Chapter 13 - The Venetian Inheritance
Two weeks later, Dominic, Elena, Lily, and Camilla traveled aboard Dominic's private jet to Venice, Italy, arriving at an ancient stone villa overlooking the Grand Canal.
The villa had belonged to Sophia’s maternal family for generations—a private estate that even the Moretti syndicate had no legal record of.
Inside the villa’s sunlit archive room, Camilla unlocked an iron chest, pulling out a collection of beautifully preserved oil paintings created by Sophia during her youth, along with a legal deed transferring the entire estate directly to Lily Moretti upon her eighteenth birthday.
"Sophia wanted Lily to have a place completely separate from the syndicate world," Camilla explained, handing the legal documents to Dominic. "A place of art, peace, and beauty."
Dominic looked around the stunning marble halls, feeling a deep sense of closure wash over his heart. He realized that Sophia’s spirit lived on not in syndicate turf wars, but in the peaceful future she had meticulously planned for their daughter.
He turned to Elena, who was holding Lily by the sunny arched window, watching the gondolas glide across the blue water.
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"We will restore this villa together," Dominic declared softly, stepping up beside Elena. "As a summer home for our family."
👉 Read PART 14 to see the grand charity ball held in Sophia's honor two years later!
