Chapter 16

• Mariana recognized the word 'puttana'. Whore. Did she just call her a whore?
• Her gaze found the woman with indifference, and then responded to what she had called her. "It takes one to know one."
• It was clear Marcello didn't value her as his wife. If he had, he wouldn't have even allowed this woman to be there. Her chest tightened. Hurt. He was going to showcase his girls in front of her like she was nothing. She hadn't wanted any of this. To be married to the boss of a Mafia gang at twenty-one. But he was going to treat her like this?