Isabella paced back and forth in the living room, her thoughts swirling as she waited for Dominic to return. She clutched the note from the Russo family tightly in her hand, the words burning in her mind. She needed to tell Dominic, but she didn’t want to do it over the phone. This was something that had to be said face-to-face, even if the thought of it made her stomach churn with anxiety.
They had plans for tonight, a simple dinner out— a rare moment of normalcy in their otherwise chaotic lives. Isabella had been looking forward to it, a chance to relax with Dominic and just be together. But now, with the weight of the threat hanging over her, the evening had taken on a different tone. She wasn’t sure how to bring it up, how to tell him that their enemies were circling closer, threateni
