Chapter 5 - The Wedding Day Trap
Clara wept hysterically, realizing her cover was completely blown and her escape route cut off.
"Julian promised me I’d get half the estate!" Clara sobbed, her voice ringing with bitter resentment. "Your brother killed my father ten years ago! We were just taking back what belonged to us! If that baby died today, Julian was going to frame your bride's family for the medical negligence!"
Dante dropped Clara onto the floor like a sack of trash. He turned to look at Vivienne, his heart aching with a mixture of guilt and profound respect.
Only thirty minutes ago, when Clara had run downstairs shouting that Vivienne was attacking the baby with a knife, Dante had allowed his instincts to drive him to pull a gun on the woman he loved.
He had almost killed his bride because he trusted the wolf wearing a sheep's clothing inside his own home.
"Vivienne..." Dante choked out, his cold, hardened mafia persona crumbling into raw regret. "You knew about this before you walked up the stairs?"
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"I suspected the bottle was tampered with an hour ago when I saw Leo's breathing slow down," Vivienne answered softly, looking down at the baby sleeping peacefully in her arms. "I called my contact at the hospital to rush the background check on Clara. I didn't have time to explain... I had to cut his airway open before his brain was deprived of oxygen."
👉 Read on as Dante prepares a deadly trap for the Vance family at the wedding venue.
