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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 walked
00:28and 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
01:26generation 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
01:37drugs the pain was so blinding my vision literally went black get a doc the baby's coming i swear to
01:44god
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
02:11if she screams gag her the heavy metal door slammed shut i arrived on the freezing concrete floor a pool
02:18of blood already 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
02:48carrying his child three months ago his older brother alan died in a horrific car crash he left
02:54behind 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 gave
03:17me this dead blank stare and said nothing it suddenly clicked from that exact moment my baby was already
03:24marked as collateral damage
03:26another contraction ripped through me a hundred times more brutal than the last the delay drugs
03:31were wearing off my baby was coming out now i dragged myself to the door clawing and pounding
03:38on the metal with everything i had somebody help the baby is coming please save my baby dead silence
03:45from the hallway i screamed until my vocal cords literally bled only to hear one of the guards
03:50grumble impatiently shut the hell up blair said to wait so you wait my baby if it dies it dies
03:58blame
03:58your own crappy luck for not carrying a boy i slumped back against the freezing wall ice running through
04:03my veins this wasn't bad luck they actively intentionally wanted my baby dead i have no idea how long i
04:10survived in that pitch black basement the bleeding wouldn't stop i was practically swimming in a dark red
04:16puddle just as i started blacking out the door violently swung open it wasn't bella it wasn't
04:22the goons it was the family's private physician dr vance alexia what the hell are you doing down here
04:29damien told everyone you were resting up in the penthouse vip suite i tried to scream but my throat
04:35was totally paralyzed all i could do was point at my swollen stomach sobbing uncontrollably the second
04:42his hands felt my abdomen he sharply sucked in a breath you're 10 centimeters your water's
04:47completely broken we have to get you to a hospital now he tried to scoot me up but the slightest
04:52movement sent a horrifying hot gush between my legs blood so much damn blood dr vance's hands were
04:59shaking uncontrollably as he screamed out the door help get in here now she's hemorrhaging
05:05the 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
06:59gear what if there's an emergency a 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
07:13just suck it up and tough it out a little longer i stared up at her flawlessly contoured face
07:19a sick memory flashed from six months ago her linking arms with me at prada batting her eyelashes
07:24and going the best alexia you're more like a real sister to me than anyone looking back now what a
07:31twisted pathetic joke dr vance sprinted into the nurse's station like a madman violently tearing
07:36through the supply cabinets but they were wiped clean where are the meds give me something we sent
07:43it all up to the third floor damian ordered that every single resource must be strictly prioritized
07:49for vivian dr vance slammed his fist so hard i'm so sorry god i'm so sorry alessia there's nothing i
08:00can
08:00do bella sauntered over condescendingly patting his shoulder relax doc take a breath she hasn't even
08:08pushed the kid out yet once vivian is finished we'll send the scraps back downstairs for her
08:13and honestly even if she pops it out it's just a worthless girl if it dies good riddance our
08:20family doesn't need trash like that i stared a hole straight through her skull looking at the girl i had
08:25treated like my own flesh and blood for three straight years you sick bitch bella's smug little
08:31smile instantly vanished keep barking call me whatever you want once you're completely drained
08:37from giving birth i have plenty of ways to shut you up for good and then vivian is going to
08:43officially
08:43take your place as the lady of the house as for you we might just spare your pathetic life you
08:50know
08:51as a favor to my brother blair you are literally murdering her murder watch your mouth doc
09:01you're on thin ice women die from childbirth complications every day it's perfectly natural
09:08besides this is internal family business you're just an employee on our payroll back the hell off
09:14she flicked her wrist at her goons escort dr vance to the break room i'll take excellent
09:19care of alessia myself two massive bodyguards immediately grabbed the doctor by the arms and
09:24started dragging him away alexia press your acrobacere points your ankles the webbing of your hands
09:33it'll force the contractions don't give up you can still save the baby his voice echoed down the hall
09:38until it faded into nothing bella casually kicked the nurse's station door shut and turned back to face me
09:44she pulled out her iphone and started a facetime call hey damien alessia is about to pop wanna watch
09:51damien's face popped up on the screen he was pacing outside a luxury delivery suite
09:56a swarm of elite doctors buzzing in the background cut the crap alessia things are getting complicated
10:03with vivian 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 is
11:10full of vipers if things go south press this dad chill damien treats me like a queen his whole family
11:17adores me god i was so incredibly fatally stupid my grip on reality was slipping bella was just lounging
11:24in a chair scrolling through her phone occasionally glaring down at me like i was roadkill i mean
11:29seriously what were you thinking marrying into our family alexia did you just want damien for his looks
11:34his money you're literally a nobody from a middle class family you never belonged with us i didn't
11:41say a single word i just kept desperately pressing the pressure points dr vance told me about my ankles
11:47the webbing of my hands pushing down with everything i had even if it was a total long shot bella
11:54just
11:54kept running her mouth we figured hey if you spit out a sun you'd at least have some use then
12:00the ultrasound
12:00showed it was a girl the old man was absolutely furious thank god vivian is having a boy otherwise
12:06our bloodline would be screwed she stood up walked over and literally kicked my leg so do us all a
12:13favor
12:13and know your place stop clinging to things that aren't yours i forced my eyes open and stared dead at
12:19her damien know you're talking to me like this duh my brother literally sent me down here to prep you
12:27he said you were stubborn and might do something crazy so i needed to talk some sense into you
12:33another massive wave of agony ripped through my stomach worse than all the others combined
12:37the meds were completely gone the baby was crowning
12:42i couldn't hold back the scream anymore bella jumped back looking totally disgusted
12:47so annoying she yanked the door open and yelled down the hall hey somebody get in here and check
12:54if she's finally popping a terrified nurse scrambled in took 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 now
13:10then catch it genius the nurse was on the verge of tears we have no equipment no meds doing it
13:19like
13:19this the mother and the baby could die then let them die they're dead weight anyway who gives a crap
13:28after dropping that sick line bella literally just walked out to find damien leaving me to bleed out
13:33the nurse was too terrified to speak she just squatted down and tried to help me manually dilate
13:39but i was totally tapped out the extreme blood loss had drained every last ounce of my energy
13:44every single passing second was pure agonizing hell then out of nowhere rapid heavy footsteps echoed down
13:52the hall a 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 in full black tactical gear swarmed the room assault rifles raised
14:13the 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
14:43clear 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
15:02head he 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
15:15of the art mobile operating room elite trauma docs and nurses were already inside instantly starting
15:20resuscitation bp 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 save your energy
15:42the don is already on his way he'll be here any minute you and the baby are going to make
15:47it
15:48you have to before he could even finish the heart monitor let out a piercing continuous scream she's
15:54flatlining grab the paddles clear the fetal heartbeat is crashing too scalpel we're cutting now they
16:01strapped my arms down and a heavy anesthesia mask was clamped over my face right before the darkness
16:06swallowed me whole i heard the surgeon scream we're too late the 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
16:33my bed all faces i grew up with my dad robert's top enforcers the ruthless uncles who basically raised me
16:39where's my baby the entire room went dead silent a few seconds later the man standing at the foot of
16:46the bed slowly turned around it was my dad robert the don 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 just
17:06too 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
17:25gone 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
18:06my dad robert squeezed my hand tight alessia we're going home that family doesn't deserve you
18:12and that bastard definitely doesn't dad i need you to do something for me name it i need a body
18:18double
18:19a hyper realistic fake corpse make it look exactly like me post delivery bled to death my dad robert
18:26totally froze you're planning to i want them to think i'm dead and then i am going to sit back
18:33and
18:33watch exactly how they celebrate watch them throw a party for their new air over my dead body then he
18:39firmly nodded done i'll make the call the body double was terrifyingly realistic medical grade silicone
18:47skin pumped 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
19:04what kind of monsters they are on the screen damien finally strutted out of the vip delivery suite
19:10he was holding a swaddled newborn his face absolutely glowing with that a proud new dad energy vivian was
19:16being wheeled out on a hospital bed looking pale but flashing this massive the old patriarch george
19:21hobbled over on his cane bawling his eyes out the second he laid eyes on the kid a grandson i
19:26finally
19:27have 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 he
19:44literally just remembered i existed how's she doing no updates yet dr vance is down there with her i'll
19:51go check i'm coming with you he handed his golden boy off to the nanny and headed for the elevator
19:57bella scrambled after him the two of them hopped into the elevator i switched the camera feed to the
20:03ground floor dr vance was leaning against the wall outside the gutted door 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
20:16shaking 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
20:50the 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
21:10but 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 fuck did you just say my wife is dead dr vance just nodded
21:23tears
21:23streaming 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 her yank
21:41open the freezer drawer and stare down at the corpse the silicone face was permanently frozen
21:46in 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 feed 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
22:09damien 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 didn't
22:26you run upstairs and get me it's two flights of stairs how long would that take you just stood
22:32there and watched her die his eyes totally bloodshot with rage dr vance went dead silent dropping his
22:38head 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
23:02you to take care of her is this how you take care of people bella burst into tears i was
23:07doing it for
23:07the family vivian was having a boy she was having a girl do the math grandpa george said the boy
23:14is the
23:14only air that matters an air so her life just didn't matter anymore it was like that word
23:20literally stabbed damien in the chest he froze the rage completely washed out of his face replaced
23:26by this hollow blank look an air the only sound in the morgue was the low hum of the freezer
23:31and
23:32bella's muffled sobbing damien dragged my corpse back to the family estate they didn't even let me in
23:37the main house they set up a cheap memorial in the guest wing meanwhile vivian and her golden boy
23:42moved straight into the master suite swarmed by nannies and night nurses the old patriarch george
23:48laid down the law keep the funeral quiet and cheap we don't want bad energy around the new baby just
23:54find a day to cremate her and get it over with pick a decent plot though she was still married
23:58into the
23:59family damien didn't say a word he just sat in that dark memorial room guarding the casket three days
24:05and three nights didn't eat didn't drink bella tried to comfort him and got violently kicked out
24:10vivian finally waltzed in holding the baby playing the sweet widow damien i'm so sorry for your loss
24:16alessia wouldn't want to see you like this from heaven he stared at her for a long time before
24:21asking what she was thinking when she died i was in labor i don't she was thinking about why her
24:26husband wasn't there about why everyone was celebrating your baby while leaving her to
24:30literally bleed to death damien what the hell is that supposed to mean i almost died giving birth to
24:36the heart rate dropped so many times yeah it was rough for you but she actually died two lives gone
24:43did she deserve to die just because she wasn't carrying a boy damien stood up walking over to
24:49the casket i keep thinking if i had just been with her would things be different if i had imported
24:54all
24:54the medical equipment for you would she still be alive if only his voice cracked unable to finish
25:00the sentence vivian bit her lip spun on her heel and stormed out right before she left she threw one
25:06last dagger don't forget damien i'm the one who gave this family a son that corpse in there is completely
25:12useless to us now the door slammed shut damien slumped against the casket sliding down to the floor
25:17burying his face in his hands through 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
25:51the 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
26:07bouncing 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
26:18and the company is imploding what do you want me to do so what if the company crashes we're loaded
26:23we have enough cash for a lifetime she rolled her eyes damien looked at her like he was seeing a
26:28complete stranger do you have any idea how this family built its empire my grandfather george my dad
26:35my brother alan three generations bled for this it didn't just fall from the sky well you still can't
26:41just abandon me and your nephew he's not even a month old and you're mia every single day damien
26:48slammed the door on her and drove straight back to the memorial hall my casket was still sitting there
26:53he refused to bury me because he couldn't find the perfect plot he leaned against the polished wood
26:58muttering into the void alessia if you were here what would you tell me to do you'd probably tell me
27:04to
27:04just breathe take it one step at a time you are always so level-headed so damn smart his voice
27:11dropped to a broken whisper but i don't have anyone to talk to anymore my dad just screams at me
27:17vivian
27:18only wants my credit cards bella is entirely self-obsessed you were the only one who never
27:24asked for a dime who just wanted to help me he took a drag and started violently coughing coughing so
27:29hard literal tears streamed down his face i'm so sorry god i am so sorry i didn't know it was
27:36gonna
27:37end like this if i could do it all over again i swear i would before he could finish his
27:42pathetic
27:42confession his phone blew up it was his executive assistant sounding absolutely panicked boss we have
27:50a massive crisis customs just seized our entire shipping fleet they're claiming we're smuggling
27:55contraband the payload is huge the feds are opening a criminal investigation contraband what the hell
28:02are you talking about we run a legitimate import business it's real the feds are literally raiding
28:07the lobby right now asking for you damien slammed the phone down and bolted out of the memorial hall
28:12he jumped in his car speeding toward the corporate hq halfway there his phone rang again unknown caller id
28:19he picked up and a man's voice ice cold and deadly deep spoke through the speakers did you enjoy my
28:25little gift damien who the hell is this my name isn't important all you need to know is that this
28:31this is just the appetizer you owe a massive debt and i'm going to rip your entire family apart to
28:37collect it the line went dead damien scrambled to redial but the number was already disconnected
28:43his 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
28:53insufficient evidence but the entire cargo was seized millions of dollars instantly gone
28:59their family's reputation absolutely tanked and business partners started tearing up their contracts
29:04left and right the company's stock flatlined the stress triggered a second massive stroke for the
29:09old patriarch george and this time he didn't make it right before he kicked the bucket he gripped
29:15damien's hand gasping out family the air and then he flatlined the funeral was pathetic and cheap
29:22barely anyone showed up and the ones who did were only there to watch the train wreck vivian stood by
29:28the casket holding the baby crying her perfectly manicured crocodile tears honestly couldn't tell if
29:33she was crying for the old man or crying because her sugar daddy was dead damien just stood there the
29:38entire time completely dead inside it wasn't until the funeral ended and the guests cleared out
29:43that he finally turned to vivian pack your stuff get out vivian completely fro excuse me take the
29:52kid and get the hell out of my house i'll cut you a check it'll be enough to keep you
29:56comfortable for the
29:56rest of your life damien what the hell are you talking about i'm your brother's widow his baby is his
30:03own
30:03flesh and blood grandpa george literally said he's the air the air 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
30:19abandon us i'm paying you damien deadpanned that's me not abandoned main estate i'm keeping it
30:29it holds all my memories with alessia
30:34memories stop lying to yourself damien you never loved that woman you're just drowning in guilt
30:41she died a horrific death and now the guilt is eating you alive if she was still breathing you
30:46would have dumped her and married me ages ago damien's face went deadly down your mouth
30:53i'm gonna say totally lost it completely unhinged you only married her because she was a clean basic
31:00girl 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
31:10thanking my son for getting her out of the picture smack another slap infinitely harder than the one he
31:17gave bella vivian was literally knocked to the floor the baby instantly bursting into terrified wells
31:22damien loomed over her his eyes like daggers of ice get out right now leave if i ever see your
31:29face
31:30again you won't get a single damn sense vivian scrambled up clutching the screaming baby and
31:35shot him a lethal glare going to regret this she stormed out taking the kid and a massive seven
31:42figure settlement check with her damien stood alone in the empty memorial hall staring up at his dad
31:47george's portrait he suddenly looked so incredibly fundamentally exhausted too exhausted to even stand
31:53he dropped to his knees dad i can't hold on anymore the empire is collapsing and it's all my fault
32:00total
32:01silence nobody answered him just the cold draft sweeping through the hall violently flapping the
32:06white morning drapes i was chilling in my italian estate watching the cctv feeds on my ipad my dad
32:13robert strolled in and tossed a dossier onto the table damien's company valuations barely holding at a
32:19fraction of what it was and they're drowning in debt twice that's filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy
32:24is only a few days away i picked up the file and skimmed the pages that was way faster than
32:30i expected
32:31my dad robert sat down and let out a heavy sigh
32:36alessia do you really need to personally watch him burn to the ground i looked up at him dad do
32:42you
32:42seriously expect me to forgive him he shook his head immediately no the bastard deserves it i'm just
32:49worried about you i don't want you getting stuck in this dark headspace i slapped the folder shut and
32:54gave him a faint smile the exact moment my baby died i completely detached from him right now i'm
33:00literally just collecting a debt my dad robert looked at me his eyes full of conflict you've changed
33:07you used to smile so much now even your smiles look completely hollow i stood up walked over to the
33:14floor
33:14to ceiling windows and stared out over the vineyards everyone grows eventually some people just take
33:21years to do it and some of us grow up overnight after one brutal betrayal and a brush with death
33:26my dad robert didn't say anything back he just stood there with me in comfortable silence for a while
33:31then quietly left the room suddenly my burner phone buzzed it was damien the absolute nerve of this
33:38guy to call me well technically he was calling my dead alias's number i answered it but kept my mouth
33:44completely shut his voice incredibly hoarse and broken crackled through the speaker alexia i know you
33:51can't hear this but i just really re-needed to talk to you the family is finished my dad is
33:56dead vivian
33:57walked out and bella completely cut cuz with me right now i have absolutely no one left sometimes i think
34:02if i had just treated you better maybe everything would be different if i wasn't so insanely greedy
34:06wanting the sun wanting the empire wanting total control over everything maybe maybe you'd still be
34:13alive but what ifs are useless you're dead our baby is dead and it's 100 my fault
34:21i could spend my entire life trying to pay off this debt and it wouldn't be enough
34:28so he took a massive shuddering breath i liquidated everything left of the company
34:34i split the cash three ways one third went to charity in your name one third went to vivian and
34:41the kid as a final payout for my brother alan and the last third i kept it to buy myself
34:48a burial plot
34:49right next to yours in the next life i'd give you my soul to make it up to you
34:53the call abruptly ended i sat there gripping the phone completely motionless for a long time
34:59until the screen went black reflecting my stone cold expressionless face damien actually kept his word
35:06he liquidated every single asset real estate stocks art collections he even listed the main family
35:12mansion he downsized to a tiny crappy apartment his entire routine was just getting blackout drunk and
35:19haunting the cemetery just sitting in front of my headstone talking to himself like a crazy
35:23person sometimes rambling about the bankrupt company sometimes bringing up childhood memories
35:29sometimes he didn't say a word just sat there staring into space four hours on end literally all
35:36day bella actually tracked him down once screaming that he'd lost his damn mind
35:40you blew the entire family fortune for a corpse how can you face dad how can you face our brother
35:46alan damien just looked at her with totally hollow dead eyes and who's gonna make it right for lesia
35:53who makes it right for the child we killed bella choked on her words finally running off crying
35:57she never came back by the third month of watching this live stream of misery i was officially bored the
36:04adrenaline rush of revenge had completely worn off the second his company went under all that was
36:08left was this empty void and a tiny sliver of pity that i hated to admit i felt my dad
36:14robert asked me
36:16have you seen enough if you're done playing games snap out of it i need you to take over the
36:20syndicate's
36:20operations i nodded i'll be back at the office tomorrow but tonight i'm taking a trip to the cemetery
36:27my dad robert frowned that's way too risky he's a desperate man with nothing left to lose if he
36:33figures out you're alive he won't notice i assured him i'm literally just going to watch from the
36:37distance one last look and i'm closing this chapter permanently my dad robert stayed quiet for a minute
36:42then nodded detail call it in if anything goes south the cemetery was dead silent at night i stood
36:50back in the shadows of the trees watching damien slumped in front of my headstone he looked
36:55practically emaciated his hair had gone gray the guy wasn't even 40 yet but he looked like he was
37:01pushing 50. he was clutching a bottle of liquor taking swigs and slurring his words alexia i finally
37:08went to see a shrink today he diagnosed me with clinical depression tried to shove pills down my
37:16throat i told him to screw off i'm not depressed i just i just miss you i miss your cooking
37:23i miss you
37:24nagging me about drinking too much i miss you rubbing your belly and complaining the baby was
37:29kicked he took another burning swig and started hacking coughed for a solid minute when he finally
37:35stopped his voice was even more wrecked the scariest part i'm forgetting your face your voice it's all
37:42getting so blurry i'm absolutely terrified that one day i'm gonna totally forget you and when that
37:47happens what the hell am i supposed to do he collapsed against the cold stone his shoulders violently
37:53shaking he was fully sobbing i turned around completely done ready to leave but my designer
38:00heel accidentally kicked a loose stone damien's head whipped up who's there i completely froze he
38:06stumbled to his feet and started marching toward the shadows my security chief tried to pull me back
38:11but i shook my head i played the ghost long enough it was time to face the music damien stopped
38:17dead in
38:18his tracks right at the edge of the shadows the moon might hit my face perfectly he stared at me
38:23his pupils shrinking to pinpricks looking like he literally just saw a gun you it's me i broke the
38:30silence not dead surprise amiens jaw was practically on the floor he couldn't form a single word he just
38:38stared at me like a madman his eyes flipping from shock to confusion to absolute unhinged joy
38:47my head of security instantly stepped in front of me shoving him back
38:56tried to physically push past my guard but the guy didn't even budge that's when it finally dawned on
39:03him i was flanked by four heavily armed men in tailored black who the hell are they
39:08damien stammered confused my muscle i answered coolly the psychotic joy on his face slowly melted
39:15into dread he looked me up and down really looked at me the custom tailored designer suit the flawless
39:21mafia boss glam the absolutely stone-cold expression a total 180 from the sweet submissive little housewife
39:28he thought he married who who exactly are you let's reintroduce ourselves alessia heiress to the family
39:38current head of the corioni mafia syndicate
39:43bullshit you told me you were from a boring middle class family i lied to you i cut him off
39:50my dad explicitly told me not to marry you said i couldn't handle your toxic games i was stupid and
39:57stubborn i married you anyway looking back he was 100 right wait so my company going completely
40:06bankrupt that was you yep i didn't even blink my dad robert pulled the trigger he said anyone who
40:14touches his daughter pays the ultimate price honestly i agree with him damien's eyes flushed with furious red
40:22tears 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 joy
41:09i 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 you
41:21lied manipulated me and destroyed my entire life you're a hundred times sicker than i am he lunged at
41:27me like a rabid dog my guards didn't hesitate they slammed him face first into the dirt in two seconds
41:33flat 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 my
41:45guard punched his lights out what do we do boss my security chief looked up at me i stared down
41:49at his
41:50unconscious body dump him back at his crappy apartment and make sure i never have to look at his
41:55pathetical 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
42:05grandpa though occasionally he still asks me do you still hate him no holding on to that much hate
42:13is exhausting i don't have the energy for it then do you miss him dad really do you think i'm
42:24that 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 dad i'm
42:40perfectly
42:40fine on my own i have my empire i have insane wealth and i have my family i don't need
42:45a man complicating
42:46my life the itentionary for the u.s trip next week finalized yes it's done great i'm gonna go prep
42:54for
42:54it i stood up and walked out of his office just as i hit the doorway i heard him whisper
42:59baby had
42:59survived they would have been three years old my footsteps completely halted i didn't look back
43:04just forced myself to keep walking the hallway was endlessly long lined with oil portraits of past
43:10syndicate bosses right at the very end was a portrait of my mother she died from childbirth
43:16complications hemorrhaged giving birth to me and the doctors couldn't save her my dad never remarried
43:21never even dated i never understood why but now i finally get it some wounds literally never heal
43:28some pain is so deep that not even time can my phone buzzed in my pocket my assistant's voice came
43:35through boss damien is in italy he's outside the estate gates he's demanding an audience i'm not
43:42seeing him he's literally on his knees says he's not moving until you come out i walked over to the
43:48nearest window and pulled back the heavy velvet curtains way down at the front gates damien was
43:54kneeling in the dirt holding up a pathetic cardboard sign it read i'm so sorry i was wrong please
44:01just see me once i stared down at him for a few seconds then i sharply yanked the my assistant
44:08hesitated for a second boss are you sure that won't be too just do it i hung up the phone
44:13i sank onto a
44:14leather sofa and closed my eyes but my traitorous brain flashed back to a memory from years ago the
44:20very first time we ever met at the university library i was carrying a massive stack of books
44:26bumped straight into him and dropped them everywhere he immediately knelt down to help me pick them up
44:30flashing me this bright smile you've got a lot of books there huh the afternoon sunlight was streaming
44:35through the library windows hitting his face perfectly he looked so sweet so completely pure
44:41but it was all fake a complete sick illusion so why the hell does my heart still ache
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