Chapter 10 - The Vow
I stood up and refused to move a single inch.
I told her I was carrying his child and I was not going anywhere.
Alessandro's head of security stepped between us and ordered the fake fiancée to leave.
He revealed she was nothing but a failed arranged business marriage that Alessandro had canceled weeks ago.
The furious woman stormed out of the hospital just as the surgeon walked in.
He told me Alessandro was awake and asking for me.
I ran into his private room and threw my arms around his neck.
He kissed me deeply, promising to love me and protect our baby forever.
Three months later, Liam was arrested by federal agents at the border.
Alessandro and I were married in a quiet, beautiful ceremony by the lake.
Everything in my life was finally safe and perfectly complete.
We moved into a massive, heavily guarded estate in the countryside to raise our family.
One morning, I went into his home office to leave a fresh cup of coffee on his desk.
I opened a locked drawer looking for a pen to write him a loving note.
Inside was a fresh, newly updated dossier with my face on the cover.
The top page was stamped with the word "Target" in red ink.
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A handwritten note in Alessandro's handwriting was clipped to the file.
It read, "She trusts me completely now, initiate phase two."
