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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
00:39dosage right we need to stall her labor until vivian gives birth my eyes snapped wide open
00:45staring 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 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 sweetie once her son is born safe and sound you can push all you freaking want she stood
02:06up
02:07brushing off her designer jeans and shot a glare at the muscle standing by the door watch her
02:11she screams gag her the heavy metal door slammed shut i rise on the freezing concrete floor a pool of
02:18blood already soaking right through my hospital gown damien had confiscated my phone the exact second we
02:23pulled up to the emergency room he fed me some bs about radiation being bad for the baby looking back
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 break of car crash he left
02:54behind vivian his widow who was three months pregnant at the funeral damien's dad the family patriarch george
03:00was bawling gripping vivian's hands like a lifeline you have to deliver this baby safely our bloodline cannot end
03:07here back then i actually felt bad for vivian i even stepped up and said don't worry dad damien and
03:14i will
03:14make sure our baby takes care of you too the old man george just gave me this dead blank stare
03:19and said nothing
03:20it suddenly clicked from that exact moment my baby was already marked as collateral damage
03:26another contraction ripped through me a hundred times more brutal than the last
03:30the delay drugs were wearing off my baby was coming out now i dragged myself to the door clawing and
03:38pounding on the metal with everything i had somebody help the baby is coming please save my baby
03:44dead silence from the hallway i screamed until my vocal cords literally bled only to hear one of the
03:50guards grumble impatiently shut the hell up blair said to wait so you wait my baby if it dies it
03:57dies
03:58blame your own crappy luck for not carrying a boy i slumped back against the freezing wall ice running
04:03through my veins this wasn't bad luck they actively intentionally wanted my baby dead i have no idea how long
04:10i survived in that pitch black basement the bleeding wouldn't stop i was practically swimming
04:15in a dark red puddle just as i started blacking out the door violently swung open it wasn't bella it
04:22wasn't the 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 was
04:36totally 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 completely
04:48broken we have to get you to a hospital now he tried to scoot me up but the slightest movement
04:53sent a horrifying hot gush between my legs blood so much damn blood dr vance's hands were shaking
05:00uncontrollably as he screamed out the door help get in here now she's hemorrhaging
05:06the hallway was a ghost town damien's family basically owned this private hospital they had
05:12cleared out the entire building tonight just for vivian's delivery every single doctor and nurse was
05:16on standby up on the third floor dr vance whipped out his phone swearing when he saw there was zero
05:22cell
05:22service down here i'm carrying you up just hold on gritting his teeth he lifted my dead weight and
05:28stumbled frantically toward the exit that stairwell felt like an endless nightmare every single jolt
05:33was pure unadulterated torture i could feel my baby dropping pushing down but unable to actually come
05:40out those sick delay drugs were still messing with my system making my contractions totally erratic
05:45it was the most lethal scenario possible dr vance save the baby please just save my baby don't talk like
05:53that you're both gonna make it he finally hit the ground floor sprinting straight for the primary
05:59operating room but when we got to the doors we both just froze the or double doors were propped wide
06:05open
06:06and the room was completely utterly gutted the overhead surgical lights gone the operating table gone
06:13the fetal monitors the oxygen tanks every single piece of life-saving equipment had straight up vanished
06:19all that was left was an empty echoing room and some exposed wall outlets dr vance stood there
06:25paralyzed he let out this choked horrified sound like someone was literally strangling hell
06:31how is this possible i personally checked all this equipment at 3 p.m suddenly the sharp click of heels
06:38echoed from down the hall bella strolled over with two nurses trailing her like lap dogs
06:44dr vance the hell are you doing down here vivian's up on the third floor why did you leave your
06:48post
06:49where is the equipment where did everything go we moved it up to the third floor obviously
06:56vivian needs a c-section so she gets the absolute premium gear what if there's an emergency a regular
07:03old or wouldn't cut it for the air oh is alessia about to pop well she's gonna have to hold
07:12it in
07:12vivian's not done yet just suck it up and tough it out a little longer i stared up at her
07:17flawlessly
07:18contoured face a sick memory flashed from six months ago her linking arms with me at prada batting
07:23her eyelashes and going the best alexia you're more like a real sister to me than anyone
07:28looking back now what a twisted pathetic joke dr vance sprinted into the nurse's station like a
07:35madman violently tearing through the supply cabinets but they were wiped clean where are the meds give
07:42me something we sent it all up to the third floor damien ordered that every single resource must be
07:48strictly prioritized for vivian dr vance slammed his fist so hard 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 take
08:06a breath she hasn't even pushed the kid out yet once vivian is finished we'll send the scraps back
08:12downstairs for her and honestly even if she pops it out it's just a worthless girl if it dies good
08:19riddance
08:19our family doesn't need trash like that i stared a hole straight through her skull looking at the
08:24girl i had treated like my own flesh and blood for three straight years you sick
08:29bitch bella's smug little smile instantly vanished keep barking call me whatever you want once you're
08:36completely drained from giving birth i have plenty of ways to shut you up for good and then vivian is
08:43gonna officially take your place as the lady of the house as for you we might just spare your pathetic
08:49life you know as a favor to my brother blair you are literally murdering her murder watch your mouth
09:00doc you'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 care
09:19of alessia myself two massive bodyguards immediately grabbed the doctor by the arms and started dragging
09:25him away alexia press your acrobacere points your ankles the webbing of your hands it'll force the
09:34contractions 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
09:44she 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 a swarm of elite
09:57doctors buzzing in the background cut the crap alessia things are getting complicated with vivian
10:04the baby's heart rate is dropping bella flipped the camera to show my bloody writhing body on the floor
10:10look at all this blood she's losing do you think she's gonna croak too damien frowned at the screen
10:15for half a second before aggressively looking away just make her wait once vivian's done i'll send a
10:21doctor down blair just keep an eye on her i can't leave this floor right now the call disconnected bella
10:28shrugged shoving the phone into her back pocket hear that my brother only gives a damn about vivian
10:34i slammed my eyes shut refusing to look at her smug face but i slowly secretly slipped my hand behind
10:40my back sewn into the fabric was a tiny button-sized device i dug my fingernail under the device's
10:46protective cap and flipped it open and i pressed down hard no beep no flashing red light but i knew
10:53the
10:53distress signal was already bouncing off a satellite my dad robert promised that the second i hit that
10:58button his people would crash through the doors in under 30 minutes but 30 minutes did my baby even
11:04have 30 minutes left a panic button my dad robert gave me he told me alessia that family is full
11:10of
11:11vipers if things go south press this dad chill damien treats me like a queen his whole family adores me
11:17god i was so incredibly fatally stupid my grip on reality was slipping bella was just lounging in a
11:24chair 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
11:34looks his 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
11:46my ankles the webbing of my hands pushing down with everything i had even if it was a total long
11:53shot
11:53bella just kept running her mouth we figured hey if you spit out a sun you'd at least have some
11:59use
12:00then the ultrasound showed it was a girl the old man was absolutely furious thank god vivian is having
12:06a boy otherwise our bloodline would be screwed she stood up walked over and literally kicked my leg
12:11so do us all a favor and know your place stop clinging to things that aren't yours i forced my
12:18eyes open and stared dead at her damien know you're talking to me like this
12:24duh my brother literally sent me down here to prep you he said you were stubborn and might do something
12:29crazy so i needed to talk some sense into you another massive wave of agony ripped through my stomach
12:36worse than all the others combined the meds were completely gone the baby was crowning
12:42i couldn't hold back the scream anymore bella jumped back looking totally disgusted so annoying
12:49she yanked the door open and yelled down the hall hey somebody get in here and check if she's finally
12:55popping 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
13:16we have no equipment no meds doing it like this the mother and the baby could die then let them
13:24die
13:25they're dead weight anyway who gives a crap after dropping that sick line bella literally just walked
13:31out to find damien leaving me to bleed out the nurse was too terrified to speak she just squatted
13:37down and tried to help me manually dilate but i was totally tapped out the extreme blood loss had drained
13:43every last ounce of my energy every single passing second was pure agonizing help then out of
13:49nowhere rapid heavy footsteps echoed down the hall a lot of them the synchronized thunderous thud of
13:56tactical combat boots who is that the heavy metal door was violently kicked off its hinges
14:05a squatted woman pulled back after the 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
14:44clear 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
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-of-the-art
15:16mobile operating room elite trauma docs and nurses were already inside instantly starting resuscitation
15:21bp dropping 60 over 40 hemorrhagic shock fetal distress is critical we need to perform an emergency
15:29c-section but the mother's vitals are crashing the surgery risk is cut her open i'll take the bullet
15:35if anything goes wrong save save the baby first boss please don't speak save your energy the don is
15:43already on his way he'll be here any minute you and the baby are going to make it you have
15:49to
15:49before he could even finish the heart monitor let out a piercing continuous scream she's flatlining
15:55grab the paddles clear the fetal heartbeat is crashing too scalpel we're cutting now they strapped
16:01my arms down and a heavy anesthesia mask was clamped over my face right before the darkness swallowed
16:07me 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 she's awake
16:27the boss is awake someone shouted in pure relief several faces instantly crowded around my bed
16:33all faces i grew up with my dad robert's top enforcers the ruthless uncles who basically raised me
16:40where'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
16:54past my name before his voice broke looking into his bloodshot shattered eyes i already knew the answer
17:00the 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
17:19inside me for nine months the baby that kicked me every day the one i whispered secrets to gone
17:25where's damien he's with vivian she gave birth to a boy his entire family is popping champagne celebrating
17:34not 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
18:33and watch
18:33exactly how they celebrate watch them throw a party for their new air over my dead body then he firmly
18:40nodded 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
18:57in the hospital security room any regrets about what marrying that piece of trash nope at least it
19:04showed me exactly what kind of monsters they are on the screen damien finally strutted out of the
19:09vip delivery suite he was holding a swaddled newborn his face absolutely glowing with that a proud
19:14new dad energy vivian was being wheeled out on a hospital bed looking pale but flashing this
19:19massive the old patriarch george hobbled over on his cane bawling his eyes out the second and he
19:24laid eyes on the kid a grandson i finally have a grandson our bloodline is secure the whole damn
19:30family crowded around the baby laughing and celebrating not a single person asked about me
19:36no one remembered the other pregnant woman who was literally fighting for her life downstairs
19:40mr damien what about your wife damien frowned looking like he literally just remembered i existed
19:46how's she doing no updates yet dr vance is down there with her i'll go check i'm coming with you
19:53he handed his golden boy off to the nanny and headed for the elevator bella scrambled after him
19:58the two of them hopped into the elevator i switched the camera feed to the ground floor dr vance was
20:05leaning
20:05against the wall outside the gutted door looking like an actual ghost seeing damien he shot up
20:10straight mr damien where's my wife he just slowly stepped aside and pointed a shaking finger down the
20:17hall 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
20:49we lost the baby too the air in the hallway completely froze damien just stood there paralyzed
20:56like his brain couldn't process the words bella was the first to snap out of it
21:00bullshit she was completely fine a minute ago she lost way too much blood we had zero equipment
21:07zero meds i tried literally everything but i'm so sorry i swear to god i tried damien suddenly snapped
21:15grabbing the doctor by the collar and violently hoisting him up what the f u c k did you just
21:20say
21:20my wife is dead dr vance just nodded tears streaming down his face damien dropped him stumbling
21:27backward until his back hit the wall no that's impossible she was perfectly healthy how could she
21:33bella frantically grabbed his arm damien wait let me go check she practically sprinted toward the morgue
21:39on the cameras i watched her yank open the freezer drawer and stare down at the corpse
21:44the silicone face was permanently frozen in a mask of agonizing pain
21:48the white sheet underneath was entirely soaked in dark red blood bella stared for all of five seconds
21:53before clapping a hand over her mouth and bolting out of the room damien it's real damien stormed
21:59into the morgue the feed caught him standing over the open freezer completely paralyzed he stood there
22:05so long it freaked bella out she tiptoed in and tugged his sleeve damien suddenly snapped his arm back and
22:12punched the concrete wall with everything he had why why didn't anyone tell me sooner why didn't you wait for
22:17me dr vance standing out in the hall muttered quietly your phone was off you didn't allow
22:23calls in the vip suite then why the hell didn't you run upstairs and get me it's two flights of
22:29stairs
22:29how long would that take you just stood there and watched her die his eyes totally bloodshot with rage
22:35dr vance went dead silent dropping his head as his shoulders shook bella tried to run damage control
22:41i was the one who stopped him from going upstairs vivian was in a critical state i didn't want to
22:46interrupt smack he slapped her across the face hard did you just hit me were you the one who locked
22:53her
22:54in the basement bella wouldn't meet his eyes i just told her to wait wait for what that was my
22:59wife
23:00that was two human lives i told you to take care of her is this how you take care of
23:05people bella burst
23:06into tears i was doing it for the family vivian was having a boy she was having a girl do
23:12the math
23:12grandpa george said the boy is the only air that matters an air so her life just didn't matter anymore
23:19it was like that word literally stabbed damien in the chest he froze the rage completely washed
23:25out of his face replaced by this hollow blank look an air the only sound in the morgue was the
23:31low hum
23:31of the freezer and bella's muffled sobbing damien dragged my corpse back to the family estate they
23:36didn't even let me in the main house they set up a cheap memorial in the guest wing meanwhile vivian
23:42and her golden boy moved straight into the master suite swarmed by nannies and night nurses the old
23:47patriarch george laid down the law keep the funeral quiet and cheap we don't want bad energy around the
23:53new baby just find a day to cremate her and get it over with pick a decent plot though she
23:58was still
23:58married into the family damien didn't say a word he just sat in that dark memorial room guarding the
24:03casket three days and three nights didn't eat didn't drink bella tried to comfort him and got violently
24:10kicked out vivian finally waltzed in holding the baby playing the sweet widow damien i'm so sorry for
24:16your loss alessia wouldn't want to see you like this from heaven he stared at her for a long time
24:21before
24:21asking what she was thinking when she died i was in labor i don't she was thinking about why her
24:26husband
24:27wasn't there about why everyone was celebrating your baby while leaving her to literally bleed to
24:31death damien what the hell is that supposed to mean i almost died giving birth to 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
24:55equipment for you would she still be alive if only his voice cracked unable to finish the sentence
25:01vivian bit her lip spun on her heel and stormed out right before she left she threw one last dagger
25:07don't forget damien i'm the one who gave this family a son that corpse in there is completely useless to
25:12us
25:13now the door slammed shut damien slumped against the casket sliding down to the floor burying his face in
25:18his hands through the hidden camera feed i watched his shoulders shake violently i shot a text to my
25:23dad robert are we cleared to go my dad robert replied instantly green light suddenly the family
25:29business started bleeding out first their oldest suppliers entirely cut off their supply chain
25:34the excuse quality control issues damien sent his fixers to smooth it out but they got slammed doors
25:41in their faces then the banks pulled their credit lines guaranteed multi-million dollar loan renewals
25:46were suddenly rejected for high risk their cash flow choked instantly and then the clients started
25:52dropping like flies massive contracts were ripped up overnight instantly handed over to their biggest
25:57rivals within 30 days their total market value plummeted by 30 the old patriarch george stressed
26:03himself into a hospital bed damien was running himself ragged bouncing between the icu and the
26:09crumbling corporate office vivian sitting comfortably with the baby constantly whined oh yuri literally
26:14never home you don't even care about the baby my dad is dying and the company is imploding what do
26:20you
26:20want me to do so what if the company crashes we're loaded we have enough cash for a lifetime she
26:26rolled
26:26her eyes damien looked at her like he was seeing a complete stranger do you have any idea how this
26:31family built its empire my grandfather george my dad my brother alan three generations bled for this
26:38it didn't just fall from the sky well you still can't just abandon me and your nephew he's not even
26:44a month old and you're mia every single day damien slammed the door on her and drove straight back to
26:50the memorial hall my casket was still sitting there he refused to bury me because he couldn't find the
26:55perfect plot he leaned against the polished wood muttering into the void alessia if you were here what would
27:02you tell me to do you'd probably tell me to just breathe take it one step at a time you
27:07are always
27:08so level-headed so damn smart his voice dropped to a broken whisper but i don't have anyone to talk
27:14to anymore my dad just screams at me vivian only wants my credit cards bella is entirely self-obsessed
27:22you were the only one who never asked for a dime who just wanted to help me he took a
27:27drag and started
27:28violently coughing coughing so hard literal tears streamed down his face i'm so sorry god i am so
27:35sorry i didn't know it was gonna end like this if i could do it all over again i swear
27:40i would before
27:41he could finish his pathetic confession his phone blew up it was his executive assistant sounding
27:47absolutely panicked boss we have a massive crisis customs just seized our entire shipping fleet
27:54they're claiming we're smuggling contraband the payload is huge the feds are opening a criminal
27:59investigation contraband what the hell are you talking about we run a legitimate import business
28:05it's real the feds are literally raiding the lobby right now asking for you damien slammed the phone
28:11down and bolted out of the memorial hall he jumped in his car speeding toward the corporate hq halfway there
28:17his phone rang again unknown caller id he picked up and a man's voice ice cold and deadly deep spoke
28:23through
28:23the speakers did you enjoy my little gift damien who the hell is this my name isn't important all you
28:30need
28:30to know is that this this is just the appetizer you owe a massive debt and i'm going to rip
28:36your entire
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
28:47the federal investigation 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
29:04contracts left and right the company's stock flatlined the stress triggered a second massive
29:09stroke for the old patriarch george and this time he didn't make it right before he kicked the bucket
29:14he gripped damien's hand gasping out family the air and then he flatlined the funeral was pathetic and
29:22cheap barely anyone showed up and the ones who did were only there to watch the train wreck vivian
29:27stood by the casket holding the baby crying her perfectly manicured crocodile tears honestly couldn't
29:33tell if she was crying for the old man or crying because her sugar daddy was dead
29:37damien just stood there the entire time completely dead inside it wasn't until the funeral ended and
29:43the guests cleared out that he finally turned to vivian pack your stuff get out vivian completely fro
29:49excuse me take the kid and get the hell out of my house i'll cut you a check it'll be
29:55enough to
29:55keep you comfortable for the rest of your life damien what the hell are you talking about i'm your
30:01brother's widow his baby is his own flesh and blood grandpa george literally said he's the air
30:08the air our entire empire is turning to dust what exactly is he inheriting our crippling debt vivian took a
30:17step back panicked you're just gonna abandon us i'm paying you damien deadpanned that's me not abandon
30:25main estate i'm keeping it it 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 would
30:46have dumped her and married me ages ago damien's face went deadly on 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
31:04an excuse to divorce her now that she's dead she did you a massive favor you should be thanking me
31:11taking 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
31:30face
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
31:46his dad george's portrait he suddenly looked so incredibly fundamentally exhausted too exhausted to
31:52even stand he dropped to his knees dad i can't hold on anymore the empire is collapsing and it's all
32:00my
32:00fault total silence nobody answered him just the cold draft sweeping through the hall violently
32:06flapping the white morning drapes i was chilling in my italian estate watching the cctv feeds on my ipad
32:12my dad robert strolled in and tossed a dossier onto the table damien's company valuations barely
32:18holding at a fraction of what it was and they're drowning in debt twice that's filing for chapter
32:2411 bankruptcy is only a few days away i picked up the file and skimmed the pages that was way
32:29faster
32:30than i expected my dad robert sat down and let out a heavy sigh alessia do you really need to
32:37personally
32:38watch him burn to the ground i looked up at him dad do you seriously expect me to forgive him
32:43he shook his head immediately no the bastard deserves it i'm just worried about you i don't
32:50want you getting stuck in this dark headspace i slapped the folder shut and gave him a faint smile
32:55the exact moment my baby died i completely detached from him right now i'm literally just collecting a
33:02debt my dad robert looked at me his eyes full of conflict you've changed you used to smile so much
33:09now even your smiles look completely hollow i stood up walked over to the floor to ceiling windows and
33:16stared out over the vineyards everyone grows eventually some people just take years to do it
33:21and some of us grow up overnight after one brutal betrayal in a brush with death my dad robert didn't
33:27say anything back he just stood there with me in comfortable silence for a while then quietly left the
33:33room suddenly my burner phone buzzed it was damien the absolute nerve of this guy to call me well
33:40technically he was calling my dead alias's number i answered it but kept my mouth completely shut
33:45his voice incredibly hoarse and broken crackled through the speaker alexia i know you can't hear
33:52this but i just really re-needed to talk to you the family is finished my dad is dead vivian
33:57walked
33:58out and bella completely cut cuz with me right now i have absolutely no one left sometimes i think if
34:03i had just treated you better maybe everything would be different if i wasn't so insanely greedy
34:07wanting 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 so
34:29he 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
34:41kid as a final payout for my brother alan and the last third i kept it to buy myself a
34:49burial plot
34:49right next to yours in the next life i'd give you my soul to make it up to you the
34:54call abruptly
34:55ended i sat there gripping the phone completely motionless for a long time until the screen went
35:01black reflecting my stone cold expressionless face damien actually kept his word he liquidated
35:07every 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 person
35:25sometimes rambling about the bankrupt company sometimes bringing up childhood memories sometimes
35:30he didn't say a word just sat there staring into space four hours on end literally all day bella
35:37actually tracked him down once screaming that he'd lost his damn mind you blew the entire family
35:42fortune for a corpse how can you face dad how can you face our brother alan damien just looked at
35:48her
35:48with totally hollow dead eyes and who's gonna make it right for lesia who makes it right for the child
35:54we killed bella choked on her words finally running off crying she never came back by the third month of
36:01watching this live stream 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 that i hated
36:12to admit i felt my dad robert asked me have you seen enough if you're done playing games snap out
36:19of
36:19it i need you to take over the syndicate's operations i nodded i'll be back at the office tomorrow but
36:24tonight i'm taking a trip to the cemetery my dad robert frowned that's way too risky he's a desperate
36:31man with nothing left to lose if he figures out you're alive he won't notice i assure him i'm literally
36:36just going to watch from the distance one last look and i'm closing this chapter permanently
36:40my dad robert stayed quiet for a minute then nodded detail call it in if anything goes south
36:47the cemetery was dead silent at night i stood back in the shadows of the trees watching damien slumped
36:53in front of my headstone he looked practically emaciated his hair had gone gray the guy wasn't
36:59even 40 yet but he looked like he was pushing 50. he was clutching a bottle of liquor taking swigs
37:05and
37:05slurring his words alexia i finally went to see a shrink today he diagnosed me with clinical depression
37:14tried to shove pills down my throat i told him to screw off i'm not depressed i just i just
37:21miss you
37:22i miss your cooking i miss you nagging me about drinking too much i miss you rubbing your belly and
37:28complaining the baby was kicked he took another burning swig and started hacking
37:32coughed for a solid minute when he finally stopped his voice was even more wrecked
37:37the scariest part i'm forgetting your face your voice it's all getting so blurry
37:44i'm absolutely terrified that one day i'm gonna totally forget you and when that happens what the
37:48hell am i supposed to do he collapsed against the cold stone his shoulders violently shaking
37:53he was fully sobbing i turned around completely done ready to leave but my designer heel accidentally
38:01kicked a loose stone damien's head whipped up i completely froze he stumbled to his feet and
38:07started marching toward the shadows my security chief tried to pull me back but i shook my head
38:12i played the ghost long enough it was time to face the music damien stopped dead in his tracks right
38:19at the edge of the shadows the moonlight hit my face perfectly he stared at me his pupils shrinking to
38:24pinpricks looking like he literally just saw a gun you it's me i broke the silence not dead surprise
38:34damien's jaw was practically on the floor he couldn't form a single word he just stared at
38:39me like a madman his eyes flipping from shock to confusion to absolute unfortunate joy
38:47my head of security instantly stepped in front of me shoving him back
38:57tried to physically push past my guard but the guy didn't even budge that's when it finally dawned
39:03on him i was flanked by four heavily armed men and in tailored black who the hell are they
39:08me and stammered confused my muscle i answered coolly the psychotic joy on his face slowly melted into
39:15dread 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
39:28little 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
39:43bullshit 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 bankrupt
40:08that was you yep i didn't even blink my dad robert pulled the trigger he said anyone who touches his
40:15daughter pays the ultimate price honestly i agree with him damien's eyes flushed with furious red tears
40:23then why the hell didn't you tell me from the start
40:30damien 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
40:53so 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
41:20but you lied manipulated me and destroyed my entire life you're a hundred times sicker than i am
41:26he lunged 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
41:45my guard punched his lights out what do we do boss my security chief looked up at me i stared
41:49down at
41:50his 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
42:15i 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 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
42:46complicating my life the attentionary for the u.s trip next week finalized yes it's done great i'm gonna
42:53go prep for it i stood up and walked out of his office just as i hit the doorway i
42:58heard him whisper
42:59baby had survived they would have been three years old my footsteps completely halted i didn't look
43:04back just forced myself to keep walking the hallway was endlessly long lined with oil portraits of past
43:11syndicate bosses right at the very end was a portrait of my mother she died from childbirth complications
43:17hemorrhaged giving birth to me and the doctors couldn't save her my dad never remarried never even
43:22dated i never understood why but now i finally get it some wounds literally never heal some pain is so
43:30deep that not even time can my phone buzzed in my pocket my assistant's voice came through boss
43:37damien is in italy he's outside the estate gates he's demanding an audience i'm not seeing him he's
43:43literally on his knees says he's not moving until you come out i walked over to the nearest
43:49window and pulled back the heavy velvet curtains way down at the front gates damien was kneeling in
43:55the dirt holding up a pathetic cardboard sign it read i'm so sorry i was wrong please just see me
44:02once i stared down at him for a few seconds then i sharply yanked the my assistant hesitated for a
44:09second boss are you sure that won't be too just do it i hung up the phone i sank onto
44:14a leather sofa
44:15and closed my eyes but my traitorous brain flashed back to a memory from years ago the very first
44:20time we ever met at the university library i was carrying a massive stack of books bumped straight
44:27into him and dropped them everywhere he immediately knelt down to help me pick them up flashing me this
44:31bright smile you've got a lot of books there huh the afternoon sunlight was streaming through the
44:36library windows hitting his face perfectly he looked so sweet so completely pure but it was all fake
44:42a complete sick illusion so why the hell does my heart still aches
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