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“Ru,” I said, wary that everything I was hoping for was going to come crashing down.

“You have no proof,” Lorenzo snarled.

“Then how did I find this?” Levi opened a folder, handing the paper to Lorenzo, who was red in the face. “Oh, hello, Reina. I’ve fucking missed you.”

“Bella, you look gorgeous,” Matteo said, grabbing my hand and kissing it. “Our demands are almost done. After that we can go home, you look uncomfortable.”

I didn’t know what to say regarding their confidence.

“Fuck,” Lorenzo whispered, but we all heard.

“I have paperwork going back ten years,” Levi said, handing Lorenzo more paper. “Now, here are our terms and conditions.”

Matteo slid over a paper. “I need you to sign this and hand over all the photos you have and if something ever comes out, we will sue and we will release everything.”

I wanted to ask what they had on Lorenzo when Levi caught my eye, shaking his head and blowing me a kiss. My lips twitched from wanting to smile.

“This is everything I have found, and from what it looks like, your dad has been dirty dealing for years,” Levi said. “I suggest you pull away immediately and protect yourself because if everything I have comes out, neither of you will see life outside of a prison cell for decades.”

“This is all fake,” Lorenzo snarled. “This is…this is fabricated.”

“Do you really want to take that chance?” Matteo said, his lawyer persona up front and center.

Goddamn, he was so sexy like this. Levi had a cocky smirk and Ruwon’s hold on me tightened. I should have been worried, but the way these men were handling Lorenzo, I couldn’t help but fall for them more.

“I…need to speak with my⁠—”

“This is a one-time only offer,” Ruwon said, bringing Lorenzo’s attention to us. “If we leave and you haven’t signed the paper, we are releasing every document we have, the moment your pictures are sold or published. Losing my job is a small price to pay to see you and your father go to jail after you’ve been assholes to Violeta. We know your marriage is a cover-up for what has been happening and you’re hoping her company will pull you out of the hole you’ve dug yourselves in. Sign it or don’t, no skin off our back.”

“Are you ready?” Ru asked me.

I nodded, speechless.

“You won’t release it,” Lorenzo said quickly. “You will bring shame to her family if they find out she’s with three men. You think her family will ever want her back?”

“Oh, Sweetheart, my father and mother don’t love me,” I said truthfully. “I’m only worth something to them if they can use me for their own benefit. After I left you, well, let’s say they could not have cared less, but I expect three boyfriends is better than one who is stealing from them.”

“Violeta,” he said quickly, looking between the guys. “I think we need to speak alone.”

“Not a chance, asshole. Go fuck yourself,” I said, leaning against Ru.

“Sign it now,” Matteo said, pushing the contract to him again. “We won’t offer it again.”

“This is unfair, this is my livelihood we are talking about,” he said, looking panicked.

“You had no problem ruining ours,” Ru said. “Sign it, last chance.”

“Sign it, Lorenzo. Don’t pay for your father’s mistakes,” I said, hoping to get through to him.

“Sign it,” Levi said, getting up.

“Come on, Gongjunim; let’s get your things and go home,” Ruwon said, pulling me away.

“You are more than what your father says you are,” I said, having a feeling this was all his father’s fault.

I let Ru pull me away, hoping Lorenzo did the right thing. He had changed and I knew it was because of the business and his father. Maybe one day he would be that man he used to be, but I doubted.

33. Ruwon