Chapter 362 Fault Lines

• Right after Patrick hung up, Natalia was still wrapped in the lingering warmth of their call. The easy teasing, the quiet intimacy—it clung to her longer than she expected. She hadn’t even had time to wonder where he planned to take her that night when her phone lit up again.
• This time, it was her mother.
• “Natalia,” her mother snapped, barely containing her fury, “your bodyguard told me you went to see Dante alone. Are you out of your mind? You said you wanted to know what happened to him—but you never said you were going to meet him by yourself! He’s on death row. He’s a violent criminal. How could anyone allow you near him? If he said or did anything outrageous, do you have any idea how much trouble you’d be in?”