Chapter 3 - The Shadows of Betrayal.
Returning to the estate, Carla felt suffocated by the heavy tension in the air.
The next morning, Camille Ashwood paraded through the dining room like she already owned it.
She glared at Carla and ordered her to clean the chandeliers for the third time that week.
Camille hated the housekeeper, and she especially hated little Nina's daily ritual with Massimo.
"Keep that dirty child away from my fiancé," Camille snapped, sipping her expensive champagne.
Dean Foster stood nearby, a smug and arrogant smile playing on his lips.
He placed a hand on Camille's waist when he thought no one was looking.
Carla caught the brief, intimate gesture out of the corner of her eye.
The sickening truth hit her with the force of a speeding freight train.
Dean and Camille were working together to take over the entire Rinaldi empire.
They had orchestrated the ambush, and now they were keeping Massimo helpless.
Carla knew she had to warn the mafia boss before it was too late.
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But telling a ruthless mafia leader that his best friend and fiancée were traitors was a death sentence.
She needed absolute proof, and she needed to speak to him completely alone.
