Chapter 2: The Envelope at the Desk
"Marco."
The name left my mouth before I could stop it.
Alessandro went very still.
"Say that again."
"Marco," I whispered.
"Your head of security.
He told me on my first day.
He said if you ever found out I had a child, I'd be gone before sunset.
That you didn't allow…
complications."
Something shifted behind Alessandro's eyes.
Not surprise.
Something colder than that.
"He used that word?
Complications?"
"Yes."
Mia was still holding his tie.
He hadn't moved away from her.
"Did he say anything else?"
I hesitated.
My throat tightened.
"He said if I ever went to you directly about anything…
there would be consequences.
For me.
And for anyone I cared about."
The hallway felt smaller suddenly.
Alessandro stood slowly.
He straightened his tie — the one Mia had been clutching — and pulled out his phone.
He didn't dial.
He just stared at the screen for a long moment.
Then Raymond appeared at the far end of the hallway.
The doorman's face was pale.
He was holding an envelope.
"Sir," Raymond said quietly.
"I think you need to see this.
It was left at the desk this morning.
It has Elena's name on it."
Alessandro looked at the envelope.
Then he looked at me.
"Did you know about this?"
I had never seen that envelope before in my life.
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What's inside that envelope — and how deep does Marco's crjme go?
The full truth is darker than Elena ever imagined.
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