Days passed, but Alessia never stopped thinking of Marco and his betrayal. She couldn't believe she fell for a jerk like him. How dare he put her in a family way and settle for another woman? How dare he marry Gaia of all people?

He deceived her. He used her and left her to her fate.

She hated him for it, everything. She vowed to pay him back in the same coins he paid her in. That was her promise.

Just then, a knock sounded at the door, shaking Alessia from her thoughts. She wiped at her tear-streaked cheeks, straightening herself in bed, when the door creaked open, and a...