Sophia POV Sophia had been fuming for days. First, Alessandro had been clearly upset with her for her bold performance at the meeting with the families. But she didn’t care. She’d needed to assert herself, and she had. Then, when they returned home, Domenico had the audacity to call her nothing more than a "breeding machine"—not once, but twice. And to top it all off, Gina had practically demanded that she open her legs for insemination to carry Alessandro’s baby. No way in hell. She wasn’t ready to become a mother, and she certainly wasn’t going to let anyone dictate her life—not even her father or Domenico. But if she hadn’t already realized it, she knew it now—Domenico was a dangerous man. He was a loose cannon, not someone to trifle with. But neither was she. Sophia frowned as she

