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I watched from a distance as a beautiful woman got into the car, one of Javier’s men assisting her. My gaze dropped to her growing baby bump, and my hand fisted.
So this is her.
Sophia had taken the place that shouldn’t be hers. She was living with Javier now, and he had clearly given her everything, what a wench!
The car rolled out of the mansion gates, and I tracked its movement until it disappeared from sight.
I picked up my phone and dialed Kiton.
“She’s in the Maserati. Do as I told you,” I ordered before ending the call.
“To the Lux and Von Hotel,” I told my driver, leaning back in my seat and closing
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As we neared the hotel, my phone buzzed with a message from Senator Maxwell. I glanced at it briefly before shoving my phone back into my bag.
The car stopped, and a guard opened the door for me. Outside, reporters swarmed, cameras clicking incessantly. I ignored. them as I stepped out, flanked by Monaco’s. guards who ensured no one could get too close.
I walked through the hotel lobby without sparing the journalists a glance and headed straight to my suite.
My phone rang again–Chris.
“Where are you?” he demanded before I even had a chance to speak.
“You’re not our father, Chris. You don‘ t get to demand to know where I am all the time,” I snapped, irritation bubbling in my voice.
“I’m your brother, Rina. I don’t want you getting into trouble again, and what
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your planning. Better be here now, we were meeting the Prime minister,,” he said. curtly before hanging up.
I gritted my teeth as I entered my suite. Of course, I hadn’t told him about the plans -he’d never approve. Chris still naively believed in letting the National Police Force handle everything. He didn’t understand how deep corruption ran in
Italy.
Before I could take another step into the room, I was yanked back and slammed against the wall. My breath hitched as my eyes met Javier’s.
How the hell did he get in here?
“Miss me, Catalina?” he sneered, his hand tightening around my wrist as he pinned it behind my back. His other hand wrapped around my neck, firm but not enough to choke me.
“Who are you?” I asked, brows furrowed.
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“Stop playing games,” he growled. “You
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think I don’t know you? You think you can fool me? Is this your brother‘ s idea? To parade you as some ‘princess of
Monaco‘ to keep your little affair under wraps? A pathetic disguise!”
He tightened his grip around my neck, and I winced.
“You” ve mistaken me for someone else,” I said, forcing calm into my voice.
“I’m Carina De Verus, daughter of Prince Hendrick. If you doubt me, feel free to investigate. I don’t know this ‘Catalina‘ you keep mentioning.”
His face twisted in anger as he stared at me, searching for cracks in what he believed as façade. “Stop lying!” he shouted. His voice echoed in the room as he leaned closer, his lips grazing my cheek.
Disgust shot through me, and I turned face away. “You pervert!” I shrieked,
my
struggling against his hold. “Don’t you dare touch me!”
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“You‘ re Catalina! Don’t lie to me! I know your face, your features–your eyes and hair might be different! But I know you so well, Catalina.”
Before he could say another word, I kneed him in the groin. He doubled over with a curse, clutching himself, and I followed it up with a hard slap across his face.
“How dare you! I am not Catalina!”
Without hesitation, I pulled a gun from my bag and aimed it at him.
“Think I’m just some helpless princess?” I hissed, a wicked grin spreading across my face. “Try me again, and I’ll make sure you can never touch another woman. I’m a damn good shot.”
His eyes darted between me and the gun, confusion and fear flickering in his expression.
“You wouldn’t dare-”
I fired, the bullet embedding itself an inch
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from his shoe. The sound echoed in the room, and his eyes widened in disbelief.
“Next time, it‘ 11 be your foot. After that? Between your legs. And finally, your heart,” I said, my voice steady as I took a step closer. “Didn’t anyone warn you about the princess of Monaco? They say she’s insane–a lunatic when she’s mad.”
His jaw clenched, but he stepped back.
“You’ll regret this,” he snarled. “You don’t know who you‘ re dealing with.”
“Oh, I know exactly who I’m dealing with,” I replied, smirking. “Run along now, Javier. Or maybe I’ll feed you to my dogs.
He shot me one last glare before slipping out through the suite’s secret passage–a passage I had deliberately exposed to lure him in.
As the door closed behind him, my phone rang. An irritation rose inside me, Bloody, why did I agree to this.
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“It’s done, you never told me that Javier will be here!” I snarled, and brushed my hair with irritation.
