pped out and took a deep breath, staring at the imposing entrance. Beyon

ed man with a stocky build stepped out, his tight black

aw her, his eye

So you really plan on milking this

e Cavanaugh residence-she had already been

lent as the guard reluctantly unlatched t

urned to Romilda. What had Romilda don

en so heartless. Rose remembered when they were younger,

out a quarter of a mile to the front door, lined with towering trees and ele

p with this family?" R

e into view, she t

tory mansion, old but

ay, where rows of luxury cars we

lionaires live?" sh

rbell and waited. Minutes passed before the door finally

doing here?" t

warm w

l, I

a deep male voice rumble

nd a man in his early th

ed, his sculpted body highligh

es, thin lips tinged with natural color, and a perfectly straight nose. His deep blue

breath

y, I.

rm a sentence. "Go around to the back en

med the door in her face. Rose stoo

Cavanaugh?" she wh

wanted to run away. The maids who worked there stared at her wit

attitude was

y don't even know each other, especially when Romilda is despised in this hou

drooms, the maids whispered behind her back, lo

ad Romilda bee

on the vanity or closet, and Romilda had left nothing behin

e edge of the bed and

ers were women, but Romilda had not indicated whether they were his mother, si

d to figure out with

to the room, and they had the similar brown hair as Matteo.

t us to knock?" the

" Rose shook. "I was

slap her. Instinctively, Rose grabbed the woman's wrist in midair. R

t me go!" the

er. Even though she hadn't practiced martial arts for a l

," she sai

. "Did you hear that, Nicole? She's apologizing! W

omilda is nothing but a sh

must be Letizia Cavanaugh, the oldest sibling. That meant Nic

y cheated our family, and now we have to deal with the consequences of

oing on!" Rose began to panic. "Forgi

taken aback by the sudden change in Romilda

ver come back!" Nicole snapped. "We don't want a sister-in-law l

's arm and yanked Rose toward the door. Nicole joined

deal with Romilda. If she failed to keep her end of

ther still needed intensive care. And the cost of that

Nicole had cro

acted on instinct. She spun, grabbed Nicole'

!" Nicole

OP

ng voice echoed

y to be roughly grabbed by the arm. Sh

o's cold voice sent sh

't know what's going on here, but if I'm going t

abbed us in the back! You already hurt this

have I done

so you can live your life in peace." Matteo pointed the w

. "I can't. I have

econd before turning on his heel. Without another

lammed the door. She pressed her back

amed down

I have to get into this

ce in her hands a