Silas's POV
*I'm at your office with the document Mr. VALERIUS'Empire.* Reed's message flashed across my phone screen after weeks of radio silence. I'd hired him months ago to dig into Bella Rossi's background, and then the bastard had vanished without a trace.
My knuckles turned white against the steering wheel. What secrets are you hiding, Bella Rossi? The question burned through my mind like acid. Why did you bolt from that hospital bed the second you regained consciousness, looking like death itself had chased you out?
Every other woman would have stayed. They'd have milked the situation dry, demanding compensation, threatening lawsuits, clinging to any advantage they could squeeze from a VALERIUS'Empire. Hell, just today some opportunistic bitch had shown up at my door with a kid, claiming he belonged to my brother Hugo.
But you ran.
