Beyond the DeLuca Name

Summary

A week before Easter, Adrian gave me seven days off and had a ticket to Stockholm slipped into my bag.

I thought he was finally learning how to care.

Then I heard him talking to our son on the staircase.

“Dad, are you really going to marry Aunt Bianca? What about Mom?”

Noah was holding his model car, trying to sound brave.

Adrian was quiet for a moment. “It’s only a legal marriage. Matteo is gone. Bianca and Sophia are exposed, and I can’t leave them that way. They need the DeLuca name for protection.”

“Does Mom know?”