The Shocking Secret His Fiancée Hid in the Restaurant Kitchen Changed Everything
Previously: When Matteo found his former love bruised and working in his restaurant's kitchen, he uncovered a web of lies spun by his own fiancée to keep them apart forever.
The Web of Lies Unravels
The silence in the kitchen was deafening. Matteo turned his fierce gaze toward Victoria, whose glamorous facade was beginning to crack.
"Is this true?"Matteo demanded, his voice a low, dangerous rumble.
"You told me Elena abandoned our daughter and ran away with another man. You told me she wanted nothing to do with us!"
Victoria scoffed, crossing her arms defensively.
"Matteo, don't be ridiculous. She is a low-class kitchen hand who wanted to extort our family! I simply offered her a job to keep her off the streets for the sake of your child. She is trying to ruin our wedding day!"
Elena shook her head, holding onto the edge of the metal sink for support. "That is a lie!" she cried out, her voice gaining strength.
"Two years ago, Victoria approached me with a signed custody agreement and threatened that if I didn't disappear, she would use her family's wealth and corrupt lawyers to put me in prison and make sure I never saw Lily again. She forced me to work here, under a false name, keeping me in the dark while she played the perfect stepmother!"
Matteo stared at Victoria, the pieces of a painful puzzle finally falling into place. He remembered how Victoria had always insisted on managing the restaurant's basement staff herself, and how she had kept Lily away from the kitchen areas. The woman he was about to marry was a monster who had kept his true love captive in a psychological prison right beneath his feet.
”The woman he was about to marry was a monster who had kept his true love captive in a psychological prison right beneath his feet.