Chapter 103

• "The Mistress hit her, once. I... I did not see it happen but I saw the mark on her cheek." Viola continued and paused, her heart beating heavily in her chest. "The next day, when I went over to serve her a drink in the library, I overheard her telling Carmencita."
• Sergio could barely hear her over the roar in his ears. The Mistress hit her... Rosana... His wife! Her words ran together into a murky stream that painted the world in vicious reds as his rage pulsed harder. It leaked from his veins and spread into his chest, hollowing it out until nothing else remained.
• When he didn't say a word, Viola summoned all the nerves she had and looked up. That was the first time she had done that since she walked into his Study with trembling limbs. Thankfully, he was standing in front of the window and she couldn't see his face. But with the way he fisted his hands so hard, she wished she had not given him that piece of information.