Chapter 189 You're My Wife

• Adriano's heart pounded harder than he expected it would. The vehicle surged forward, tires screeching lightly on the pavement. He leaned back into his leather chair, the tension pulsing in his jaw as he stared out the tinted windows. He was beyond relieved that Rita was alive.
• Why did he care? Why did it matter to him that Rita was awake? She meant nothing to him because Serena meant nothing to him. But hearing the relief in Serena's voice uncurled the knot that he hadn't even known had formed in the pit of his stomach.
• He knew what it felt like to lose the only family you have left, especially if that family was a sibling you practically raised. He and Serena had that in common-the raising your sibling part-but not the part of losing the only family you have left.