Chapter 248

Chiara rose from her chair the moment she saw her husband entering the mansion. Though Valerio’s steps were steady and controlled, she could tell he was drunk from his appearance. Before coming home, Valerio had parked his car on a deserted street and drank until he couldn’t feel a thing. Even when his bodyguards offered to drive him home, he stubbornly refused, insisting on driving himself, as if