She knew that if I pretended to betray you, Matteo Bellini would trust me enough to bring me into his inner circle.”
“You played the role too well,” I said softly.
“You terrified a three-year-old child.”
“Tuve que hacerlo creíble,” dijo Vivien, con la voz temblorosa.
“If Matteo’s informants had seen me being kind to Elena or Mia, they would have known it was an act.
Odiaba cada segundo, Lorenzo.
Cada insulto que le arrojé a Elena se sentía como una daga en mi propia garganta.
But it was the only way to keep Adrian from suspecting that your mother was coordinating everything from Switzerland.”
I turned to face her.
Durante tres meses, había mirado a esta mujer con sospecha, luego con ira, luego con odio absoluto.
Pero mirándola ahora, viendo el agotamiento en sus ojos y la pesada carga que había llevado sola para salvar a mi familia de la extinción, la ira desapareció.
“¿A dónde irás?”
