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00:00On our seventh wedding anniversary, I was straddling my mafia husband, Lucian, kissing him deeply.
00:05My fingers fumbled clumsily in my pocket, searching for the pregnancy test I had hidden there.
00:09I wanted to save the news of my unexpected pregnancy for the end of the evening.
00:13Lucian's right-hand man, Marco, asked with a suggestive smile in Italian.
00:16Don, your new little canary, Sofia, how does she taste?
00:19Lucian's mocking laughter vibrated through my chest, sending a chill down my spine.
00:21He replied, also in Italian. His hand was still caressing my waist, but his gaze was distant.
00:25Like an unripe peach, fresh and tender.
00:27Just keep this between us. If my Donna finds out, I'm a dead man.
00:30His men chuckled mowingly, raising their glasses and swearing their silence.
00:34The warmth in my blood turned to ice, inch by inch.
00:37The one thing they didn't know was that my grandmother was from Sicily, so I understood every word.
00:42I forced myself to remain calm, keeping the perfect smile of a Donna fixed in his face.
00:47But the hand holding my champagne flazer trembled.
00:49Instead of making a scene, I opened my phone, found the invitation I had received a few days ago
00:54for a private international medical research project, and tapped accept.
00:58In three days, I would disappear from Lucian's world completely.
01:02Noticing I hadn't touched the blood orange he'd peeled for me,
01:05Lucian gently wiped a smudge of wine from the corner of my mouth with his thumb.
01:08Baby, what's wrong? Are you not feeling well?
01:11Looking at the deep affection in his eyes, all I felt was disgust.
01:14One moment, he was discussing my sister's body with his men,
01:17and the next, he was the perfect husband, deeply in love with his wife.
01:20I wondered how long he could keep up this masterful performance.
01:22It's nothing, I was just wondering, what were you all talking about just now?
01:25Lucian casually pinched my cheek, letting out a dotting chuckle.
01:28We were discussing an arms deal.
01:29I know you don't like hearing about that side of the business, so we used Italian.
01:32He must have been so lost in his debauchions lately
01:34that he'd forgotten my grandmother was Sicilian
01:36and that I've understood Italian since I was a child.
01:38The smoke and liquor in the air suddenly felt suffocating.
01:41I pushed him away.
01:42Please, carry on.
01:44I'm going to get some fresh air.
01:45Without waiting for Lucian's reply,
01:46I walked straight to the estate's terrace,
01:48as I passed cast envious my glist.
01:49Look at Truly Blessed.
01:50The Donthro is such a grand party for her every year.
01:52Yes, the queen of the Marino family.
01:53What an enviable position.
01:54Hearing such praise used to make me feel proud and happy.
01:57I believed I had found the best husband in the world.
01:59But now, I only felt the irony.
02:01My heart a frozen lake.
02:02No one knew the filthy games Lucian,
02:04the man who supposedly loved me to death,
02:05played behind my back.
02:07Yesterday, I had snuck into his study
02:08to leave the anniversary gift I'd prepared for him.
02:10It was a restricted area.
02:11A place that held many of the Marino family's secrets.
02:14A place even I rarely had the chance to enter.
02:16But this time, I smelled my sister Sophia's unique perfume there.
02:18That cheap clink he sent to the leather sofa
02:20clung to his suit jacket and lingered in the air.
02:22The moment I walked out of that study,
02:24I knew my marriage to Lucian was over.
02:25A sudden vibration from my phone broke my train of thought.
02:27Elinata, I saw on the system that you accepted the project offer.
02:30You gave up your career for Marino all those years ago.
02:32I'm so happy to see you're coming back.
02:33I'll send someone to pick you up in three days.
02:35You can spend these next few days saying goodbye to your family.
02:37At the word family, my knuckles whitened as I gripped my phone.
02:41Ever since my parents were killed in a blood feed five years ago,
02:45Lucian was the only family I had left.
02:48But now that he had betrayed me, he was no longer my family.
02:51Professor, that won't be necessary.
02:53Please apply for the highest level of security clearance on my behalf
02:56and erase all public records of me.
02:58My mentor's voice, full of surprise, came through the phone.
03:00Why?
03:01Once those records are erased,
03:03Elinata Vittardi will have completely vanished from the face of the earth.
03:06Lucian will go insane when he can't find you.
03:08I laughed bitterly.
03:09He won't.
03:10He betrayed me.
03:13My eyes began to sting.
03:15After leaving medical school,
03:16the only medical practice I got was patching Lucian up after his gunfights.
03:19As I thought of those nights,
03:20an unwanted memory surged up, hot and vivid.
03:22Back then, after every dangerous night,
03:23Lucian would come back to me covered in blood and bruises.
03:25I would carefully tend to his wounds on our bed.
03:27Elinata.
03:28But he's not always darkened with hunger.
03:29He'd growl my name like a prayer and a threat,
03:31pulling me on top of him despite his injuries.
03:33He pulled me close,
03:34his hands resting lightly on my back,
03:36our foreheads touching as we kissed softly.
03:38He moved beneath me with powerful, possessive rolls of his hips,
03:41each motion slow yet intense,
03:42drawing desperate moans from my throat.
03:44I clung to his shoulders,
03:45nails digging into his skin
03:46as waves of overwhelming pleasure crashed through me again and again.
03:49His mouth never left my neck,
03:51sucking and biting,
03:52marking me as his,
03:53while I trembled violently in his arms,
03:54gasping his name like I was drowning.
03:56He would take me for hours,
03:57tireless and insatiable,
03:58until I was limp and sobbing with ecstasy,
04:00my body marked by his passion.
04:02In those moments,
04:04I truly believed he loved me more than anything.
04:08The memory now only filled me with nausea.
04:14I had lost myself and gained nothing in return.
04:17My mentor fell silent.
04:19After a long moment,
04:20he sighed.
04:21I thought it was strange
04:23when you suddenly accepted the offer yesterday.
04:25I never imagined...
04:26All right.
04:27I'll arrange the highest level of security clearance for you.
04:29Just get your affairs in order these next three days.
04:32Hearing my mentor agree,
04:33I finally breathed a sigh of relief.
04:35The security protocol meant
04:36I no longer had to rack my brain
04:38for a way to leave Lucian.
04:39Thank you, Professor.
04:41Just as the words left my mouth,
04:42a familiar deep voice sounded from behind me,
04:45making me jump.
04:45Darling,
04:46who did you say was betrayed?
04:48I turned to meet Lucian's dark green eyes,
04:50which had sharpened with suspicion,
04:51and put on my usual gentle smile.
04:53Oh,
04:53I was just chatting with a friend
04:54about one of the West Coast families.
04:56The Don betrayed his wife,
04:57and now she's filing for divorce
04:59and a share of the assets.
05:00If he loved acting so much,
05:01I would play along.
05:02Lucian's gaze was sharp
05:03as he scanned my face,
05:04searching for any telltale micro-expression.
05:06Only after confirming there was nothing amiss
05:08did his tense shoulders slowly relax.
05:10His large,
05:11scarred hand slid down my waist
05:12as he placed a light kiss on my temple.
05:14What an idiot.
05:15To betray your woman
05:16is to betray your own throne.
05:17My queen,
05:18that kind of thing
05:18will never happen in our family.
05:22I stared into his eyes,
05:24as deep as an abyss,
05:25and smiled softly.
05:28But what if it did happen,
05:29for example,
05:30Elaine?
05:31Elemona,
05:31there is no what if.
05:34Lucian cut me off immediately.
05:35I, Lucian Marino,
05:37swear on the honor and bloodline
05:39of the Marino family.
05:40I will never betray you.
05:41Of course.
05:42I was just speaking hypothetically.
05:44Lucian fell silent for a moment,
05:45then gently rubbed
05:46his slightly rough jaw
05:47against my cheek.
05:48It was strange.
05:49While carrying on an affair
05:50with my sister,
05:51he also displayed
05:52an intense,
05:53suffocating possessiveness
05:54towards me.
05:55As his body pressed close,
05:56a heated memory
05:57suddenly flooded my mind.
05:58That night years ago,
05:59Lucian Martine had finned me
06:00the silk sheets,
06:01his breath scorching hot
06:02against my neck.
06:03His large hands
06:03roamed greedily over my body,
06:05stroking every curve
06:06as if he wanted to memorize me.
06:07Nora.
06:08He growled low and hungry,
06:09his lips devouring my skin,
06:10sucking and biting
06:11until I trembled uncontrollably.
06:12Our bodies moved together
06:13in a fierce,
06:14passionate rhythm,
06:14deep, powerful,
06:15and relentless.
06:16Skin slid against sweat-slick skin,
06:18my soft moans
06:18mixing with his deep groans
06:19as waves of overwhelming pleasure
06:21crashed through me
06:21again and again.
06:22I clung to him desperately,
06:23nails digging into his back,
06:24while my body arched
06:25and shook violently in ecstasy.
06:27He held me tart
06:27until he too
06:28shevered powerfully
06:29against me earning a loop.
06:29The memory now tasted
06:30like poison.
06:34Then let my punishment
06:35be that I can never
06:36find you again.
06:37You know,
06:38Elenic,
06:38you with Odud,
06:39you are my life.
06:40I didn't respond,
06:41only gently wriggled
06:43free from his embrace.
06:44In three days,
06:45I would leave this embrace
06:46I once craved.
06:48Lucian,
06:48the punishment
06:49you just promised
06:50is about to come true.
06:51He was about to say
06:52something more
06:52when a voice interrupted.
06:53Don,
06:54everything is ready.
06:55Lucian nodded,
06:56a mysterious smile
06:57playing on his lips
06:58as he took my hand
06:59and led me
06:59toward the edge
07:00of the terrace.
07:01He suddenly covered
07:02my eyes
07:03and whispered
07:03in my ear,
07:04My baby,
07:05I have a special gift
07:07for you.
07:07Five,
07:08four,
07:10three.
07:10The moment
07:10the countdown finished,
07:12he removed his hands
07:13from my eyes.
07:14The sight before me
07:15was breathtaking.
07:17He had booked
07:18the entire private part
07:19where hundreds of drones
07:21danced in the night sky.
07:23The twinkling drones
07:24eventually formed my name.
07:26Eleonora,
07:28Lucian embraced me
07:29from behind,
07:30his voice as gentle
07:31as ever.
07:33My sweetheart,
07:34we've been married
07:35for seven years,
07:36but every day with you
07:37feels as wonderful
07:38as the day we first met.
07:42I looked at the sparkling letters
07:43in the night sky,
07:44feeling as if I were
07:45in a different lifetime.
07:47Yes,
07:47seven years.
07:48From the innocent princess
07:50of the Vetteri family
07:51to the Donna
07:51of the Marino family,
07:53these seven years
07:54had changed me so much,
07:55enough to turn deep love
07:56into betrayal
07:57and vows into lies.
07:59Lucian turned me
08:00to face him,
08:00his dark green eyes
08:01so focused
08:02they seemed to melt me.
08:04Seven years,
08:04and every year
08:05I've wanted to give you
08:06the best.
08:07He slowly leaned in
08:08to kiss me.
08:09If I hadn't heard him
08:10and Sophia moaning
08:11in his office yesterday,
08:12I might have been fooled
08:13by this Oscar-weary performance
08:14until the day I die.
08:16Just as his lips
08:16were about to touch my,
08:17his phone vibrated.
08:18A flicker of anions
08:19at being interrupted
08:20crossed his face,
08:21an expression I knew
08:22all too well.
08:23Good.
08:23I wouldn't have to
08:24think of a way
08:25to dodge him.
08:27Damn it.
08:27I gave explicit orders
08:28that no one was
08:29to disturb us tonight.
08:30I want to know
08:30which idiot dared
08:31to ignore them.
08:32But when he saw
08:33the caller ID,
08:34his expression
08:34changed instantly.
08:35I glanced at the screen
08:37and saw
08:37my little Kenori.
08:39I knew it was Sophia.
08:41Lucian cleared his throat,
08:43subtly turning
08:43the phone away
08:44as his long fingers
08:46quickly swiped
08:47across the screen.
08:47I clearly saw
08:48a flash of panic
08:49and raw desire
08:50in his eyes.
08:54Sure enough,
08:55the next second
08:55he turned to me,
08:56a perfectly feigned
08:58look of guilty
08:58on his face.
08:59What is it?
09:01I asked casually,
09:02my nails dig deep
09:03into my palms.
09:05The truth was obvious,
09:07but I still hoped
09:08that this time
09:09he would choose me.
09:10There's some urgent
09:11family business
09:12I need to handle.
09:13Darling,
09:14I might have to leave
09:14for a bit.
09:15Now?
09:15I'm sorry.
09:16I know tonight
09:17is important,
09:17but this really can't wait.
09:19He kissed my forehead.
09:20You go back to the room
09:21and rest.
09:22I'll be back to join you
09:22as soon as I'm done.
09:23I understand.
09:25Family business
09:25always comes first.
09:26I nodded,
09:27acting like an obedient wife.
09:29Hearing my response,
09:30Lucian was visibly relieved.
09:32He gave me a quick hug
09:33before turning
09:33and leaving in a hurry.
09:34I stood on the terrace,
09:36watching his convoy of cars
09:37drive out of the estate gates.
09:38Once their taillights
09:39had completely disappeared,
09:41I turned and walked
09:42toward the parking garage.
09:44Since he had urgent business
09:46to attend to,
09:47I decided I should go see
09:49for myself
09:49just how urgent it was.
09:51I started the engine
09:52and quietly followed
09:54his convoy.
09:55I tracked Lucian's convoy
09:57to a private club
09:57on the east side
09:58of the city.
09:59It was open only
10:00to members
10:00of the Marino family.
10:01Thankfully,
10:02the guards at the entrance
10:03recognized my car
10:04and gave me
10:04a respectful nod.
10:06I parked across the street,
10:07observing from my car window.
10:09As soon as the car door opened,
10:10I saw Sophia
10:11in a tight red dress
10:12and 10 centimeter heels,
10:13pouncing into Lucian's arms
10:15like a cat in heat.
10:16Darling,
10:17that drone show
10:17made me so jealous.
10:19Lucian patted her back,
10:20his tone doting.
10:21Wasn't the fireworks show
10:22for your birthday
10:22a few days ago enough?
10:23Such a greedy little canary.
10:25Silly girl,
10:26you'll have everything you want,
10:27but now is not the time.
10:28I promised you,
10:28as long as you're a good girl
10:29and don't let Nera
10:30find out about our little game,
10:31all her power and status
10:32will be yours sooner or later.
10:33Hearing this,
10:33a sharp pain
10:34shrap through my heart
10:35as if a thousand daggers
10:36were piercing my chest.
10:37I remembered
10:37the spectacular fireworks display
10:39on the west side of town
10:40a few days ago.
10:41That night,
10:41Lucian had said
10:42he was going to deal
10:43with a traitor to the family
10:44and didn't come home all night.
10:45I had been so worried
10:46something had happened to him
10:47that I couldn't sleep a wink.
10:49As it turned out,
10:50the real threat
10:51was my husband
10:52sleeping in my sister's bed.
10:53And I, his wife,
10:55was the real fool
10:56kept in the dark.
10:59Can't I be jealous, my Don?
11:02Well, what can I do?
11:03After all, you are my baby.
11:05I have something special
11:06for you tonight.
11:06Sophia whispered in his ear,
11:08then gave his tie
11:09a sharp pull.
11:10Lucian's desire
11:11deepens instantly.
11:12So what are you waiting for?
11:13Tell me what it is.
11:14You'll know
11:15when you get upstairs.
11:16You have to unwrap
11:17your present yourself.
11:18In full view of everyone,
11:19Lucian picks her up
11:20and carries her
11:21towards the club.
11:22Sophia let out
11:23a seductive cry,
11:24the rest of her words
11:25swallowed by Lucian's
11:25deep kiss.
11:26The elevator doors closed,
11:28taking them straight
11:28to the presidential suite
11:29on the top floor.
11:30I sat in my car,
11:32watching their figures
11:32disappear into the elevator.
11:34Seven years of marriage,
11:35and it all meant
11:36nothing to him.
11:37Even though I already
11:38knew everything,
11:39seeing it for myself
11:40was still as painful
11:41as a knife to the heart,
11:42the tears I'd been
11:43holding back finally fell,
11:45streaming down my cheeks.
11:46I remembered how,
11:47when we first got married,
11:48Lucian had sworn on the honor
11:50of the Marino family
11:51that he would spend
11:52our entire anniversary day
11:53with me every year.
11:55But now,
11:55a single text from Sophia
11:57was enough to make him
11:58abandon that sacred vow
11:59I had lost completely.
12:01As the pain tore through me,
12:03an unwanted memory
12:04flooded my mind,
12:05vivid and cruel.
12:06Back then,
12:07Lucian would come back to me
12:08after long nights
12:09and pull me into his arms
12:10with burning hunger.
12:11He would kiss me deeply,
12:12his hands sliding under my clothes
12:14to caress my body possessively.
12:16You're mine, Nora.
12:17He'd growl against my skin
12:18as he pressed me
12:19into the mattress.
12:19Our bodies moved together
12:20in passionate rhythm,
12:22deep, intense, and desperate.
12:23Every powerful thrust
12:24made me gasp and moan,
12:25pleasure building like a storm
12:26until it crashed over me
12:28again and again,
12:29leaving me trembling
12:29and crying out his name.
12:30He would hold me tight,
12:32his body shivering against mine
12:33as he reached his peak,
12:34whispering how much he loved me.
12:36That same man was now
12:37upstairs with my sister.
12:38I took a deep breath,
12:39suppressing the storm
12:40of emotions inside me.
12:41Just three more days.
12:43In three days,
12:43I would escape all of this.
12:45It was two in the morning
12:46when I returned to the estate.
12:47I went straight to a guest room
12:48and locked the door.
12:49At 3.30,
12:49I heard Lelouchin return.
12:51He was shouting my name
12:52in the master bedroom,
12:53his voice growing more frantic.
12:55Damn it!
12:56Where did she go?
12:57Useless bastards!
12:58You lost the Donna?
12:59Don,
13:00the Donna's car isn't in the garage.
13:02She may have gone out.
13:03Find her.
13:04Tear this city apart
13:05if you have to,
13:06but find her!
13:07The footsteps grew closer
13:08as he began searching
13:10room by room.
13:12When he pushed open
13:13the guest room door,
13:14I pretended to have
13:15just woken up.
13:16The moment he saw me,
13:18his anger vanished,
13:19replaced by the raw panic
13:21of a man who thought
13:22he'd just lost everything.
13:38He rushed over and pulled me
13:40into a tight embrace,
13:42his body trembling slightly.
13:43I couldn't sleep,
13:44so I moved to another room.
13:46I gently patted his back.
13:48What's wrong?
13:50Nothing.
13:51I was just terrified
13:52when I couldn't find you.
13:54He kissed my hair,
13:55his voice filled
13:56with lingering fear.
13:58If you really cared about me,
13:59you wouldn't have touched
14:01another woman,
14:01and you certainly
14:02wouldn't have touched
14:03my sister.
14:04I wasn't feeling well,
14:05so I came back early
14:06to rest.
14:07I forgot to tell you.
14:08After being steeped
14:09in lies for so long,
14:10I could now lie
14:11flawlessly myself.
14:13Lucian,
14:13his face etched
14:14with relief,
14:15lay down beside me
14:16and locked me in his arms
14:17as if I were
14:18a priceless treasure.
14:19Don't you ever
14:20do that again.
14:21I'll go crazy
14:22if I can't find you.
14:24You know I'd do
14:24anything for you.
14:28I closed my eyes,
14:30a cold smile
14:31on my lips.
14:34The next morning,
14:35I prepared
14:36an exquisite gift box.
14:37Inside,
14:38I placed the family
14:39signet ring
14:39that symbolized
14:40my status as Donna,
14:41along with the divorce papers
14:43I had drafted
14:43and signed overnight.
14:44Lucian,
14:45this is my anniversary
14:46gift for you.
14:47He took the box,
14:48his eyes filled
14:49with surprise.
14:51Should I open it now?
14:52No.
14:53Wait two days.
14:55It will have
14:55more impact then.
14:57He nodded obediently
14:58and carefully placed
14:59the box in his safe.
15:01You are going
15:02to love my gift.
15:03In two days,
15:03I would have vanished
15:04from his world completely.
15:06By then,
15:07this gift would tell him
15:08the whole truth.
15:09Just as I finished speaking,
15:10the doorbell rang.
15:11The door opened
15:13to reveal Sophia's face,
15:15tear-streaked
15:15and pitiful.
15:17Lucian's face
15:18darkened instantly.
15:21He grabbed Sophia
15:22by the wrist
15:23and dragged her
15:24into the back garden.
15:28Are you trying
15:28to get yourself killed?
15:29I warned you
15:30to never show your face here.
15:31If your sister
15:32finds out about anything,
15:33you know the consequences.
15:36I walked
15:37to the second floor window,
15:38which gave me
15:39a perfect view
15:40of everything
15:40in the garden.
15:42Lucian was like
15:42an enraged beast,
15:44shoving Sophia
15:45away forcefully.
15:46Are you insane?
15:48Do you want to bring
15:49the entire family down?
15:51Terrified by his rage,
15:53Sophia trembled,
15:54pulling a hospital report
15:55from her bag
15:56with a shaking hand.
15:57Even from that distance,
15:58I faintly make out
15:59her words.
16:00I know I shouldn't
16:01have come,
16:02but I'm pregnant.
16:03The doctor said
16:04last night was too rough.
16:05I'm nine weeks along
16:07and it's a high-risk
16:07pregnancy now.
16:09Lucian,
16:10I know I shouldn't
16:10cause you trouble,
16:11but I'm scared.
16:11Will the baby be okay?
16:13This is your first heir,
16:14the future of your bloodline.
16:15Those words struck me
16:16like a bolt of lightning,
16:18shattering me completely.
16:19My chest felt as if
16:20a hole had been
16:21gouged out of it,
16:21raw and bleeding.
16:23I remembered how,
16:24when we first got married,
16:25we had discussed the issue
16:26of continuing the bloodline.
16:27Lucian said
16:28having a child too soon
16:29would ruin our relationship.
16:31He wanted our union
16:32to be about pure love.
16:34I was fooled by his
16:35so-called deep love
16:36and believed his lies.
16:38I've been taking
16:38the pill ever since.
16:40It's only now
16:41that I truly understand.
16:43He could so casually
16:44father a child
16:45with another woman.
16:46From the very beginning,
16:48he never wanted
16:49to have a child with me.
16:51As the pain
16:52pierced my heart,
16:54an unwanted,
16:55scorching memory
16:56flooded my mind.
16:58Back then,
16:59Lucian would pull me
17:01into bed
17:01after every long day,
17:04his eyes dark with hunger.
17:07He would kiss me deeply,
17:09hands roaming
17:10possessively over my body.
17:13He'd growl against my skin
17:15as our bodies together,
17:18moving in a slow,
17:20then fierce rhythm.
17:24Every touch sent waves
17:26of pleasure
17:26crashing through me.
17:28I would moan and gasp,
17:30my nails
17:31digging into his shoulders
17:32while my body
17:33arched desperately beneath him.
17:37He never stopped
17:39until I shattered
17:40again and again
17:41in ecstasy.
17:43Only then
17:44would he groan deeply,
17:46holding me tight
17:47as his release
17:48tore through him,
17:49marking me
17:50completely as his.
17:58that same man
17:59who once made me feel
18:01like the center
18:02of his universe
18:02was now promising
18:04another woman
18:04the air I never got.
18:09Hearing the word pregnant,
18:10Lucian froze.
18:12He stared intently
18:13at Sophia's stomach,
18:14a flash of confusion
18:15in his eyes.
18:17Nine weeks?
18:19We need to be
18:20extra careful
18:20at this stage.
18:21Nothing can happen
18:22to the air of this family.
18:24You wait in the car first,
18:25I'll immediately
18:26for the family's
18:26best private doctor
18:27to give you a full checkup.
18:40Sophia's tears
18:40turned to smiles
18:41as she stood on her toes
18:42to offer him a kiss.
18:44Lucian's eyes
18:45instantly darkened,
18:46but he gently
18:46sidestepped her kiss.
18:48We're at the Marino estate,
18:49be more careful.
18:50Besides,
18:51you need to prioritize
18:52the child in your womb now.
18:53Don't provoke me.
18:55A roguish smile
18:56touched his lips
18:56as he walked back
18:57toward the villa.
18:58I quickly retreated
19:00to my room
19:00and sat back down
19:01at the dining table.
19:02Nine weeks.
19:05That must have been
19:06the night I first discovered
19:07he hadn't come home.
19:08I touched my own stomach,
19:10feeling nothing but sorry
19:12for this little life.
19:14It's mommy's fault.
19:15I couldn't
19:16give you a happy family.
19:19Soon,
19:19Lucian pushed
19:20the door open.
19:21Nora,
19:21I need to go out
19:22and handle something.
19:23The Romano family
19:24has been making
19:24some moves lately,
19:25possibly targeting
19:26our business.
19:27I have to go deal
19:28with it myself.
19:29You be good
19:29and wait for me here
19:30at the estate
19:30for the next couple of days.
19:31I gave a faint nod
19:33of understanding.
19:35Seeing my placid expression,
19:37he was relieved
19:38and kissed my oarhead
19:39before leaving.
19:41That afternoon,
19:42my phone vibrated
19:43without warning.
19:44On the screen
19:45was a picture
19:46of an ultrasound report.
19:48It was followed
19:49by another picture.
19:50Lucian gently cradling
19:51Sophia's slightly swollen belly,
19:54bowing his head
19:55to kiss it reverently.
19:56The tenderness on his face
19:57was a gentleness
19:58I had never seen before.
20:00Even though the sender
20:01was an unknown number,
20:03the identity of the sender
20:04was obvious.
20:06Perhaps carrying
20:06the Marino Thaird
20:07had given my sister
20:08the audacity
20:09to provoke me,
20:10the Donna.
20:11But what she didn't know
20:12was that none of this
20:13had any effect
20:14on me anymore.
20:15My heart was already
20:16a still, dead sea.
20:18My heart was ash.
20:19I was determined
20:20to disappear.
20:21For the next two days,
20:22as expected,
20:23there was no word
20:24from Lucian.
20:25I took advantage
20:26of this time
20:26to erase every trace
20:27of myself
20:28from the estate.
20:28I donated
20:30what jewels
20:30and antiques I could
20:31and burned the rest
20:32of my personal belongings.
20:33I only kept
20:34the bare necessities
20:35to take with me.
20:36On the day I left,
20:38I woke before dawn
20:39and packed everything
20:40into a suitcase.
20:42I waited quietly
20:43for the car
20:44from the lab
20:44to pick me up.
20:46Just as I was about
20:47to contact my mentor
20:48to confirm
20:49the pickup time,
20:50my phone received
20:51another text
20:52from that number.
20:55Sophia's text.
20:57Sister,
20:57the doctor said
20:58it's a boy.
20:59I'm carrying
21:00the Merino air.
21:01Lucian said
21:01he's going to make
21:02things official
21:03for me and our child.
21:04You useless woman
21:05who can't even
21:06produce an air.
21:07If you know
21:07what's good for you,
21:08get out of the Merino
21:08estate on your own.
21:10This time,
21:11I replied,
21:12Elenena,
21:13congratulations.
21:14Your wish
21:15is about to come true.
21:18Just after I sent
21:19the message,
21:20the car arrived.
21:21I dragged my suitcase
21:22and got into
21:23the back seat.
21:24As we passed
21:25St. Mary's Cathedral,
21:26a sudden downpour began.
21:28Raindrops hammered
21:29against the car window,
21:30blurring the world outside.
21:31It was then
21:32that I saw
21:33a familiar line
21:33of black cars
21:34parked in front
21:35of the cathedral
21:35through the rain-swept glass.
21:37That was where
21:38we held our wedding
21:39seven years ago.
21:40In the rain,
21:41Lucian emerged
21:41from the church,
21:42holding a black umbrella,
21:44his other hand
21:45holding Sophia's
21:45tightly.
21:46She wore a white
21:47maternity dress,
21:48which stood out
21:49starkly in the rain.
21:51They had just come
21:52out of the church,
21:53as if they had
21:53just finished a prayer.
21:55Just as Lucian
21:56was helping Sophia
21:56into the car,
21:57a gust of wind
21:58parted the curtain
21:59of rain.
22:00He looked up
22:01and happened to
22:02look in my direction.
22:03Through two layers
22:04of rain-blurred glass,
22:06our gazes met again
22:07at the very place
22:08that had witnessed
22:09our vows.
22:10When he saw it was me,
22:11his eyes filled
22:12with shock,
22:13confusion,
22:14and fear.
22:14His lips moved
22:16silently,
22:17as if calling
22:17my name.
22:18I looked away,
22:20severing our final,
22:21silent connection.
22:25The next second,
22:26my phone began
22:27to vibrate wildly.
22:28The screen displayed
22:29the name Lucian.
22:30I turned the phone
22:30off completely.
22:31Since I had accepted
22:32the highest security
22:33protocol,
22:34I had to completely
22:35cut ties with my past.
22:36The car drove
22:37through familiar streets.
22:38Every inch of this city
22:39was Merino territory,
22:40and it held all my
22:41memories with Lucian.
22:43But now,
22:44none of it had anything
22:45to do with me.
22:46I removed the SIM card
22:47from my phone
22:48and tossed it out the window
22:49without a second thought.
22:50At the same moment,
22:51Lucian shoved through
22:52the crowd,
22:53ignoring Sophia's
22:54cry of alarm,
22:55and lunged toward the spot
22:56where the car had just been,
22:57but it had already
22:58vanished into the traffic,
22:59leaving only the smell
23:00of exhaust in its wake.
23:04Lucian, what's wrong?
23:05Sophia grabbed his sleeve.
23:06Did something happen?
23:10It's nothing.
23:11Let's go.
23:12He forced himself
23:13to calm down
23:13and got back
23:14into the car.
23:16But the knot of unease
23:17in his gut tightened.
23:19What was Nora doing there?
23:21Was wasn't she
23:22at the estate?
23:23And the look in her eyes
23:25he'd just seen
23:25at the intersection,
23:27it terrified him.
23:31After the car
23:32reached the safe house,
23:34Lucian had Sophia
23:35rest upstairs.
23:36My little canary,
23:37you stay here tonight.
23:38Tomorrow we'll go
23:39for a more detailed checkup.
23:40Okay,
23:41but you have to stay with me.
23:42I have some things
23:43to deal with.
23:44I'll be back soon.
23:45Just then,
23:46his private phone rang.
23:48It was the estate's butler.
23:50Don,
23:50something terrible
23:51has happened.
23:52The Donna,
23:53she's gone.
23:54The color drained
23:55from Lucian's face.
23:57What do you mean gone?
23:58Explain yourself!
23:59The Donna's room is empty.
24:01Her personal belongings
24:02are gone.
24:02Not only that,
24:03but the jewelry
24:03from her safe,
24:04her important papers,
24:05even the Bentley family heirlooms,
24:07it's all gone.
24:07The phone slipped
24:07from Lucian's hand,
24:09clattering to the floor.
24:10A wave of cold,
24:11raw fear
24:12washed over him.
24:13Hearing the noise,
24:14Sophia came downstairs.
24:15Lucian,
24:16you look terrible.
24:17What happened?
24:17He turned his head
24:18to look at her,
24:19his movements mechanical.
24:20The butler said Nora is gone.
24:21I have to find her.
24:22Without another word,
24:23Lucian bolted out
24:24into the rain.
24:25At that moment,
24:26a surge of triumph
24:27shot through Sophia.
24:29It seemed the taunting text
24:31she'd sent this morning
24:31had worked.
24:32The high and mighty Donna
24:34had finally been
24:35knocked off her throne.
24:37Watching Lucian rush off,
24:39she suppressed a smile,
24:41forcing a look of concern.
24:43Let's go back
24:43and wait for news.
24:44She said to the men
24:45around her,
24:46but in her heart,
24:47she hoped more than anyone
24:49that Lucian
24:50would never find me.
24:51Lucian was dialing
24:52the number that had been
24:52burned into his soul
24:53over and over again,
24:55but all he heard
24:55was the cold,
24:56mechanical voice
24:57on the other end.
24:58The number you have dialed
24:59is not in service.
25:00The downpour
25:01soaked his suit,
25:02but he didn't care.
25:03After dozens of failed calls,
25:04he finally gave up.
25:06He floored the accelerator
25:07and the armored Maybach
25:08tore through the streets
25:09like a bullet.
25:10Don,
25:11why are you back?
25:12The butler asked,
25:13trembling as he approached.
25:14Lucian took the stairs
25:15two at a time
25:16and threw open the door
25:17to the master bedroom.
25:21Don.
25:21The butler followed cautiously.
25:23We've searched
25:24the entire villa.
25:25We can confirm
25:26that all of the Donna's
25:27belongings are gone,
25:28including the Vetteri
25:29family signet ring.
25:31Lucian froze,
25:32a flicker of disbelief
25:33in his eyes.
25:34That was the symbol
25:35of her status
25:36as a Vetteri.
25:37She would never abandon it,
25:38unless all his men
25:40stood before him,
25:41trembling.
25:42An older Capo
25:42dared to speak up.
25:44Don,
25:45could there have been
25:46a misunderstanding
25:46with the Donna?
25:48Perhaps she left
25:48in a fit of anger?
25:50Bullshit!
25:52Lucian roared.
25:53Get everyone moving!
25:55Find her!
25:55Now!
25:56Just two days ago
25:57when he'd left,
25:58my expression
25:59had been completely normal.
26:00The thought reminded him
26:02of Sophia's visit
26:03to the estate.
26:04Could something have
26:04happened then
26:05that he didn't know about?
26:06No!
26:07Impossible!
26:08He had always been cautious
26:09when dealing with Sophia.
26:11Their entire conversation
26:12that day had been
26:13in the back garden.
26:14Nora had been
26:15resting upstairs.
26:17He was certain
26:18she couldn't possibly
26:19have heard anything.
26:20Lucian mobilized
26:21the entire
26:22Marino family network
26:23across North America.
26:24Ports,
26:24airports,
26:25train stations.
26:26There was no news
26:27of me anywhere.
26:28He couldn't even find
26:28any activity
26:29on my bank accounts
26:30or credit cards.
26:31An entire night passed
26:33and they had nothing.
26:34He couldn't understand
26:35how I could have vanished
26:36into thin air
26:37without a single warning.
26:39Unless a more powerful force
26:40was helping
26:41Elowena cover her tracks.
26:43Suddenly,
26:43a thought struck him.
26:46Could Sophia have...
26:48Before he could finish,
26:50his consilia,
26:51Javimi,
26:52strode in from outside.
26:54Don,
26:54we found this
26:55on Fifth Avenue.
26:56He held up
26:57a clear plastic bag
26:58containing a shattered phone.
26:59It's the Donna's phone.
27:00The tech department
27:01says they might be able
27:02to recover the data.
27:03Lucian took the bag,
27:05his hand shaking.
27:07Elenina would never
27:08damage her own things
27:09without a reason.
27:10Fix this damn thing!
27:11Now!
27:12I want answers!
27:1220 minutes later,
27:14a technician handed
27:15the repaired phone
27:16to Lucian.
27:17The screen lit up,
27:18displaying the last
27:19few text messages.
27:20The first was the picture
27:21of the ultrasound report
27:22Sophia had sent me.
27:23The second was the photo
27:24of him gently cradling
27:25Sophia's slightly swollen belly,
27:27his head bound
27:28to kiss it re-regently.
27:29And then there was
27:30doctor's arrogant taunt.
27:34Sister,
27:35the doctor said it's boy.
27:36I'm carrying the Merino air.
27:42That arrogant text
27:43I later learned
27:44was all it took.
27:45In an instant,
27:47Lucian understood everything.
27:48He knew.
27:49It was Sophia's taunts
27:50that had driven me away.
27:52A volcanic rage
27:53erupted from his chest.
27:54My only regret
27:55was that I wasn't there
27:56to witness what happened next.
27:58Later,
27:58through various channels,
27:59I pieced together
28:00the full picture
28:01of that bloody night.
28:02They said Lucian
28:03drove like a madman
28:04to the secret estate
28:05where Sophia was staying.
28:06When Sophia opened the door
28:08and saw him,
28:09her face lit up with joy,
28:10assuming he had finally
28:11cast me aside for good.
28:13She was lost
28:14in a beautiful dream
28:15of becoming the next Donna
28:17of the Merino family.
28:19Lucian,
28:19are you here to take me home?
28:21I'll pack my things
28:22and go with you right now.
28:23I knew you couldn't bear
28:24to be without me
28:24and our baby.
28:25The words had barely
28:27left her mouth
28:27when a sharp slap
28:28cracked across her face
28:29and Lucian grabbed her.
28:31His face was as dark
28:32as the depths of hell
28:33and he radiated pure,
28:35murderous rage.
28:37Sophia,
28:37who the fuck gave you
28:39the nerve to tell Nora
28:40about us?
28:43Sophia clutched her face,
28:45staring at him
28:45in disbelief.
28:46She stumbled back
28:47a few steps,
28:48nearly falling,
28:49a cold sweat
28:49breaking out on her skin.
28:51She knew how deep
28:52Lucian's feelings
28:52from Iran.
28:53She had always been content
28:55to be the mistress
28:55who stayed in the shadows,
28:57but since becoming pregnant,
28:58her ambition had swollen.
29:00After all,
29:01who wouldn't want to be
29:02the official Donna
29:02of the family?
29:03She had been far
29:05too arrogant,
29:05and that's why
29:06she had taken the risk
29:07of sending me
29:07those taunting texts.
29:09But her plan
29:10was already unraveling.
29:11She knew me well enough
29:12to know that once
29:13I learned the truth,
29:14I would leave
29:14without a second thought.
29:16And then,
29:16she thought,
29:17everything would be hers.
29:18But she never imagined
29:20Lucian would see
29:20the messages she'd sent.
29:22Of course,
29:23she wasn't stupid enough
29:24to admit it now.
29:25She just shook her head,
29:26feigning composure.
29:28Lucian,
29:28what are you talking about?
29:29I don't understand.
29:30I just want to be with you.
29:32I never dreamed of competing
29:33with my sister for her position,
29:35and I would never send her
29:36a message like that.
29:37There has to be
29:38a misunderstanding.
29:41Misunderstood what,
29:42exactly?
29:45That you sent her the photos?
29:48Or that you arrogantly told her
29:50you were carrying the air?
29:53If he hadn't seen those texts,
29:55Lucian might have believed her.
29:57But now,
29:58those glaring words
29:59replayed in his mind,
30:00and the murderless glint
30:01in his eyes
30:02intensified it
30:03at her excuses.
30:04The screen showed
30:05the very messages
30:06Sophia had sent.
30:07Seeing the evidence
30:08before her,
30:09Sophia could no longer
30:11deny it.
30:11She choked back a sob
30:13and grabbed Lucian's arm,
30:15trying to explain.
30:16I know I shouldn't have done it,
30:17but I couldn't bear
30:18the thought of our child
30:19growing up with the stigma
30:20of being illegitimous.
30:21Could you really stand by
30:22while your own blood
30:23is pointed at
30:24and whispered about?
30:25Lucian let out a cold laugh,
30:26prying her fingers
30:27from his arm,
30:28one by one.
30:29Illegitimate?
30:29He's not just illegitimate,
30:31he's a bastard.
30:32I warned you,
30:33the position of Donna
30:34belongs to Nora
30:34and Nora alone.
30:35You will never be worthy.
30:36I only kept you around
30:37as a distraction.
30:38How could you ever compare
30:39to Nora's place in my heart?
30:41If you had just behaved
30:42and stayed my little canary,
30:44I would have given you
30:45and the child enough money
30:46to live out your lives
30:47after he was born.
30:48But since you broke my rules,
30:50don't blame me
30:51for what happens next.
30:53Lucian pulled a document
30:54from his pocket.
30:56It was a DNA test report.
30:58Probability of Ternity,
31:000%.
31:01The moment Sophia saw the report,
31:04her face went ashen.
31:05How is that possible?
31:07Lucian, I can explain.
31:09Explain how you tried
31:10to pass off some mutt bastard
31:11as the heir to the Marino family?
31:14You didn't just betray me.
31:15You tried to betray my family.
31:18It's not true!
31:20The baby is yours!
31:22Sophia cried out in despair.
31:24The test must be wrong!
31:26Wrong?
31:28Lucian sneered.
31:29I had three different labs
31:30run the test.
31:31The results were all identical.
31:33You know what the sickest joke
31:34of all is?
31:34Crouched down
31:35and tilted her chin up
31:36with his fingers.
31:37I lost the only woman
31:38who ever mattered in my life
31:39over a bastard
31:40that wasn't even mine.
31:41Sophia knew there was no arguing.
31:44Her eyes filled
31:45with utter despair.
31:47Then, she snapped.
31:51Lucian, you're a fool!
31:54That's right.
31:55This child has nothing
31:56to do with you,
31:57but it was enough
31:57to make my sister believe it,
31:59wasn't it?
31:59The one who drove her away
32:00was never me!
32:01It was you!
32:02You'll never get her back
32:03and she will never forgive you!
32:07Hearing the word leave,
32:08Lucian's eyes went bloodshot.
32:10You're lying!
32:11Nora will come back!
32:13All I have to do
32:14is apologize
32:15and she'll forgive me!
32:17He turned and yelled
32:17toward the door.
32:18Stop!
32:19Vincenzo!
32:20Get in here!
32:26Done.
32:28Handle the situation.
32:30No traces,
32:31no mistakes.
32:32I want this resolved
32:34immediate.
32:36Sophia never imagined
32:37he could be so utterly
32:38merciless.
32:41Her pleas grew more frantic
32:43and strill.
32:46But Lucian didn't spare her
32:48a single glance.
32:50Inside,
32:51a single ring
32:52lay on the velvet.
32:53It was the signet ring
32:55that symbolized
32:56the alliance
32:56of our two families,
32:58the very symbol
32:59of my status as Donna.
33:01Beside it lay
33:02a set of divorce papers.
33:03My signature
33:04was on the dotted line.
33:05Impossible!
33:08Lucian slammed
33:10his fist on the table,
33:11shattering a teacup.
33:15How can a living person
33:17just vanish
33:18into thin air?
33:21It was then
33:22that Lucian
33:23remembered the question
33:24I had asked him
33:25on our anniversary night.
33:29Now,
33:30his words
33:31had come back
33:31to haunt him.
33:32A cruel,
33:33self-fulfilling prophecy.
33:35And every time
33:36he attended
33:37a gathering
33:37of the families,
33:38he saw the other
33:39Dons with their
33:40various canaries.
33:41And in a moment
33:42of weakness,
33:42he had gotten
33:43entangled
33:44with that little tramp.
33:45But he had never
33:46thought of abandoning me.
33:47In his heart,
33:48I was his only queen.
33:50His only Donna.
33:51Maybe the box
33:52held a clue
33:53to my whereabouts.
33:54Maybe I just
33:55wanted to teach him
33:56a lesson
33:56and was waiting
33:57somewhere for him
33:58to repent.
33:59He carefully
34:00retrieved
34:01the velvet box.
34:03His hands
34:04trembling
34:04as he slowly
34:05opened it.
34:06Inside,
34:07a single ring
34:08lay on the velvet.
34:09It was the signet ring
34:10that symbolized
34:11the alliance
34:12of our two families,
34:13the very symbol
34:14of my status
34:15as Donna.
34:16Beside it
34:17lay a set
34:17of divorce papers.
34:19My signature
34:20was on the dotted line.
34:21In that moment,
34:23the last shred
34:24of his delusion
34:25shattered completely.
34:27He finally understood.
34:30This time,
34:31I was determined
34:32to leave for good.
34:36A tide of regret
34:38washed over him,
34:39threatening to drown him.
34:41Why had he ever
34:42touched that damned
34:43little whore,
34:43Sophia?
34:46He had simply felt
34:47that after seven years
34:48with only me,
34:49his life as a Don
34:50had grown stale.
34:51And every time
34:52he attended a gathering
34:53of the families,
34:54he saw the other Dons
34:55with their various canaries,
34:56and in a moment
34:57of weakness,
34:57he had gotten entangled
34:59with that little tramp.
35:00But he had never
35:01thought of abandoning me.
35:03In his heart,
35:04I was his only queen,
35:05his only Donna.
35:06He never imagined
35:08that a simple craving
35:09for a forbidden thrill
35:10would destroy seven years
35:12of marriage
35:12and cost him
35:14the most precious woman
35:15in his life.
35:16Don, we found a lead.
35:18Antonio, the head of tech,
35:20walked in to report.
35:22The Donna's professional
35:23credentials were to
35:24be transferred to an
35:24international medical
35:25research institute.
35:27What institute?
35:29A top-T global
35:30medical research lab.
35:32They have numerous
35:33classified projects
35:34and are protected
35:35by several international
35:36foundations.
35:37Their security is on par
35:38with the Pentagon.
35:40Lucien took the report,
35:42his expression
35:42growing darker
35:43the more he read.
35:47For Nora,
35:49he would go to the moon
35:50if he had to,
35:51no matter the cost.
35:52Meanwhile,
35:53in the lab,
35:54I was swamped.
35:55After marrying Lucien,
35:56I hadn't touched
35:57any lab equipment
35:58for years,
35:59and my skills
36:00had grown rusty.
36:01Unwilling to disappoint
36:02my mentor,
36:03who had such high hopes
36:04for me,
36:04I spent more than
36:0512 hours a day
36:06in the lab.
36:07The high-intensity
36:08research work
36:09consumed all my time,
36:10leaving me no spare energy
36:11to think about that
36:12bloody, sinful world
36:13of the Mafia.
36:14My colleagues were
36:14dedicated,
36:15all of us striving
36:16towards the noble goal
36:17of conquering terminal
36:18diseases.
36:18There was only
36:19academic cooperation
36:20between us,
36:21no betrayal or deceit.
36:22Without my noticing,
36:23six months flew by.
36:25The first phase
36:26of our experiment
36:27finally had a breakthrough,
36:28and everyone was
36:29ecstatic.
36:30Just as we were
36:31preparing to celebrate,
36:32the voice of the
36:33director came over
36:34the intercom,
36:35summoning all core
36:36researchers to the
36:37conference room
36:37to introduce
36:38an important
36:39new donor.
36:40I walked into
36:41the conference room.
36:42I never expected
36:43that the face
36:44appearing on the
36:44large video screen
36:45would be the one
36:46I never wanted
36:47to see again.
36:48Lucian Marino,
36:50the Mafia Don
36:51I once loved deeply,
36:52but now wish to erase
36:53completely from my memory.
36:55The lab's director
36:56seated Lucian
36:57at the head of the table,
36:58introducing the
36:59philanthropic investor
37:00to everyone.
37:02Only then did I learn
37:03that this Mafia Dome
37:04had laundered nearly
37:05half of his family's
37:06illegal assets
37:07and poured it all
37:08into our medical
37:09research project,
37:10all for the price
37:11of admission
37:11into this top-secret
37:13program.
37:13I forced myself
37:14to remain calm,
37:15staring at the screen
37:16with a blank expression.
37:18Mr. Marino
37:18has brought our
37:19research project
37:20the largest single
37:21donation in its history.
37:22Warm applause
37:23filled the room.
37:25My colleagues
37:26were thrilled
37:26by the massive
37:27influx of capital.
37:28His funding
37:29will help us
37:29accelerate breakthroughs
37:31in cancer treatment
37:31technology.
37:33I hope everyone
37:34can attend
37:34the welcome dinner
37:35tonight.
37:36At 8 o'clock
37:37that evening,
37:37I had no choice
37:38but to attend the dinner.
37:41I wore a simple
37:42white shirt
37:42and black trousers,
37:43my hair tied back
37:44in a casual
37:45ponytail.
37:46I was a stark
37:47contrast to the other
37:48women in their
37:48evening gowns.
37:49Lucian stood
37:50in the center
37:50of the dining hall,
37:51dressed in a
37:52custom-tailored
37:53deep blue suit.
37:55He was thinning,
37:56his eyes souring,
37:57but those dark
37:58blue lines
37:59were as sharp as ever.
38:01Throughout the meal,
38:03I ignored his existence
38:04completely,
38:05focusing on discussing
38:05research progress
38:06with my colleagues,
38:07but I could feel
38:08his intense gaze on me,
38:09as persistent
38:10and heavy as a shadow.
38:11After dinner,
38:12I walked quickly
38:13toward the dormitory area,
38:14only to be stopped
38:15at a corner in the hallway.
38:16Lucian stood before me,
38:18escorted by two men
38:19in black suits.
38:20I had known
38:21this moment would come.
38:22I turned to face
38:23the eyes I had once loved
38:24and now loathed,
38:25my voice as cold as ice.
38:29What are you doing here?
38:31Lucian's eyes
38:31looked like they
38:32wanted to devour me,
38:33as if he was terrified
38:34I would vanish
38:35from his sight again.
38:36Nora,
38:38I finally found you.
38:39Do you have any idea
38:40what it took to find you?
38:41Six months,
38:42I laundered half
38:43of the family's assets
38:44and donated billions,
38:45all just for a chance
38:46to get through the door.
38:47Why didn't you tell me
38:48when you left?
38:49I was going insane
38:50looking for you.
38:51I used my entire
38:52North American network.
38:53I cut him off.
38:54I am no longer
38:55Elanetta Marino
38:56and I am not your Donna.
38:58You have no reason
38:59to look for me.
39:00You have a family to run.
39:03You should find yourself
39:04a new Donna.
39:06Seeing my indifferent expression,
39:08Lucian's own expression
39:09twisted with an emotion
39:11he couldn't control.
39:12His voice was harny.
39:13I know I was wrong.
39:15I never should have
39:16touched that bitch
39:17who betrayed our family.
39:18Seeing my indifferent expression,
39:19Lucian's own expression
39:20twisted with an emotion
39:21he couldn't control.
39:22I know I was wrong.
39:23I never should have
39:23touched that bitch
39:24who betrayed our family.
39:25I took care of Sophia
39:26and the bass.
39:27They're gone.
39:27Come home with me, Nora.
39:29Come back to where you belong.
39:30Hearing him describe
39:31the disposal of my sister
39:32so casually,
39:33a chill shot through me.
39:35This man's cold-bloodedness
39:36was beyond my imagination.
39:38Now,
39:38I even wondered
39:39if I had ever truly known him
39:40during our seven years of marriage.
39:42Lucian,
39:43the moment you betrayed me,
39:44we were over.
39:45I don't know how you found me,
39:46but didn't erasing my identity
39:47and disappearing off the face
39:48of the earth
39:49make it clear enough?
39:50I want nothing more
39:51to do with your world.
39:52I replied coolly
39:53and turned to leave.
39:54Lucian paused,
39:55his voice taking on a humility
39:57I had never heard before.
39:58But I know I was wrong.
39:59It was the only time,
40:01I swear.
40:01Forgive me.
40:02I swear,
40:03besides you,
40:04there will never be
40:05another woman by my side.
40:06I let out a cold laugh
40:08and took a few steps back.
40:09Infidelity isn't a mistake,
40:11it's a choice,
40:11and with me it only happens once.
40:13In my eyes,
40:13you're already dead,
40:14and now,
40:14there's blood between us.
40:15Sophia was my sister,
40:16whatever else she was.
40:17You killed her
40:18and I will never forgive her killer.
40:19Lucian's face went white as a sheet,
40:21as if my words had struck him in the heart.
40:24That child.
40:25I don't want to hear it.
40:26Just then,
40:27a security guard stepped forward.
40:28Sir,
40:28this is a core research area.
40:30You must leave now.
40:31I breathed a sigh of relief
40:33and turned toward my room.
40:34Just as I was about to close the door,
40:36a cry,
40:36thick with anguish,
40:37came from behind me.
40:38Noah,
40:38if I hadn't touched her,
40:40if I had stopped everything in time,
40:41would you have stayed?
40:42My steps faltered.
40:43I didn't turn back.
40:44I didn't answer.
40:45I shut the door,
40:46sealing myself off
40:47from that world of sin.
40:48After all,
40:49in this world,
40:49there are no what-ifs,
40:50and I had already found my own path.
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