Chapter 80

• Luigi turned his full attention to me with a predatory gaze. "Well, well...look at you. So brave, so fierce." He rose from the sofa, slowly circling me like a shark. "You should leave that idiot D'errico behind. A woman like you deserves a real man at her side."
• I smiled stiffly at him, as he openly leered at me. "I barely know you and you wouldn't want someone like me, you barely know me”.
• He chuckled darkly. "Oh, but I know all about you, Emily Rivera - heiress to the Rivera empire. Your father's one of the richest, most powerful men in the world. He had dealings with us in the past too." His eyes raked over me greedily. "Just imagine what we could build together..."