Chapter 23

Christian clenched his fist in anger and made his way to his dad’s office. He did not know whether he was angry because Serena had hung up the phone in his ear or because she had a pretty solid reason to fear him.

No, he wouldn’t hurt her. He did not like hurting people at all and only did so when there was no other way or when Lucio encouraged him to do so, but the thought of hurting Serena or taking away the baby hadn’t even crossed his mind.

This is all Lucio’s fault, were the thoughts going through his head, and this time he would not bow down to his father but instead fix the situation as he should have from the beginning.

For the first time in a long while Christian stayed at his parents' place. Francesca had nagged her son about the way he had been neglecting his own family, leaving him with no choice but to visit. The whole week when he had tried to address the situation his father would eye Francesca as a way of telling him to shut up.

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