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00:02i was thrashing on the delivery bed contractions ripping through me one after another
00:09my husband damien was gripping my hand looking at me with this sickeningly sweet gentle expression
00:17just hang in there a little longer alexia we're gonna meet our baby so soon i was sweating bullets
00:23practically blinded by the pain but i still managed a weak smile for him then a nurse
00:28walked in holding a syringe i thought it was just my epidural but damien suddenly dropped my hand and
00:34took a massive step back the second that needle pierced my skin i heard damien mutter get the
00:38dosage right we need to stall her labor until vivian gives birth my eyes snapped wide open
00:44staring at him in pure horror but he just casually checked his rolex vivian's six centimeters dilated
00:51they just keep her drugged for another two hours i wanted to scream to rip the four out but the
00:57drugs were already flooding my veins the violent tearing contractions in my stomach were suddenly
01:02choked out by this invisible hand everything just stopped dead they wheeled me down to the hospital's
01:08creepy ass basement dumping me in what looked like a makeshift cell damien's spoiled brat of a sister
01:13bella was leaning against the doorframe casually twirling a surgical scalpel don't be mad at my brother
01:19alessia vivian is carrying my late brother's baby the first actual heir a boy for our family's new
01:25generation who cares if you deliver first you're just popping out a girl it's totally worthless i
01:33clutched my giant belly as a fresh rogue wave of contraction started violently fighting off the drugs
01:38the pain was so blinding my vision literally went black get a doc the baby's coming i swear to god
01:44i gasped out bella just let out this wicked psychotic little laugh give birth who said you're
01:53giving birth those meds are gonna keep you locked up tight for another three hours vivian's already in
02:00the delivery suit once her son is born safe and sound you can push all you freaking want she stood
02:06up
02:06brushing off her designer jeans and shot a glare at the muscle standing by the door watch her she screams
02:12gaggle the heavy metal door slammed shut i arrived on the freezing concrete floor a pool of blood
02:18already soaking right through my hospital gown damien had confiscated my phone the exact second
02:23we pulled up to the emergency room he fed me some bs about radiation being bad for the baby looking
02:29back
02:29he just didn't want me calling the cops i curled into a tight agonizing ball desperately trying to
02:35breathe through the blinding pain but all i could picture was the look in damien's eyes stone cold
02:41calculating like he was looking at a broken piece of furniture not his wife not the woman literally
02:47carrying his child three months ago his older brother alan died in a horrific car crash he left
02:53behind vivian his widow who was three months pregnant at the funeral damien's dad the family
02:59patriarch george was bawling gripping vivian's hands like a lifeline you have to deliver this baby safely
03:05our bloodline cannot end here back then i actually felt bad for vivian i even stepped up and said
03:11don't worry dad damien and i will make sure our baby takes care of you too the old man george
03:17just
03:17gave me this dead blank stare and said nothing it suddenly clicked from that exact moment my baby was
03:23already marked as collateral damage another contraction ripped through me a hundred times more brutal than
03:29the last the delay drugs were wearing off my baby was coming out now i dragged myself to the door
03:36clawing and pounding on the metal with everything i had somebody help the baby is coming please save my
03:43baby dead silence from the hallway i screamed until my vocal cords literally bled only to hear one of the
03:49guards grumble impatiently shut the hell up blair said to wait so you wait my baby
03:56if it dies it dies blame your own crappy luck for not carrying a boy i slumped back against the
04:02freezing wall ice running through my veins this wasn't bad luck they actively intentionally wanted my baby
04:08dead i have no idea how long i survived in that pitch black basement the bleeding wouldn't stop i was
04:14practically swimming in a dark red puddle just as i started blacking out the door violently swung
04:19open it wasn't bella it wasn't the goons it was the family's private physician dr vance alexia
04:26what the hell are you doing down here damien told everyone you were resting up in the penthouse vip
04:32suite i tried to scream but my throat was totally paralyzed all i could do was point at my swollen
04:38stomach sobbing uncontrollably the second his hands felt my abdomen he sharply sucked in a breath
04:45you're 10 centimeters your water's completely broken we have to get you to a hospital now he tried to
04:51scoot me up but the slightest movement sent a horrifying hot gush between my legs blood so much
04:57damn blood dr vance's hands were shaking uncontrollably as he screamed out the door help get in here now
05:04she's hemorrhaging the hallway was a ghost town damien's family basically owned this private hospital
05:11they had cleared out the entire building tonight just for vivian's delivery every single doctor and
05:16nurse was on standby up on the third floor dr vance whipped out his phone swearing when he saw there
05:21was zero cell service down here i'm carrying you up just hold on gritting his teeth he lifted my
05:27dead weight and stumbled frantically toward the exit that stairwell felt like an endless nightmare
05:32every single jolt was pure unadulterated torture i could feel my baby dropping pushing down but unable to
05:39actually come out those sick delay drugs were still messing with my system making my contractions
05:44totally erratic it was the most lethal scenario possible dr vance save the baby please just save
05:51my baby don't talk like that you're both gonna make it he finally hit the ground floor sprinting
05:58straight for the primary operating room but when we got to the doors we both just froze the or double
06:04doors were propped wide open and the room was completely utterly gutted the overhead surgical
06:10lights gone the operating table gone the fetal monitors the oxygen tanks every single piece of
06:17life-saving equipment had straight up vanished all that was left was an empty echoing room and some
06:22exposed wall outlets dr vance stood there paralyzed he let out this choked horrified sound like someone was
06:29literally strangling hell how is this possible i personally checked all this equipment at 3 p.m
06:35suddenly the sharp click of heels echoed from down the hall bella strolled over with two nurses
06:41trailing her like lap dogs dr vance the hell are you doing down here vivian's up on the third floor
06:47why did you leave your post where is the equipment where did everything go we moved it up to the
06:54third
06:54floor obviously vivian needs a c-section so she gets the absolute premium gear what if there's an emergency
07:02a regular old or wouldn't cut it for the air
07:08oh is alessia about to pop well she's gonna have to hold it in vivian's not done yet just suck
07:14it up
07:14and tough it out a little longer i stared up at her flawlessly contoured face a sick memory flashed from
07:20six months ago her linking arms with me at prada batting her eyelashes and going the best alexia
07:25you're more like a real sister to me than anyone looking back now what a twisted pathetic joke
07:32dr vance sprinted into the nurse's station like a madman violently tearing through the supply cabinets
07:37but they were wiped clean where are the meds give me something we sent it all up to the third
07:44floor
07:45damian ordered that every single resource must be strictly prioritized for vivian dr vance slammed
07:51his fist so hard that the cabinet it dented i'm so sorry god i'm so sorry alessia
07:59there's nothing i can do bella sauntered over condescendingly patting his shoulder relax doc
08:05take a breath she hasn't even pushed the kid out yet once vivian is finished we'll send the scraps
08:11back downstairs for her and honestly even if she pops it out it's just a worthless girl
08:16if it dies good riddance our family doesn't need trash like that i stared a hole straight through
08:22her skull looking at the girl i had treated like my own flesh and blood for three straight years
08:27you sick bitch bella's smug little smile instantly vanished keep barking call me whatever you want
08:35once you're completely drained from giving birth i have plenty of ways to shut you up for good
08:41and then vivian is going to officially take your place as the lady of the house as for you
08:47we might just spare your pathetic life you know as a favor to my brother
08:54blair you are literally murdering her murder watch your mouth doc you're on thin ice
09:03women die from childbirth complications every day it's perfectly natural besides this is internal
09:10family business you're just an employee on our payroll back the hell off she flicked her wrist
09:15at her goons escort dr vance to the break room i'll take excellent care of alessia myself
09:20two massive bodyguards immediately grabbed the doctor by the arms and started dragging him away
09:27alexia press your acrobacere points your ankles the webbing of your hands it'll force the
09:33contractions don't give up you can still save the baby his voice echoed down the hall until it faded
09:39into nothing bella casually kicked the nurse's station door shut and turned back to face me
09:43she pulled out her iphone and started a facetime call hey damien alessia is about to pop
09:50wanna watch damien's face popped up on the screen he was pacing outside a luxury delivery suite a swarm
09:56of elite doctors buzzing in the background cut the crap alessia things are getting complicated with
10:03vivian the baby's heart rate is dropping bella flipped the camera to show my bloody writhing body
10:09on the floor look at all this blood she's losing do you think she's gonna croak too damien frowned at
10:15the screen for half a second before aggressively looking away just make her wait once vivian's done
10:20i'll send a doctor down blair just keep an eye on her i can't leave this floor right now the
10:26call
10:26disconnected bella shrugged shoving the phone into her back pocket hear that my brother only gives a
10:33damn about vivian i slammed my eyes shut refusing to look at her smug face but i slowly secretly slipped
10:39my hand behind my back sewn into the fabric was a tiny button-sized device i dug my fingernail under
10:45the
10:45device's protective cap and flipped it open and i pressed down hard no beep no flashing red light
10:52but i knew the distress signal was already bouncing off a satellite my dad robert promised that the
10:57second i hit that button his people would crash through the doors in under 30 minutes but 30 minutes
11:02did my baby even have 30 minutes left a panic button my dad robert gave me he told me alessia
11:09that family
11:10is full of vipers if things go south press this dad chill damien treats me like a queen his whole
11:16family adores me god i was so incredibly fatally stupid my grip on reality was slipping bella was
11:23just lounging in a chair scrolling through her phone occasionally glaring down at me like i was roadkill
11:28i mean seriously what were you thinking marrying into our family alexia did you just want damien for
11:33his looks his money you're literally a nobody from a middle-class family you never belonged with us
11:40i didn't say a single word i just kept desperately pressing the pressure points dr vance told me about
11:46my ankles the webbing of my hands pushing down with everything i had even if it was a total long
11:53shot bella just kept running her mouth we figured hey if you spit out a sun you'd at least have
11:58some use
11:59then the ultrasound showed it was a girl the old man was absolutely furious thank god vivian is
12:05having a boy otherwise our bloodline would be screwed she stood up walked over and literally kicked my
12:11leg so do us all a favor and know your place stop clinging to things that aren't yours i forced
12:17my eyes
12:18open and stared dead at her damien know you're talking to me like this duh my brother literally sent
12:25me down here to prep you he said you were stubborn and might do something crazy so i needed to
12:30talk
12:31some sense into you another massive wave of agony ripped through my stomach worse than all the others
12:37combined the meds were completely gone the baby was crowning i couldn't hold back the scream anymore
12:44bella jumped back looking totally disgusted so annoying she yanked the door open and yelled down the hall
12:52hey somebody get in here and check if she's finally popping a terrified nurse scrambled in
12:57took one look between my legs and went chalk white
13:02she's fully dilated the head is cloning but she's losing way too much blood we have to deliver right
13:08now then catch it genius the nurse was on the verge of tears
13:16we have no equipment no meds doing it like this the mother and the baby could die
13:23then let them die they're dead weight anyway who gives a crap after dropping that sick line
13:29bella literally just walked out to find damien leaving me to bleed out the nurse was too terrified
13:35to speak she just squatted down and tried to help me manually dilate but i was totally tapped out
13:41the extreme blood loss had drained every last ounce of my energy every single passing second
13:46was pure agonizing hell then out of nowhere rapid heavy footsteps echoed down the hall
13:52a lot of them the synchronized thunderous thud of tactical combat boots
14:00who is that the heavy metal door was violently kicked off its hinges
14:05a squad of women full black tactical gear stormed the room assault rifles raised
14:12the second his eyes locked onto my bloody body they went completely red
14:18miss alessia alessia i just weakly reached my bloody hand out to him the nurse started shrieking
14:24hysterically who the hell are you how did you get in here how did you get here security security
14:32the leader didn't even glance at her he sprinted over and dropped to one knee right beside me
14:38i should have protect you he scooped me up into his arms and barked at his squad
14:44clear the perimeter prep the mobile med bay now yes sir
14:55you can't do this this hospital belongs to damien's family the leader paused and slowly turned his head
15:02he gave her a look that could freeze hell itself damien's family they're already dead to us
15:10they rushed me into a heavily modified armored medical van the inside was literally a state of
15:15the art mobile operating room elite trauma docs and nurses were already inside instantly starting
15:20resuscitation vp dropping 60 over 40 hemorrhagic shock fetal distress is critical we need to perform
15:28an emergency c-section but the mother's vitals are crashing the surgery risk is cut her open i'll take
15:35the bullet if anything goes wrong save save the baby first boss please don't speak
15:41save your energy the dawn is already on his way he'll be here any minute you and the baby are
15:47going to make it you have to before he could even finish the heart monitor let out a piercing
15:52continuous scream she's flatlining grab the paddles clear the fetal heartbeat is crashing too
15:58scalpel we're cutting now they strapped my arms down and a heavy anesthesia mask was clamped over my face
16:05right before the darkness swallowed me whole i heard the surgeon scream we're too late
16:09the baby the baby has no pulse
16:14darkness pure suffocating darkness i don't know how much time passed i slowly peeled my eyes open
16:21i was staring at an unfamiliar ceiling the sharp smell of antiseptics burning my nose
16:26she's awake the boss is awake someone shouted in pure relief several faces instantly crowded around
16:32my bed all faces i grew up with my dad robert's top enforcers the ruthless uncles who basically raised
16:39me where's my baby the entire room went dead silent a few seconds later the man standing at the foot
16:46of
16:46the bed slowly turned around it was my dad robert the dawn a man in his 50s alessia he couldn't
16:53even get
16:53past my name before his voice broke looking into his bloodshot shattered eyes i already knew the answer
16:59the baby's gone isn't it massive hemorrhaging placental abruption the oxygen deprivation was
17:06just too long the doctors did absolutely everything they could i closed my eyes i didn't cry i didn't
17:13scream i just felt this massive gaping black hole open up in my chest the tiny life that had been
17:19growing inside me for nine months the baby that kicked me every day the one i whispered secrets to
17:24gone where's damien he's with vivian she gave birth to a boy his entire family is popping champagne
17:33celebrating not a single one of them even asked about you
17:59i let out a laugh a sick full body tremor of a laugh perfect absolutely perfect my dad robert
18:07squeezed my hand tight alessia we're going home that family doesn't deserve you and that bastard
18:13definitely doesn't dad i need you to do something for me name it i need a body double a hyper
18:20realistic
18:20fake corpse make it look exactly like me post delivery bled to death my dad robert totally
18:27froze you're planning to i want them to think i am dead and then i am going to sit back
18:32and watch
18:33exactly how they celebrate watch them throw a party for their new air over my dead body then he firmly
18:39nodded done i'll make the call the body double was terrifyingly realistic medical grade silicone skin
18:47pumped full of fake blood bags complete with a core temperature simulator shoved into a freezer in
18:52the morgue you literally couldn't tell the difference from an actual corpse i was chilling in the hospital
18:57security room any regrets about what marrying that piece of trash nope at least it showed me exactly what
19:04kind of monsters they are on the screen damien finally strutted out of the vip delivery suite he was
19:10holding a swaddled newborn his face absolutely glowing with that a proud new dad energy vivian was being
19:16wheeled out on a hospital bed looking pale but flashing this massive the old patriarch george hobbled
19:21over on his cane bawling his eyes out the second and he laid eyes on the kid a grandson i
19:26finally
19:26have a grandson our bloodline is secure the whole damn family crowded around the baby laughing and
19:33celebrating not a single person asked about me no one remembered the other pregnant woman who was
19:38literally fighting for her life downstairs mr damien what about your wife damien frowned looking like
19:44he literally just remembered i existed how's she doing no updates yet dr vance is down there with
19:50her i'll go check i'm coming with you he handed his golden boy off to the nanny and headed for
19:56the
19:56elevator bella scrambled after him the two of them hopped into the elevator i switched the camera feed to
20:02the ground floor dr vance was leaning against the wall outside the gutted or looking like an actual ghost
20:08seeing damien he shot up straight mr damien where's my wife he just slowly stepped aside and pointed a
20:15shaking finger down the hall toward the morgue damien's face dropped what the hell does that mean
20:42alessia dr vance choked out staring at the floor massive hemorrhage we couldn't resuscitate her we lost
20:49the baby too the air in the hallway completely froze damien just stood there paralyzed like his brain
20:57couldn't process the words bella was the first to snap out of it bullshit she was completely fine a minute
21:03ago she lost way too much blood we had zero equipment zero meds i tried literally everything
21:09but i'm so sorry i swear to god i tried damien suddenly snapped grabbing the doctor by the collar
21:16and violently hoisting him up what the f u c k did you just say my wife is dead dr
21:22vance just nodded
21:23tears streaming down his face damien dropped him stumbling backward until his back hit the wall
21:28no that's impossible she was perfectly healthy how could she bella frantically grabbed his arm
21:35damien wait let me go check she practically sprinted toward the morgue on the cameras i watched
21:41her yank open the freezer drawer and stare down at the corpse the silicone face was permanently
21:46frozen in a mask of agonizing pain the white sheet underneath was entirely soaked in dark red blood
21:51bella stared for all of five seconds before clapping a hand over her mouth and bolting out of the room
21:56damien it's real damien stormed into the morgue the feet caught him standing over the open freezer
22:02completely paralyzed he stood there so long it freaked bella out she tiptoed in and tugged his sleeve
22:08damien suddenly snapped his arm back and punched the concrete wall with everything he had
22:13why why didn't anyone tell me sooner why didn't you wait for me dr vance standing out in the hall
22:20muttered quietly your phone was off you didn't allow calls in the vip suite then why the hell
22:25didn't you run upstairs and get me it's two flights of stairs how long would that take you just stood
22:31there and watched her die his eyes totally bloodshot with rage dr vance went dead silent dropping his
22:37head as his shoulders shook bella tried to run damage control i was the one who stopped him from
22:43going upstairs vivian was in a critical state i didn't want to interrupt smack he slapped her across
22:49the face hard did you just hit me were you the one who locked her in the basement bella wouldn't
22:55meet
22:55his eyes i just told her to wait wait for what that was my wife that was two human lives
23:01i told you to
23:02take care of her is this how you take care of people bella burst into tears i was doing it
23:07for the
23:07family vivian was having a boy she was having a girl do the math grandpa george said the boy is
23:14the only air that matters an air so her life just didn't matter anymore it was like that word literally
23:20stabbed damien in the chest he froze the rage completely washed out of his face replaced by this
23:26hollow blank look an air the only sound in the morgue was the low hum of the freezer and bella's
23:32muffled
23:32sobbing damien dragged my corpse back to the family estate they didn't even let me in the main
23:37house they set up a cheap memorial in the guest wing meanwhile vivian and her golden boy moved
23:43straight into the master suite swarmed by nannies and night nurses the old patriarch george laid down
23:48the law keep the funeral quiet and cheap we don't want bad energy around the new baby just find a
23:54day
23:54to cremate her and get it over with pick a decent plot though she was still married into the family
23:59damien didn't say a word he just sat in that dark memorial room guarding the casket three days and
24:05three nights didn't eat didn't drink bella tried to comfort him and got violently kicked out vivian
24:11finally waltzed in holding the baby playing the sweet widow damien i'm so sorry for your loss alessia
24:17wouldn't want to see you like this from heaven he stared at her for a long time before asking what
24:22she was thinking when she died i was in labor i don't she was thinking about why her husband wasn't
24:27there about why everyone was celebrating your baby while leaving her to literally bleed to death
24:31damien what the hell is that supposed to mean i almost died giving birth too the heart rate
24:37dropped so many times yeah it was rough for you but she actually died two lives gone did she deserve
24:44to die just because she wasn't carrying a boy damien stood up walking over to the casket i keep thinking
24:50if i had just been with her would things be different if i had imported all the medical equipment for
24:55you
24:55would she still be alive if only his voice cracked unable to finish the sentence vivian bit her lip
25:02spun on her heel and stormed out right before she left she threw one last dagger don't forget damien
25:08i'm the one who gave this family a son that corpse in there is completely useless to us now the
25:13door
25:13slammed shut damien slumped against the casket sliding down to the floor burying his face in his hands
25:18through the hidden camera feed i watched his shoulders shake violently
25:22i shot a text to my dad robert are we cleared to go my dad robert replied instantly green light
25:27suddenly the family business started bleeding out first their oldest suppliers entirely cut off their
25:34supply chain the excuse quality control issues damien sent his fixers to smooth it out but they
25:40got slammed doors in their faces then the banks pulled their credit lines guaranteed multi-million
25:45dollar loan renewals were suddenly rejected for high risk their cash flow choked instantly and then
25:50the clients started dropping like flies massive contracts were ripped up overnight instantly handed
25:56over to their biggest rivals within 30 days their total market value plummeted by 30 percent
26:01the old patriarch george stressed himself into a hospital bed damien was running himself ragged
26:06bouncing between the icu and the crumbling corporate office vivian sitting comfortably with the baby
26:12constantly whined oh yuri literally never home you don't even care about the baby my dad is dying and
26:18company isn't floating what do you want me to do so what if the company crashes we're loaded we have
26:24enough cash for a lifetime she rolled her eyes damien looked at her like he was seeing a complete
26:29stranger do you have any idea how this family built its empire my grandfather george my dad my brother
26:35alan three generations bled for this it didn't just fall from the sky well you still can't just abandon me
26:42and your nephew he's not even a month old and you're mia every single day damien slammed the door
26:48on her and drove straight back to the memorial hall my casket was still sitting there he refused to bury
26:54me because he couldn't find the perfect plot he leaned against the polished wood muttering into the void
26:59alessia if you were here what would you tell me to do you'd probably tell me to just breathe
27:05take it one step at a time you are always so level-headed so damn smart his voice dropped to
27:11a broken whisper but i don't have anyone to talk to anymore my dad just screams at me vivian only
27:18wants my credit cards bella is entirely self-obsessed you were the only one who never asked for a dime
27:24who just wanted to help me he took a drag and started violently coughing coughing so hard literal
27:30tears streamed down his face i'm so sorry god i am so sorry i didn't know it was gonna end
27:37like this
27:37if i could do it all over again i swear i would before he could finish his pathetic confession
27:43his phone blew up it was his executive assistant sounding absolutely panicked boss we have a massive
27:50crisis customs just seized our entire shipping fleet they're claiming we're smuggling contraband
27:56the payload is huge the feds are opening a criminal investigation contraband what the
28:01hell are you talking about we run a legitimate import business it's real the feds are literally
28:07raiding the lobby right now asking for you damien slammed the phone down and bolted out of the
28:11memorial hall he jumped in his car speeding toward the corporate hq halfway there his phone rang again
28:18unknown caller id he picked up and a man's voice ice cold and deadly deep spoke through the speakers
28:24did you enjoy my little gift damien who the hell is this my name isn't important all you need to
28:30know is that this this is just the appetizer you owe a massive debt and i'm going to rip your
28:36entire
28:36family apart to collect it the line went dead damien scrambled to redial but the number was already
28:42disconnected his hands gripped white knuckled on the steering wheel started to violently shake the federal
28:48investigation dragged on for two brutal weeks they eventually dropped the charges due to insufficient
28:53evidence but the entire cargo was seized millions of dollars instantly gone their family's reputation
29:00absolutely tanked and business partners started tearing up their contracts left and right the
29:05company's stock flatlined the stress triggered a second massive stroke for the old patriarch george
29:10and this time he didn't make it right before he kicked the bucket he gripped damien's hand
29:15gasping out family the air and then he flatlined the funeral was pathetic and cheap barely anyone showed
29:24up and the ones who did were only there to watch the train wreck vivian stood by the casket holding
29:28the
29:29baby crying her perfectly manicured crocodile tears honestly couldn't tell if she was crying for the old
29:34man or crying because her sugar daddy was dead damien just stood there the entire time completely dead
29:40inside it wasn't until the funeral ended and the guests cleared out that he finally turned to vivian
29:45pack your stuff and get out vivian completely fro excuse me take the kid and get the hell out of
29:53my
29:53house i'll cut you a check it'll be enough to keep you comfortable for the rest of your life
29:57damien what the hell are you talking about i'm your brother's widow his baby is his own flesh and
30:04blood grandpa george literally said he's the heir the heir our entire empire is turning to dust
30:12what exactly is he inheriting our crippling debt vivian took a step back panicked you're just gonna abandon
30:19us i'm paying you damien deadpanned that's me not abandon main estate i'm keeping it it holds all my
30:31memories with alessia memories stop lying to yourself damien you never loved that woman you're just
30:39drowning in guilt she died a horrific death and now the guilt is eating you alive if she was still
30:45breathing
30:46you would have dumped her and married me ages ago damien's face went deadly shut your mouth
30:53i'm gonna say totally lost it completely unhinged you only married her because she was a clean basic
30:59girl you could easily manipulate you literally told me that once she pushed the kid out you'd find an
31:04excuse to divorce her now that she's dead she did you a massive favor you should be thanking me
31:10thank you my son for getting her out of the picture smack another slap infinitely harder than
31:16the one he gave bella vivian was literally knocked to the floor the baby instantly bursting into terrified
31:21wells damien loomed over her his eyes like daggers of ice get out right now leave if i ever see
31:29your
31:29face again you won't get a single damn scent vivian scrambled up clutching the screaming baby and shot
31:35him a lethal glare going to regret this she stormed out taking the kid and a massive seven-figure
31:42settlement check with her damien stood alone in the empty memorial hall staring up at his dad george's
31:47portrait he suddenly looked so incredibly fundamentally exhausted too exhausted to even stand he dropped to
31:54his knees dad i can't hold on anymore the empire is collapsing and it's all my fault total silence nobody
32:02answered him just the cold draft sweeping through the hall violently flapping the white morning drapes
32:07i was chilling in my italian estate watching the cctv feeds on my ipad my dad robert strolled in and
32:14tossed a dossier onto the table damien's company valuations barely holding at a fraction of what it was
32:21and they're drowning in debt twice that's filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy is only a few days away
32:26i picked up the file and skimmed the pages that was way faster than i expected my dad robert sat
32:32down
32:32and let out a heavy sigh alessia do you really need to personally watch him burn to the ground
32:39i looked up at him dad do you seriously expect me to forgive him he shook his head immediately no
32:46the bastard deserves it i'm just worried about you i don't want you getting stuck in this dark headspace
32:52i slapped the folder shut and gave him a faint smile the exact moment my baby died i completely
32:57detached from him right now i'm literally just collecting a debt my dad robert looked at me
33:04his eyes full of conflict you've changed you used to smile so much now even your smiles look completely
33:11hollow i stood up walked over to the floor to ceiling windows and stared out over the vineyards
33:17everyone grows eventually some people just take years to do it and some of us grow up overnight
33:23after one brutal betrayal and a brush with death my dad robert didn't say anything back he just stood
33:29there with me in comfortable silence for a while then quietly left the room suddenly my burner phone
33:34buzzed it was damien the absolute nerve of this guy to call me well technically he was calling my dead
33:41alias's number i answered it but kept my mouth completely shut his voice incredibly hoarse and broken
33:48crackled through the speaker alexia i know you can't hear this but i just really re-needed to talk
33:54to you the family is finished my dad is dead vivian walked out and bella completely cut cuz with me
33:59right now i have absolutely no one left sometimes i think if i had just treated you better maybe
34:04everything would be different if i wasn't so insanely greedy wanting the sun wanting the empire wanting
34:09total control over everything maybe maybe you'd still be alive but what ifs are useless you're dead
34:16our baby is dead and it's 100 my fault i could spend my entire life trying to pay off this
34:24debt
34:24and it wouldn't be enough so he took a massive shuddering breath i liquidated everything left of
34:33the company i split the cash three ways one third went to charity in your name one third went to
34:40vivian
34:40and the kid as a final payout for my brother alan and the last third i kept it to buy
34:48myself a burial
34:49plot right next to yours in the next life i'd give you my soul to make it up to you
34:53the call abruptly
34:55ended i sat there gripping the phone completely motionless for a long time until the screen went black
35:01reflecting my stone cold expressionless face damien actually kept his word he liquidated every single
35:07asset real estate stocks art collections he even listed the main family mansion he downsized to a
35:14tiny crappy apartment his entire routine was just getting blackout drunk and haunting the cemetery
35:20just sitting in front of my headstone talking to himself like a crazy person sometimes rambling
35:25about the bankrupt company sometimes bringing up childhood memories sometimes he didn't say a word
35:31just sat there staring into space four hours on end literally all day bella actually tracked him
35:38down once screaming that he'd lost his damn mind you blew the entire family fortune for a corpse
35:44how can you face dad how can you face our brother alan damien just looked at her with totally hollow
35:49dead eyes and who's gonna make it right for lesia who makes it right for the child we killed bella
35:55choked
35:55on her words finally running off crying she never came back by the third month of watching this live
36:01stream of misery i was officially bored the adrenaline rush of revenge had completely worn
36:06off the second his company went under all that was left was this empty void and a tiny sliver of
36:11pity
36:11that i hated to admit i felt my dad robert asked me have you seen enough if you're done playing
36:17games
36:18snap out of it i need you to take over the syndicate's operations i nodded i'll be back at the
36:23office
36:23tomorrow but tonight i'm taking a trip to the cemetery my dad robert frowned that's way too risky
36:30he's a desperate man with nothing left to lose if he figures out you're alive he won't notice i
36:35assured him i'm literally just going to watch from the distance one last look and i'm closing this
36:39chapter permanently my dad robert stayed quiet for a minute then nodded detail call it in if anything
36:46goes south the cemetery was dead silent at night i stood back in the shadows of the trees
36:52watching damien slumped in front of my headstone he looked practically emaciated his hair had gone
36:58gray the guy wasn't even 40 yet but he looked like he was pushing 50. he was clutching a bottle
37:03of
37:03liquor taking swigs and slurring his words alexia i finally went to see a shrink today
37:10he diagnosed me with clinical depression tried to shove pills down my throat i told him to screw off
37:18i'm not depressed i just i just miss you i miss your cooking i miss you nagging me about drinking
37:25too much i miss you rubbing your belly and complaining the baby was kicked he took another
37:30burning swig and started hacking coughed for a solid minute when he finally stopped his voice was
37:36even more wrecked but the scariest part i'm forgetting your face your voice it's all getting
37:42so blurry i'm absolutely terrified that one day i'm gonna totally forget you and when that happens
37:48what the hell am i supposed to do he collapsed against the cold stone his shoulders violently
37:52shaking he was fully sobbing i turned around completely done ready to leave but my designer heel
38:00accidentally kicked a loose stone damien's head whipped up i completely froze he stumbled to his
38:07feet and started marching toward the shadows my security chief tried to pull me back but i shook my
38:12head i played the ghost long enough it was time to face the music damien stopped dead in his tracks
38:18right at the edge of the shadows the moon might hit my face perfectly he stared at me his pupils
38:23shrinking
38:24to pinpricks looking like he literally just saw you it's me i broke the silence not dead surprise
38:33damien's jaw was practically on the floor he couldn't form a single word
38:37he just stared at me like a madman his eyes flipping from shock to confusion to absolute
38:46my head of security instantly stepped in front of me shoving him back
38:53alessia you're really alive i tried to physically push past my guard but the guy didn't even
39:00budge that's when it finally dawned on him i was flanked by four heavily armed men in tailored black
39:06who the hell are they damien stammered confused my muscle i answered coolly the psychotic joy on his
39:14face slowly melted into dread he looked me up and down really looked at me the custom tailored designer suit
39:20the flawless mafia boss glam the absolutely stone cold expression a total 180 from the sweet
39:26submissive little housewife he thought he married who who exactly are you
39:33let's reintroduce ourselves alessia heiress to the family current head of the corioni mafia syndicate
39:46i lied to you i cut him off my dad explicitly told me not to marry you said i couldn't
39:54handle your toxic
39:54games i was stupid and stubborn i married you anyway looking back he was 100 right wait so my company
40:05going
40:06completely bankrupt that was you yep i didn't even blink my dad robert pulled the trigger he said
40:14anyone who touches his daughter pays the ultimate price honestly i agree with him damien's eyes flushed
40:21with furious red tears then why the hell didn't you tell me from the start
40:29damien stop being so pathetic from day one you only loved me because you thought i was a nobody
40:34you could easily control if you knew i had a mafia hit squad behind me you wouldn't have even looked
40:38my way or worse you'd have found a way to quietly murder me to absorb my family's empire
40:45completely speechless he glared at me his pathetic grief mutating into pure venomous hatred
40:52so you played me this whole time you just watched me act like an absolute idiot while my entire world
40:59fell apart all the while you could have stopped it why not really watching you suffer didn't bring me
41:07joy i just think it's exactly what you deserve karma alexia drop the self-righteous act if you had just
41:16been honest about who you were none of this would have ever happened yeah i screwed you over but
41:21you lied manipulated me and destroyed my entire life you're a hundred times sicker than i am he
41:27lunged at me like a rabid dog my guards didn't hesitate they slammed him face first into the dirt
41:32in two seconds flat damien thrashed against the dirt screaming like a maniac alexia rot in hell
41:41i'm gonna make you pay for this i swear to god before he could finish his villain monologue
41:45guard punched his lights out what do we do boss my security chief looked up at me i stared down
41:49at
41:49his unconscious body dump him back at his crappy apartment and make sure i never have to look at
41:55his pathetical face again i flew back to italy and officially took the throne of the family empire
42:00my dad formally retired now he just gardens feeds the birds and acts like your average sweet grandpa
42:05though occasionally he still asks me do you still hate him no holding on to that much hate is exhausting
42:14i don't have the energy for it then do you miss him dad really do you think i'm that stupid
42:26i just feel like you've completely shut down your emotions it's been three years i've barely seen you
42:33crack a real smile and you haven't let a single man within a 10 mile radius of you
42:38dad i'm perfectly fine on my own i have my empire i have insane wealth and i have my family
42:44i don't
42:45need a man complicating my life the attentionary for the u.s trip next week finalized yes it's done
42:52great i'm gonna go prep for it i stood up and walked out of his office just as i hit
42:57the doorway
42:58i heard him whisper baby had survived they would have been three years old my footsteps completely
43:02halted i didn't look back just forced myself to keep walking the hallway was endlessly long lined
43:09with oil portraits of past syndicate bosses right at the very end was a portrait of my mother she died
43:15from childbirth complications hemorrhaged giving birth to me and the doctors couldn't save her my
43:20dad never remarried never even dated i never understood why but now i finally get it some wounds literally
43:27never heal some pain is so deep that not even time can my phone buzzed in my pocket
43:34my assistant's voice came through boss damien is in italy he's outside the estate gates he's
43:40demanding an audience i'm not seeing him he's literally on his knees says he's not moving until
43:45you come out i walked over to the nearest window and pulled back the heavy velvet curtains
43:52way down at the front gates damien was kneeling in the dirt holding up a pathetic cardboard sign
43:57it read i'm so sorry i was wrong please just see me once i stared down at him for a
44:04few seconds
44:05then i sharply yanked the my assistant hesitated for a second boss are you sure that won't be too
44:11just do it i hung up the phone i sank onto a leather sofa and closed my eyes but my
44:16traitorous brain
44:17flashed back to a memory from years ago the very first time we ever met at the university library i
44:23was
44:24carrying a massive stack of books bumped straight into him and dropped them everywhere he immediately
44:29knelt down to help me pick them up flashing me this bright smile you've got a lot of books there
44:33huh
44:33the afternoon sunlight was streaming through the library windows hitting his face perfectly he looked
44:39so sweet so completely pure but it was all fake a complete sick illusion so why the hell does my
44:46heart still ache
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