Chapter 10 - The False Victory
Leonardo stared in absolute horror at the sophisticated military-grade listening device hidden inside her necklace.
He backed away from her slowly, his eyes instantly turning cold and dead.
He asked her if she had been broadcasting his family's secrets to her father this entire time.
Abigail sat up quickly and ripped the silver chain completely off her neck.
She threw the broken pendant onto the desk and told him to look closely at the tiny green wire inside.
She explained that she had permanently snipped the broadcasting wire the moment she ran away from Chicago.
It was a dead man's switch she had disabled to prove she had entirely cut ties with her old life.
Leonardo inspected the device carefully and realized she was telling the absolute truth.
A massive wave of profound relief washed over his entire body.
He pulled her back into his arms, kissing her fiercely and apologizing for his momentary doubt.
They held each other tightly as the golden morning sun finally poured through the large office windows.
The children were sleeping safely upstairs, the traitors were dead, and their new empire was completely secure.
Abigail finally felt like she had found a real home where she would never have to run or hide again.
Leonardo smiled warmly, promising her a life filled with peace and a family that loved her.
The private, highly encrypted secure phone on Leonardo's heavy mahogany desk suddenly began to ring loudly.
Leonardo answered it with a confident smile, but his handsome face instantly drained of all color.
He dropped the heavy plastic receiver onto the desk in pure, unadulterated shock.
The chilling, elegant voice echoing loudly from the speaker belonged to Serena, his supposedly dead first wife.
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She coldly thanked Abigail for keeping her children safe and keeping her husband's bed warm.
She cheerfully announced that she was coming back to New York today to take her entire family and her empire back.
