"Is that what you came up with?" Vito asked, chuckling like she'd just said the dumbest thing he'd heard all day.
"You think I brought Isolde close to me so she won't suspect I killed her father?" he repeated with amusement, then slowly nodded his head like he was mocking her thoughts.
"You don't know nothing, doll. I shouldn't have even started this conversation," he said, his voice losing that teasing edge, turning cold, like he was done with this conversation.
Ortensia didn't back down. Her chest was tight, her heart pounding, but her words came out steady. "So you'll kill me like you killed him? I'm just curious when you'll get tired of me and end me… just like you said before, about carrying on your revenge against me," she said, her voice shifting… sounding less scared, an
