Chapter 49

EMILIANA

I was almost 99.9% sure it was Adriano Polienni or someone sent by him. I was convinced that the man had been inside the estate and d****ed Katherine so she wouldn't be able to recognize him. I didn't want to come across as arrogant, but I had a slight feeling that it was a warning directed at me. He was trying to scare me off from continuing my investigation, but instead, he had given me important information. If he considered me a threat, it basically meant he was somehow involved in his cousin's murder and that he also knew I had discovered his paternity of Venice's unborn child. Had they fallen in love? Maybe.

But Adriano had made a grave mistake: involving my family. He couldn't fathom what I was capable of doing for those I loved, or maybe he did, and that's why he targeted the points he knew would trigger a reaction from me. He was trying to corner me, back me into a corner. This was just a friendly proposition with a white flag; the next blow wouldn't be