Chapter 6 - Matteo Came After Me to Reach Lorenzo—But He Made One Fatal Mistake: He Threatened the Woman Who Was Willing to Fight BackI tried to leave.
Lorenzo wouldn't let me.
“It's too dangerous.”
“I can't stay here forever.”
“You can.”
“No.”
I looked at him.
“My sister needs me.”
“Then bring her.”
“She has a life.”
“So do you.”
I stopped.
He stepped closer.
“You don't belong in my world.”
“I know.”
“But you belong in my life.”
My heart skipped.
Neither of us spoke.
Then Mia entered.
“Papa?”
Lorenzo turned.
“Yes?”
“Can Karen stay?”
He looked at me.
I smiled.
“Yes.”
Mia grinned.
For several weeks, things stabilized.
Lucia adjusted to the family.
Isabella began recovering.
Lorenzo returned to business.
I continued caring for Mia.
Our lives started looking almost normal.
Until my sister disappeared.
Emily didn't come home from work.
Her car was found abandoned.
I received a message.
COME ALONE.
Lorenzo saw it.
“No.”
“She's my sister.”
“Which is why you're not going alone.”
We traced the phone.
An abandoned warehouse.
Inside, Emily was tied to a chair.
Matteo stood behind her.
“You care about family.”
I stared.
“You're insane.”
He smiled.
“I know.”
Lorenzo stepped forward.
“Release her.”
“No.”
“What do you want?”
“You.”
Matteo looked at me.
“You understand him.”
“I understand enough.”
“Then tell him to sign over the company.”
“No.”
Matteo laughed.
“Why?”
“Because you don't control me.”
He moved toward Emily.
Lorenzo's voice became lethal.
“Touch her and you die.”
Matteo smiled.
“That's the Lorenzo I know.”
Then the lights went out.
I realized the warehouse had been wired.
Explosions started.
Lorenzo grabbed me.
Security pulled Emily free.
We ran.
But Matteo escaped again.
This time, he took the original trust document.
The police warned us.
He could use it to challenge Mia's inheritance.
Lorenzo refused.
“We won't let him.”
The battle moved into court.
News outlets exploded.
The Rossi family became public again.
I became the woman in every headline.
THE NANNY WHO SAVED A MAFIA HEIR.
THE WOMAN BEHIND LORENZO ROSSI'S NEW WAR.
I hated every second.
Then Lorenzo stood beside me in front of reporters.
“She is not a nanny.”
He looked at me.
“She is my family.”
The words went viral.
I stared at him afterward.
“You didn't have to say that.”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“Because I'm tired of pretending.”
I stepped closer.
“Pretending what?”
“That I don't love you.”
My heart stopped.
He touched my face.
“I tried.”
“You failed.”
“Yes.”
I kissed him.
For the first time, there was no fear.
No employer.
No employee.
No billionaire.
No ordinary woman.
Just us.
Then Isabella walked in.
She was crying.
“What happened?”
She handed us a photograph.
Matteo.
Standing beside a man I recognized.
Richard Bell.
A federal investigator.
Corrupt.
And behind him—
a familiar face.
My father.
I stared.
“My father died ten years ago.”
Isabella shook her head.
“No.”
“He didn't.”
I looked at Lorenzo.
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He was already making a call.
“Find him.”
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