Chapter 4 - The Unseen Threat
By midnight, Tessa and Lily were settled into a sprawling luxury suite in the east wing of the Rossi estate.
For the first time in her life, Lily slept in a soft king-sized bed with plush velvet blankets, while a private pediatric endocrinologist dispatched by Zo monitored her blood sugar levels with state-of-the-art continuous glucose monitors.
Downstairs in his private war room, Zo sat at the head of a long glass table, surrounded by his top lieutenants and his intelligence chief, Marco.
"Who was watching her?" Zo demanded, tossing the past-due pharmacy notices onto the table.
Marco pulled up a holographic display showing traffic camera footage near the estate. "The Moretti syndicate, boss. Julian Moretti has been running a surveillance grid around our perimeter for two weeks. He noticed Tessa leaving every night."
Zo’s eyes turned pitch black. Julian Moretti was his most ruthless competitor—a man who specialized in extortion, kidnapping, and human trafficking.
"Did Moretti figure out who she is?" Zo asked.
"Not yet," Marco replied. "They think she’s just a maid carrying information out of your house. But Julian’s men were planning to snatch her off the street tomorrow night to interrogate her about your layout."
Zo slammed his heavy fist onto the glass table, shattering a corner of it. "If they lay a single finger on her or her child, tear their territory to the ground."
"Boss..." Marco hesitated, looking at him carefully. "She's just a maid. Why risk a war with the Moretti family over her?"
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Zo looked at the monitor showing the live security feed of the east wing nursery, where Tessa was sitting by her sleeping daughter's bedside, finally looking at peace.
"She isn't just a maid anymore," Zo said coldly. "She's mine."
