Shattered Vows: Call Me Auntie Now novel Chapter 192

Though her family spoiled Tara rotten, they also kept her incredibly sheltered with strict curfews. Unless there was a major emergency, she was expected home by ten-thirty.

"I'll walk you out."

As the two women walked toward the villa's front door, Raymond Moretti sat on a single sofa in the distance. He had been looking down at his phone, but he suddenly raised his eyes, a complicated, somber shadow flickering in his gaze.

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Temptation Noir—

Dante was throwing back shot after shot of liquor when Parker Preston finally grabbed his hand.

"Dante, what the hell happened? You have stomach issues, you can't drink like this."

When Dante first took over the Hayes Corporation, his irregular meals and endless business dinners had severely damaged his stomach.

Yet Dante ignored his friend's warning. Half-drunk and stripped of his usual cold defenses, he looked utterly heartbroken and lost.

"Parker, don't you think Quinn is completely heartless?"

Hearing Dante bring up Quinn shocked not only Parker, but Julian Mercer sitting next to them.

"Dante, are you seriously drinking yourself into a stupor over Quinn?"

Seeing Dante stare silently into his glass, Parker and Julian exchanged a knowing look.

They had been Dante's best friends for years and could be trusted with his darkest secrets.

Dante was drowning in misery, and they were the only ones he could vent to.

"Do you have any idea what that woman dared to do to me? I was divorced. Divorced without even knowing it."

"What did you just say?" Both friends gasped in unison.

Their eyes were wide with absolute disbelief.

"Wait, your wife always seemed so quiet and mild-mannered. When did she get so bold?"

Dante downed the rest of his glass in one gulp, reached into his suit jacket, pulled out the divorce papers, and slammed them onto the table.

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