Liora was so furious she felt like she could grind her teeth into powder.
She had thought that with her cunning and charm, playing the helpless victim would be enough to ensnare her rarely-seen cousin. But who would have guessed? Atticus was utterly unmoved by her performance and even threatened to expose her true identity.
That was absolutely intolerable!
To make matters worse, Atticus was intimately close with this woman, Elowen, who bore the exact same face as Calista!
His gaze at her was entirely different from the one he reserved for Calista!
Moreover, Atticus had been living in Italy, and rumor had it he was entangled with the Italian Mafia. So no matter how angry or frustrated Liora felt, she dared not provoke Atticus without good reason.
But... how could things turn out this
