Chapter 3 - CRUMBLING EMPIRES
"Are you insane?" Vivienne shrieked, her face twisting in ugly disbelief. "You're humiliating me for a servant?" Matteo stood up, his towering frame casting a long, terrifying shadow over the heiress. "The wedding is off. Have your men pack your things. You have one hour to vacate my territory." Vivienne gasped, realizing the catastrophic weight of his words. "My father will burn your distribution lines to the ground!" she threatened, her voice shaking with a mix of fear and rage. Matteo didn't blink. "Let him try." He turned his back on her, offering his hand to Tessa. Against every instinct screaming at her to remain invisible, Tessa placed her small, calloused hand into the mafia boss's palm.
