailed a cab, sliding into the backseat as she exhaled sharply. "Where to?" the driver asked. "West Village," she murmured. As the city blurred past her window, her mind raced. She had to be careful. Damian was ruthless in business, in power plays, in control. If he ever discovered the truth, he wouldn’t hesitate to claim Julian. And she couldn’t let that happen. The thought of her son—his warm hazel eyes, his messy black curls—tightened something deep in her chest. He was her world. Everything she had built, she had built for him. By the time the cab pulled up in front of her brownstone apartment,
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