Chapter 3 - The Secret in the Servant's Quarters
Holding Lily’s tiny hand, Dominic walked out of the opulent ballroom, completely ignoring the protests of his prospective in-laws and the frantic calls of his mother. Enzo, his loyal lieutenant, flanked him with a drawn weapon, shielding the child from the flashing cameras outside.
"Where is she, Lily?" Dominic asked softly, stopping in the quiet marble foyer. "Where is your mommy right now?"
Lily pointed a small finger toward the service corridor leading to the estate's rear servant quarters. "Mommy said she had to finish cleaning the kitchen before she could take me home. She told me to stay in the pretty chair and wait."
Dominic’s chest heaved with a mixture of burning rage and agonizing guilt. The woman he loved had been forced back into his own house as a low-wage seasonal cleaner, working in the shadows while his mother arranged a loveless political marriage for him upstairs.
As Dominic marched down the narrow, dimly lit service hallway, Victoria hurried after him, her velvet gown rustling loudly against the concrete floor.
"Dominic, listen to reason!" Victoria hissed, her voice trembling with rising desperation. "She is a convicted thief! She returned here uninvited to ruin your reputation! I hired an agency for extra holiday staff, and she sneaked in!"
Dominic stopped in his tracks, turning his head slowly toward his mother. The cold, unyielding fury in his dark eyes made the aristocratic woman freeze in her tracks.
"If she stole from this family, Mother," Dominic said in a low, dangerous rumble, "why did she leave with nothing four years ago except the child carrying my blood?"
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Before Victoria could craft another lie, Dominic pushed open the heavy wooden door to the main industrial kitchen.
👉 Read Part 4 to see the emotional reunion between Dominic and Sophia.
