Chapter 4 - CELESTE'S SECRET
Celeste claimed Layla had manipulated Dominic.
“She knew who you were,” Celeste said.
Dominic's expression hardened.
“Explain.”
“She deliberately got close to you.”
Layla stared at her.
“That isn't true.”
Celeste continued.
“She was seen entering your library.”
“Because she was working.”
“You don't know that.”
Dominic looked between them.
For the first time, uncertainty entered the room.
Celeste placed a folder on the table.
“I investigated her.”
Layla's stomach dropped.
Inside were photographs.
Her apartment.
Her workplace.
Her late father's records.
Dominic's voice became dangerously quiet.
“How long have you been investigating my employees?”
Celeste hesitated.
“That isn't the point.”
“It is exactly the point.”
He opened the folder.
Then his eyes stopped.
One photograph showed Layla meeting a man outside a pharmacy.
The man was Dominic's enemy.
The Moretti family's accountant.
Dominic's face hardened.
Layla immediately understood.
“That isn't what it looks like.”
Dominic looked at her.
“Who is he?”
“I don't know his name.”
“You met him.”
“He helped me get medicine.”
Dominic stood.
“Why would a Moretti accountant help you?”
Layla's voice trembled.
“Because he works at the pharmacy.”
Dominic looked at the photograph again.
Something wasn't right.
He called Matteo.
“Find out who this man is.”
Ten minutes later, Matteo called.
“Boss.”
“Talk.”
“The man in the photograph isn't Moretti.”
Dominic frowned.
“Then who is he?”
“He's an undercover investigator.”
Silence.
Matteo continued.
“And there's more.”
Dominic's eyes narrowed.
“What?”
“The photographs were taken three days ago.”
Celeste had said she had investigated Layla months ago.
She was lying.
Dominic turned slowly toward her.
“Celeste.”
Her face drained of color.
“You have been lying to me.”
“I was protecting you.”
“No.”
His voice became ice.
“You were hiding something.”
Celeste stepped backward.
Layla watched the confrontation silently.
Then Dominic asked the question that mattered.
“Why?”
Celeste looked toward Layla.
Then toward Dominic.
May you like
And whispered:
“Because the twins aren't safe.”
