I Crashed My Cheating Husband's Empire on the Day I LeftChapter 1
I was four months pregnant when my husband, Tomasso Rossetti, brought another woman into our home. She was seven months along.
"Giovanna, Catarina was Fausto Volpe's wife. He's gone now, and she's got nothing. No protection, no family, no money. The code says we take her in. I owe Fausto that much." He touched the scar on his right palm without seeming to realize it. "Don't worry. It's only temporary. Once she's settled somewhere safe, she'll move on."
I was too soft-hearted to say no. I never imagined "temporary" would stretch into two months.
At first, I didn't think much of it. Fausto had taken a bullet for Tomasso during the Calabrese turf war. The old code of fratellanza demanded that a blood-sworn brother's widow be sheltered, fed, protected. It was sacred. I understood. Not until the night I got up to use the bathroom and stumbled onto a scene that stopped me cold.
My husband. And his dead brother's wife. Together by the window of the guest quarters, the curtains half-drawn, the compound grounds dark and silent beyond the glass.
Every drop of blood in my body turned to ice.