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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 six centimeters dilated
00:52they 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
01:07hospital's creepy ass basement dumping me in what looked like a makeshift cell damien's spoiled brat
01:13of a sister bella was leaning against the doorframe casually twirling a surgical scalpel don't be mad at
01:19my brother alessia vivian is carrying my late brother's baby the first actual heir a boy for our family's new
01:26generation
01:27who cares if you deliver first you're just popping out a girl it's totally worthless i clutched my giant
01:34belly as a fresh rogue wave of contraction started violently fighting off the drugs the pain was so
01:39blinding my vision literally went black get a doc the baby's coming i swear to god i gasped out bella
01:46just let out this wicked psychotic little laugh give birth who said you're giving birth
01:56those meds are gonna keep you locked up tight for another three hours vivian's already in the delivery
02:01sweetie once her son is born safe and sound you can push all you freaking want she stood up brushing
02:07off her designer jeans and shot a glare at the muscle standing by the door watch her she screams gag
02:13her
02:13the heavy metal door slammed shut i rise on the freezing concrete floor a pool of blood already soaking
02:19right through my hospital gown damien had confiscated my phone the exact second we pulled up to the
02:24emergency room he fed me some bs about radiation being bad for the baby looking back he just didn't
02:30want me calling the cops i curled into a tight agonizing ball desperately trying to breathe through the
02:36blinding pain but all i could picture was the look in damien's eyes stone cold calculating like he was
02:43looking at a broken piece of furniture not his wife not the woman literally carrying his child
02:49three months ago his older brother alan died in a horrific car crash he left behind vivian his widow
02:55who was three months pregnant at the funeral damien's dad the family patriarch george was bawling
03:01gripping vivian's hands like a lifeline you have to deliver this baby safely our bloodline cannot end here
03:07back then i actually felt bad for vivian i even stepped up and said don't worry dad
03:13damien and i will make sure our baby takes care of you too
03:16the old man george just gave me this dead blank stare and said nothing
03:20it suddenly clicked
03:21from 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
03:34now i dragged myself to the door clawing and pounding on the metal with everything i had
03:40somebody help the baby is coming
03:44dead silence from the hallway i screamed until my vocal cords literally bled only to hear one of
03:50the guards grumble impatiently shut the hell up blair said to wait so you wait
03:54my baby if it dies it dies blame your own crappy luck for not carrying a boy
04:00i slumped back against the freezing wall ice running through my veins this wasn't bad luck
04:06they actively intentionally wanted my baby dead
04:09i have no idea how long i survived in that pitch black basement
04:12the bleeding wouldn't stop i was practically swimming in a dark red puddle
04:16just as i started blacking out the door violently swung open
04:20it wasn't bella it wasn't the goons
04:23it was the family's private physician dr vance
04:26alexia what the hell are you doing down here
04:29damien told everyone you were resting up in the penthouse vip suite
04:33i tried to scream but my throat was totally paralyzed
04:37all i could do was point at my swollen stomach sobbing uncontrollably
04:41the second his hands felt my abdomen he sharply sucked in a breath
04:45you're 10 centimeters your water's completely broken
04:48we 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
04:56blood so much damn blood dr vance's hands were shaking uncontrollably as he
05:01screamed out the door help get in here now she's hemorrhaging
05:06the hallway was a ghost town damien's family basically owned this
05:10private hospital they had cleared out the entire building tonight just for
05:14vivian's delivery every single doctor and nurse was on
05:17standby up on the third floor dr vance whipped out his phone
05:20swearing when he saw there was zero cell service down here
05:23i'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
05:32nightmare every single jolt was pure unadulterated torture
05:35i could feel my baby dropping pushing down but unable to actually come out
05:40those sick delay drugs were still messing with my system
05:43making my contractions totally erratic it was the most lethal scenario possible
05:48dr vance save the baby please just save my baby don't talk like that
05:53you're both gonna make it he finally hit the ground floor sprinting
05:59straight for the primary operating room but when we got to the doors we both
06:03just froze the or double doors were propped wide open and the room was
06:07completely utterly gutted the overhead surgical lights gone the operating
06:12table 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
06:21echoing room and some exposed wall outlets dr vance stood there paralyzed he let out
06:27this choked horrified sound like someone was literally strangling hell
06:30how is this possible i personally checked all this equipment at 3 p.m
06:36suddenly the sharp click of heels echoed from down the hall
06:39bella strolled over with two nurses trailing her like lap dogs
06:44dr vance the hell are you doing down here vivian's up on
06:47third floor why did you leave your post where is the equipment where did
06:52everything go we moved it up to the third floor obviously vivian needs a c-section
06:57so she gets the absolute premium gear what if there's an emergency a regular old or
07:03wouldn'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 and
07:15tough it out a little longer i stared up at her flawlessly contoured face a sick memory flashed from
07:21six months ago her linking arms with me at prada batting her eyelashes and going the best alexia you're
07:26more 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
07:35violently tearing through the supply cabinets but they were wiped clean
07:40where are the meds give me something we sent it all up to the third floor
07:45damien ordered that every single resource must be strictly prioritized for vivian
07:50dr 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
08:05take a breath she hasn't even pushed the kid out yet once vivian is finished we'll send the scraps
08:12back downstairs for her and honestly even if she pops it out it's just a worthless girl if it dies
08:18good riddance our family doesn't need trash like that i stared a hole straight through her skull
08:24looking at the girl i had treated like my own flesh and blood for three straight years
08:28you sick bitch bella's smug little smile instantly vanished keep barking call me whatever you want once
08:36you're completely drained from giving birth i have plenty of ways to shut you up for good and then
08:42vivian 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 blair you are literally
08:56murdering her murder watch your mouth doc you're on thin ice women die from childbirth complications
09:06every day it's perfectly natural besides this is internal family business you're just an employee
09:12on our payroll back the hell off she flicked her wrist at her goons escort dr vance to the break
09:18room
09:18i'll take excellent care of alessia myself two massive bodyguards immediately grabbed the doctor
09:24by the arms and started dragging him away alexia press your acrobacere points your ankles the webbing of
09:32your hands it'll force the contractions don't give up you can still save the baby his voice echoed down
09:38the hall until it faded into nothing bella casually kicked the nurse's station door shut and turned back
09:43to face me she pulled out her iphone and started a facetime call hey damien alessia is about to pop
09:50want to watch damien's face popped up on the screen he was pacing outside a luxury delivery suite a
09:56swarm 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 ella 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
10:46the device'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
11:17family 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
11:28roadkill i mean seriously what were you thinking marrying into our family alexia did you just want
11:33damien for his looks his money you're literally a nobody from a middle-class family you never belonged
11:40with us i didn't say a single word i just kept desperately pressing the pressure points dr vance
11:45told me about my ankles the webbing of my hands pushing down with everything i had even if it was
11:52a
11:52total long shot bella just kept running her mouth we figured hey if you spit out a son you'd at
11:58least have
11:59some use then the ultrasound showed it was a girl the old man was absolutely furious thank
12:05god vivian is having a boy otherwise our bloodline would be screwed she stood up walked over and
12:10literally kicked my leg so do us all a favor and know your place stop clinging to things that aren't
12:16yours i forced my eyes open and stared dead at her damien know you're talking to me like this
12:23duh 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
12:48so annoying she yanked the door open and yelled down the hall hey somebody get in here and check
12:55if she's finally popping a terrified nurse scrambled in took one look between my legs and went chalk
13:00white she's fully dilated the head is cloning but she's losing way too much blood we have to deliver
13:08right now then catch it genius the nurse was on the verge of tears we have no equipment no meds
13:19doing it
13:20like this the mother and the baby could die then let them die they're dead weight anyway who gives a
13:27crap
13:28after dropping that sick line bella literally just walked out to find damien leaving me to bleed out
13:34the 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
14:06a squad of men 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
14:44clear 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
15:03he 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
15:20instantly starting resuscitation bp dropping 60 over 40 hemorrhagic shock fetal distress is critical
15:27we need to perform an emergency c-section but the mother's vitals are crashing the surgery risk
15:33is cut her open i'll take the bullet if anything goes wrong save save the baby first boss please
15:40don't speak save your energy the don is already on his way he'll be here any minute you and the
15:47baby
15:47you're going to make it you have to before he could even finish the heart monitor let out a piercing
15:53continuous scream she's flatlining grab the paddles clear the fetal heartbeat is crashing too scalpel
15:59we'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
16:10the 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 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
17:06was just too long the doctors did absolutely everything they could i closed my eyes i didn't
17:12cry i didn't scream i just felt this massive gaping black hole open up in my chest the tiny life
17:19that
17:19had been growing inside me for nine months the baby that kicked me every day the one i whispered secrets
17:24to gone 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
18:13and that bastard definitely doesn't dad i need you to do something for me name it i need a body
18:19double
18:19a hyper realistic fake corpse make it look exactly like me post delivery bled to death my dad robert
18:27totally 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
18:47silicone skin pumped full of fake blood bags complete with a core temperature simulator shoved
18:52into a freezer in the morgue you literally couldn't tell the difference from an actual corpse i was
18:57chilling in the hospital security room any regrets about what marrying that piece of trash nope at
19:03least it showed me exactly what kind of monsters they are on the screen damien finally strutted out
19:09of the vip 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 massive
19:20the old patriarch george hobbled over on his cane bawling his eyes out the second he laid eyes on the
19:25kid
19:25a grandson i finally have a grandson our bloodline is secure the whole damn family crowded around the
19:32baby laughing and celebrating not a single person asked about me no one remembered the other pregnant
19:38woman who was literally fighting for her life downstairs mr damien what about your wife damien frowned
19:44looking like he literally just remembered i existed how's she doing no updates yet dr vance is down
19:50there with her i'll go check i'm coming with you he handed his golden boy off to the nanny and
19:56headed
19:56for the elevator bella scrambled after him the two of them hopped into the elevator i switched the camera
20:02feed to the ground floor dr vance was leaning against the wall outside the gutted or looking like an actual
20:08ghost seeing damien he shot up straight mr damien where's my wife he just slowly stepped aside and
20:15pointed a shaking finger down the hall toward the morgue damien's face dropped what the hell does that
20:21mean
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
21:01bullshit 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 backward
21:27until his back hit the wall no that's impossible she was perfectly healthy how could she bella frantically
21:34grabbed his arm damien wait let me go check she practically sprinted toward the morgue on the cameras
21:40i watched her yank open the freezer drawer and stare down at the corpse the silicone face was
21:46permanently frozen in a mask of agonizing pain the white sheet underneath was entirely soaked in dark
21:51red blood bella stared for all of five seconds before clapping a hand over her mouth and bolting
21:56out of the room damien it's real damien stormed into the morgue the feet caught him standing over the
22:02open freezer completely paralyzed he stood there so long it freaked bella out she tiptoed in and tugged his
22:08sleeve leave damien suddenly snapped his arm back and punched the concrete wall with everything he had
22:14why 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 you
22:26run upstairs and get me it's two flights of stairs how long would that take you just stood there and
22:32watched her die his eyes totally bloodshot with rage dr vance went dead silent dropping his head as
22:38his shoulders shook bella tried to run damage control i was the one who stopped him from going
22:43upstairs vivian was in a critical state i didn't want to interrupt smack he slapped her across the face
22:50hard did you just hit me were you the one who locked her in the basement bella wouldn't meet his
22:55eyes i just told her to wait wait for what that was my wife that was two human lives i
23:02told you to take
23:03care of her is this how you take care of people bella burst into tears i was doing it for
23:08the
23:08family vivian was having a boy she was having a girl do the math grandpa george said the boy is
23:14the
23:14only air that matters an air so her life just didn't matter anymore it was like that word literally
23:21stabbed damien in the chest he froze the rage completely washed out of his face replaced by this
23:27hollow blank look and air the only sound in the morgue was the low hum of the freezer and bella's
23:32muffled sobbing damien dragged my corpse back to the family estate they didn't even let me in the
23:37main house 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 the
23:49law keep the funeral quiet and cheap we don't want bad energy around the new baby just find a day
23:55to
23:55cremate 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
24:18wouldn't want to see you like this from heaven he stared at her for a long time before asking what
24:22she
24:22was thinking when she died i was in labor i don't she was thinking about why her husband wasn't there
24:27about 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 to the heart rate dropped
24:37so many times yeah it was rough for you but she actually died two lives gone did she deserve to
24:44die
24:44just because she wasn't carrying a boy damien stood up walking over to the casket i keep thinking
24:51if 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
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
25:28suddenly 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
25:45loan renewals were suddenly rejected for high risk their cash flow choked instantly and then the
25:51clients started dropping like flies massive contracts were ripped up overnight instantly handed over to
25:56their biggest rivals within 30 days their total market value plummeted by 30 the old patriarch george
26:03stressed himself into a hospital bed damien was running himself ragged bouncing between the icu and
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 her
26:26eyes damien looked at her like he was seeing a complete stranger do you have any idea how this family
26:32built
26:32its empire my grandfather george my dad my brother alan three generations bled for this it didn't just fall
26:39from the sky well you still can't just abandon me and your nephew he's not even a month old and
26:45you're
26:45mia every single day damien slammed the door on her and drove straight back to the memorial hall
26:51my casket was still sitting there he refused to bury me because he couldn't find the perfect plot
26:56he leaned against the polished wood muttering into the void alessia if you were here what would you tell
27:02me to do you'd probably tell me to just breathe take it one step at a time you are always
27:08so level
27:09headed so damn smart his voice dropped to a broken whisper but i don't have anyone to talk to anymore
27:15my dad just screams at me vivian only wants my credit cards bella is entirely self-obsessed you were the
27:23only one who never asked for a dime who just wanted to help me he took a drag and started
27:28violently
27:28coughing coughing so hard literal tears streamed down his face i'm so sorry god i am so sorry
27:35i didn't know it was gonna end like this if i could do it all over again i swear i
27:40would before he could
27:42finish his pathetic confession his phone blew up it was his executive assistant sounding absolutely panicked
27:48boss we have a massive crisis customs just seized our entire shipping fleet they're claiming we're
27:55smuggling contraband the payload is huge the feds are opening a criminal investigation contraband what
28:02the hell are 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
28:13he jumped in his car speeding toward the corporate hq halfway there his phone rang again unknown caller id
28:20he 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
28:30is that this this is just the appetizer you owe a massive debt and i'm going to rip your entire
28:36family apart to collect it the line went dead damien scrambled to redial but the number was already
28:43disconnected his hands gripped white knuckled on the steering wheel started to violently shake
28:48the 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 their
28:59family's reputation absolutely tanked and business partners started tearing up their contracts left and
29:05right the company's stock flatlined the stress triggered a second massive stroke for the old
29:10patriarch george and this time he didn't make it right before he kicked the bucket he gripped damien's
29:15hand gasping out family the air and then he flatlined the funeral was pathetic and cheap barely anyone
29:24showed up and the ones who did were only there to watch the train wreck vivian stood by the casket
29:28holding the baby crying her perfectly manicured crocodile tears honestly couldn't tell if she was crying for
29:34the old man or crying because her sugar daddy was dead damien just stood there the entire time
29:39completely dead inside it wasn't until the funeral ended and the guests cleared out that he finally
29:44turned to vivian pack your stuff get out vivian completely fro excuse me take the kid and get the
29:53hell out of my house i'll cut you a check it'll be enough to keep you comfortable for the rest
29:57of your
29:57life damien what the hell are you talking about i'm your brother's widow his baby is his own
30:04flesh 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 abandon us
30:20i'm paying you damien deadpan that's me not abandoned main estate i'm keeping it it holds all my memories
30:31with alessia memories stop lying to yourself damien you never loved that woman you're just drowning in
30:40guilt she died a horrific death and now the guilt is eating you alive if she was still breathing you
30:46would
30:47have 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 an
31:05excuse to divorce her now that she's dead she did you a massive favor you should be thanking me
31:11you're taking 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
31:21terrified wells damien loomed over her his eyes like daggers of ice get out right now leave if i ever
31:29see your face again you won't get a single damn cent vivian scrambled up clutching the screaming baby
31:35and shot 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
31:53even stand he dropped to his knees dad i can't hold on anymore the empire is collapsing and it's all
32:00my fault 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
32:12ipad my dad robert strolled in and tossed a dossier onto the table damien's company valuations barely
32:19holding at a fraction of what it was and they're drowning in debt twice that's filing for chapter 11
32:24bankruptcy is only a few days away i picked up the file and skimmed the pages that was way faster
32:30than i expected my dad robert sat down and let out a heavy sigh alessia do you really need to
32:37personally watch him burn to the ground i looked up at him dad do you seriously expect me to forgive
32:43him
32:44he shook his head immediately no the bastard deserves it i'm just worried about you i don't want you getting
32:51stuck in this dark headspace i slapped the folder shut and gave him a faint smile the exact moment my
32:57baby died i completely detached from him right now i'm literally just collecting a debt my dad robert
33:04looked at me his eyes full of conflict you've changed you used to smile so much now even your
33:10smiles look completely hollow i stood up walked over to the floor to ceiling windows and stared out over
33:17the vineyards everyone grows eventually some people just take years to do it and some of us grow up
33:23overnight after one brutal betrayal and a brush with death my dad robert didn't say anything back
33:28he just stood there with me in comfortable silence for a while then quietly left the room suddenly my
33:34burner phone buzzed it was damien the absolute nerve of this guy to call me well technically he was calling
33:41my dead alias's number i answered it but kept my mouth completely shut his voice incredibly hoarse and
33:48broken crackled through the speaker alexia i know you can't hear this but i just really reneeded to
33:54talk to you the family is finished my dad is dead vivian walked out and bella completely cut cuz with
33:59me
34:00right 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
34:17our baby is dead and it's 100 my fault i could spend my entire life trying to pay off this
34:24debt and it
34:25wouldn't be enough so 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
34:49a burial plot
34:50right next to yours in the next life i'd give you my soul to make it up to you the
34:54call abruptly ended i
34:56sat there gripping the phone completely motionless for a long time until the screen went black reflecting my
35:02stone cold expressionless face damian actually kept his word he liquidated every single asset real
35:08estate stocks art collections he even listed the main family mansion he downsized to a tiny
35:15crappy 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
35:26about 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 damian 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
35:56on 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
36:12that i hated to admit i felt my dad robert asked me have you seen enough if you're done playing
36:18games snap
36:18out of it i need you to take over the syndicate's operations i nodded i'll be back at the office
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 assure
36:35him
36:36i'm literally just 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 slurring his words alexia i finally went to see a shrink today he diagnosed me with clinical
37:12depression tried to shove pills down my throat i told him to screw off i'm not depressed i just
37:21i just miss you i miss your cooking i miss you nagging me about drinking too much i miss you
37:27rubbing
37:28your belly and complaining 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
37:49hell 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 who's there i completely froze he stumbled to his feet
38:07and started marching toward the shadows my security chief tried to pull me back but i shook my head
38:13i played the ghost long enough it was time to face the music damien stopped dead in his tracks right
38:19at
38:19the 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 me like a
38:39madman
38:47my head of security instantly stepped in front of me shoving him back
38:56i tried 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 and tailored black who the hell are they damien stammered
39:10confused my muscle i answered coolly the psychotic joy on his face slowly melted into dread he looked
39:16me up and down really looked at me the custom tailored designer suit the flawless mafia boss glam
39:22the absolutely stone-cold expression a total 180 from the sweet submissive little housewife he thought
39:29he married who who exactly are you let's reintroduce ourselves alessia heiress to the family current head
39:38of the corioni mafia syndicate
39:44you 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
40:39my 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
41:17been 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
41:26he lunged at me like a rabid dog my guards didn't hesitate they slammed him face first into
41:32the dirt in 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 jump 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
42:27i just feel like you've completely shut down your emotions it's been three years i've barely seen
42:33you crack a real smile and you haven't let a single man within a 10 mile radius of you
42:39dad i'm perfectly fine on my own i have my empire i have insane wealth and i have my family
42:45i don't need
42:45a man complicating my life the itentionary for the u.s trip next week finalized yes it's done great i'm
42:53gonna go prep for it i stood up and walked out of his office just as i hit the doorway
42:58i heard him
42:59whisper baby had survived they would have been three years old my footsteps completely halted
43:03i didn't look back just forced myself to keep walking the hallway was endlessly long lined with
43:09oil portraits of past syndicate bosses right at the very end was a portrait of my mother
43:15she died from childbirth complications hemorrhaged giving birth to me and the doctors couldn't save her
43:20my dad never remarried never even dated i never understood why but now i finally get it
43:27some wounds literally never heal some pain is so deep that not even time can
43:31sit my phone buzzed in my pocket my assistant's voice came through boss damien is in italy he's
43:40outside the estate gates he's demanding an audience i'm not seeing him he's literally on
43:44his knees says he's not moving until you come out i walked over to the nearest window and pulled back
43:50the heavy velvet curtains way down at the front gates damien was kneeling in the dirt holding up a
43:56pathetic cardboard sign it read i'm so sorry i was wrong please just see me once i stared down at
44:04him
44:04for a few seconds then i sharply yanked the my assistant hesitated for a second boss are you sure
44:10that won't be too just do it i hung up the phone i sank onto a leather sofa and closed
44:16my eyes but my
44:17traitorous brain flashed back to a memory from years ago the very first time we ever met at the university
44:23library i was carrying a massive stack of books bumped straight into him and dropped them everywhere
44:28he immediately knelt down to help me pick them up flashing me this bright smile you've got a lot
44:33of books there huh the afternoon sunlight was streaming through the library windows hitting his face
44:38perfectly he looked so sweet so completely pure but it was all fake a complete sick illusion so why the
44:46hell does my heart still ache
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