TWELVE IN THE EVENING. Mission in Grande Casa Hotel. Rome knew that he shouldn't be here at this hour. His eleven to four had always been Margaux's, and he had no qualms about religiously giving her those hours. However, this evening was different from all the other nights they had. There were no kisses, no making love until the next dawn, and more so, sweet nothings. Even his need to embrace her to sleep lost its bearing at the moment. He had to attend his father's punishments, and there was no way he could just say no to the Head of their House. He failed to hide things he should have from his father. Don Marco still noticed the slightest emotion that showed on his face when they met a week ago. That was a f*****g big no. Thus, his father ordered him to do an extracurricula

