Chapter 58

• “Wouldn’t making her Antonio’s secretary bring her closer to him?” Donatus asked,
• “No,” came the reply, “It’s to provoke Antonio, to make him walk a tightrope of rage and restraint. Imagine him working with his mistress every day, he will have no choice but to tread carefully, to toe the line between propriety and desire,” Vittoria paused to glance at Donatus, “For with every decision, he must weigh his love for her against the consequences for us all. One misstep, and his world, and ours, will come tumbling down like a house of cards,”
• Donatus nodded in solemn agreement,