The culprit-Karl's POV.

Karl's Pov.

I had never seen Dalisay so furious with her mother. My suspicions were correct; Luciana had taken money out of the company's fund without her daughter's consent and I wondered what could be the excuse she would give when Dalisay was done investigating since I knew She would.

For a moment, I had never realized that the man I had met in her apartment the previous night was not only one of her gigolos; he was the one who was seen with her on the footage.

For all this time, I had assumed that my feelings for Dalisay were unfounded, but after our intimate moment last night, everything inside of me craved her, and I wasn't going to let anything stand in our way—not even Luciana.

Dalisay was beginning to love me with how passionate she was with me last night and even that morning she had asked the maid to let her serve my breakfast. I was scared Dalisay would not hesitate to file for divorce if Luciana dared to inform her of my involvement in all of this.

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