Chapter 66. For Your Good

VALENTINO

"Come on, Rose. Don’t do this. Let’s not do this to each other," I said, hating the fact that she might bring up believable lies to make me back off.

"You never seem to learn, Valentino. I thought you were the smartest," she said again as I watched her.

"The travels to find Bella, Vicente. I saw how crazy you were over me... then I thought, why not? Why don’t I use him as a means to an end since he’s willing to do my bidding," she said with a cocky smile, a sharp contrast to the Rose who stood before me a few minutes ago.

"Stop," I said absentmindedly, hating how much her words were getting to me.

"All this time, all I ever wanted was Valerio, and—"

"Don’t try to damn tell me you never cared about all of us all this time!" I interrupted sharply, now evidently angry. Her plan had worked.

"I did it for the money. I am a con artist, remember," she replied with a drawl.

"I get to have Valerio, the one my heart beats for. Get you to help me get Vicente on track, and you... you se