CHAPTER 384. A CAGE FOR THE QUEEN. A Mistake

Chiara felt like she couldn’t breathe, her chest tightened, and tears welled up in her eyes, unstoppable.

“How could you...?” she sobbed, trying to pull away from him. “How could you do this to me? You... you betrayed me!”

“I didn’t betray you! I’m just trying to get you out of trouble!”

“Get me out of trouble?!” Chiara shouted, desperate, clutching her head with both hands. “Out of a mess that *you* put me in? No one knew about Franco Garibaldi! No one had access to his account but me until...”

Chiara staggered away, leaning on the kitchen counter for a moment before rushing to the trash can to vomit what little she’d eaten that day.

Jhon ran his hands through his hair, helpless, but when he tried to help her, she instinctively recoiled. Chiara splashed water on her face from the kitchen sink, but she knew those tears wouldn’t stop. How could she have been so wrong about him? How could he hurt her so much after all they had been through t