Then she marches into Lorenzo Bellandi's office wearing her wedding dress and demands the truth.
Renzo gives it to her.
No cold feet. No misunderstanding. Their marriage was always part of a business arrangement, and humiliating Elisa was one more move in a private war against the uncle who once destroyed Renzo's family. Elisa was never the enemy.
She was collateral damage.
The betrayal costs Elisa far more than a wedding. Abandoned by the relatives who raised her, she must rebuild a life that was never truly hers to control.
Then Renzo enters it again with another proposition.
Publicly reuniting could repair both their reputations and quiet the speculation surrounding the billionaire's private life. On paper, it makes perfect sense.
Emotionally, it is madness.
Elisa has every reason to hate him. Renzo has every reason to keep his heart locked behind the vengeance that shaped him. Yet proximity creates an attraction neither can dismiss, forcing Renzo to see the woman he once treated as a pawn and Elisa to wonder whether a man capable of calculated cruelty can also be capable of love.
The first wedding was never meant to happen.
The second chance may cost them far more than pride.