Chapter 34 Izzy’s world was rapidly changing, and not always in the ways she had anticipated. Dante’s possessiveness, his obsession, his growing need to control her—though she understood the roots of it, she couldn’t help but feel stifled. The tension between them, though still filled with love, was beginning to take on a darker shade. Dante’s promises to do better felt empty, at times, as if the weight of his world—his business, his empire—was pulling him further into himself, making him harder to reach. And now, it seemed the outside world was beginning to notice. The first hint of trouble came when she overheard a conversation between two employees in the hallway just outside her office. It was nothing overt—no blatant whispers or gossip—but enough to make her blood run cold. “I don’t know,” one woman’s voice said, barely a whisper. “I think Izzy and Dante... well, they’re too close, don’t you think? I mean, she’s not just his wife anymore, right? She’s... I don’t know... the w
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