VINCENZO CASTILLO
She stormed toward me, her heels clicking with fury, and then, she leaned in, so close that the shadows no longer hid her face.
My heart dropped. My eyes struggled to believe what was staring at me.
Linda?
Lorenzo’s maid?
Her lips curved into a cold smirk. “Surprised?” she asked, her voice flat but dripping with satisfaction. She was savoring the shock written all over my face.
I tried to turn away, refusing to meet her gaze, but she didn’t have it. Her fingers gripped my jaw, forcing my eyes back to hers.
Caterina was Linda.
And I hadn’t seen it.
All those days, all that proximity, I never recognized her. But now that I did... everything hit at once.
I had never been loyal to Celestino because I respected him. I loathed him. I only stayed with her father becaus
