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He continues strolling around my chair, forcing me to swivel my head to mostly keep him in view. “She became overbearing, demanding, and then De Luca found out about us. He started making threats, so I sent Olivia back to him. The only problem is I didn’t realize that she was pregnant with my child.”
Nik stops in front of me again, grips the chair arms and leans over me. “Do you know what your precious Roman did when he found out his wife was carrying my child? Do you?”
Cringing away, I shake my head.
“He pushed her down the stairs! She survived but my baby didn’t. Hemurderedmy unborn child!” he screams in my face.
Horror twines around my heart and squeezes.No. I don’t believe it. Roman wouldn’t do that, would he? No, it can’t be true.
“If I’d known she was carrying my baby, I never would have sent her back to that jealous, vengeful motherfucker. What he did is unforgivable. But he didn’t stop there, oh no, he made sure to further punish her for falling in love with me.”
I gaze back at Nik, terrified of what he’s going to reveal next.
Could I have been completely wrong about Roman?
Did he murder his wife?
And her baby?
Nik leans in. “He locked her up and threw away the key. No visitors. Her mail is held and searched. Believe me, I tried to get her out. She would have helped me take down De Luca. She would have wanted vengeance as much as I do. Instead, he grows richer and more powerful, while she wastes away in isolation.”
Doesn’t he meanwastedaway? Past tense.
My lungs seize, I can’t for the life of me draw in a single breath. All the blood in my body freezes. My headache sears white hot agony in my temples, and blurs my vision.
This can’t be true.
I don’t believe it.
Ican’tbelieve it.
“Olivia is alive?” My whisper’s so faint I can barely make out my own words.
Nik’s vicious grin confirms my fear. “She is. Alive and still De Luca’s legal wife.”
That information swirls in my consciousness, tearing my world to pieces. If that’s true, then Roman lied to me from the start.
Oh my God, I’m a fake. An imposter.
Then logic kicks in.
“They could have divorced.” I doubt Nik will tell me the truth, but he’s the only source of information I have right now. I realize his intentions are to make me suffer with this story, but I need to know more.
Standing upright, he shakes his head. “I’ve looked, and there’s no record of them ever divorcing. Plus, the De Luca’s never divorce. Why do you think everyone believes Olivia’s dead? It’s the only way for Roman to be free to marry again. Now do you see? You’re nothing more than a pawn, and his little slut. De Luca has fed you lie after lie.Nothingyou have with him is real.”
I flinch at each accusation.
How could Roman do this to me?
He led me on, married me when he already has a wife.
“Why would he do this to me?” My question slips out.
Nik answers it. “Obviously, he did it to get back at me. This was never about you, Sophia. You’re just a dumb whore.”
That’s exactly how I feel right now. Foolish. Ashamed. Hurt.
Roman has a wife. He cheated on her to be with me, and lied to me for months. Was he ever going to tell me the truth? Or just throw me away once he was done, knowing full well that I have no rights to anything of his, no legal standing at all.
