Chapter 10 - The New Empire
The heavy silence in the office was finally broken by the sound of the vault door clicking open.
Harper peeked out of the heavy steel room, her bright eyes scanning the empty office.
She ran across the room and threw her arms around Dominic’s strong legs.
Dominic picked the little girl up, holding her tightly against his chest with profound relief.
He looked at Mia, the incredibly dangerous, fiercely loving woman who had saved his entire empire.
Marcello walked back into the room, looking at the dead man on the courtyard below.
“A deal is a deal, Dominic,” Marcello reminded him, pointing a demanding finger.
Dominic nodded and signed the transfer papers, legally giving Marcello half of his massive wealth.
Dominic did not care about the lost money; he had finally found something worth actually living for.
Six months later, the Hudson Valley estate was completely rebuilt and more beautiful than ever.
Dominic had officially married Mia in a small, private ceremony in the estate's massive gardens.
He had legally adopted Harper as his own daughter, giving her the protection of his powerful family name.
The dark secrets of the past were buried, and they lived in genuine, absolute happiness.
They were a powerful, unbreakable family, ruling their empire with fierce loyalty and love.
One crisp autumn morning, Dominic walked into his private office to review some shipping manifests.
A plain black envelope was resting perfectly in the center of his mahogany desk.
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He opened it to find a recent photograph of his first wife sitting at a cafe in Paris, looking perfectly alive.
A handwritten note on the back of the photo read, "Nathan missed."
