Chapter 27 Witnessing a Scandal in an Elite Family

Nights on Montefina always carried the damp smell of the sea breeze. It mingled with the scent of the roses in the garden, and it was so oppressive that it made one restless. Lucia lay in bed, tossing and turning and unable to sleep. Information about the Valmeridan route kept flashing through her mind, and the complicated numbers and names merged into a splitting headache. She sat up and stepped onto the carpet in her bare feet. The room was empty, for Alessandro still wasn't back. Over the past few days, he had been going out early and coming back late. He seemed to be busy dealing with the internal conflicts in the family. Or maybe he was deliberately avoiding her. Lucia pulled on a silk dressing gown and pushed the door open. She slowly walked down the spiral staircase. The main hall on the first floor was pitch black. Only a faint glow from the lights in the courtyard spilled in through the floor-to-ceiling windows. The house was huge, which seemed to amplify the silence r