The fallout from Sunday dinner spread through the Moretti family exactly the way disasters always spread through wealthy European dynasties: silently, viciously and with excellent tailoring. By Monday afternoon, half of Monaco apparently knew Luca Moretti had publicly defended his girlfriend against Aunt Viviana over handmade pasta and Barolo.
Sienna discovered this because three separate strangers stared at her supportively in a café before one woman dramatically squeezed her shoulder and whispered, “You handled yourself with such grace.” Which was deeply alarming.
“You’re famous now,” Theo informed her cheerfully over the phone later that afternoon.
“That sounds worrying.”
“Apparently Luca verbally destroyed a family power structure.”
“He defended me at dinner.”
“He emotionally exe
