Chapter 57

• It's an offense to Sofia. She has been humiliated in life, but this was too much. She tries to stay calm so as not to tell that old man what she thinks of him. She knows she must turn a deaf ear and also be blind to what her eyes are seeing, like Francesca touching Leonardo, giving him kisses on the cheek. In short, there is a chaos inside her that wants to scream to let it all out.
• "My order is clear, or do I need to take extreme measures?" His question causes a deathly silence. To further hide her disgust, Sofia puts her hands behind her back and clenches her fists, digging her nails into the palms of her hands.
• "Sofia knows her role perfectly well, father," Leonardo says. "She is here to please my children, and that was just a request from my daughter."