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00:21I just leaned back on the couch.
00:30Lid a cigarette, and smirked.
00:32Besides, you waited eight years for this ring.
00:34It's three nights, you can handle it?
00:36Everyone in that room expected me to lose it.
00:38I just nodded.
00:39Fine.
00:40I respect the Moretti tradition.
00:42Because one second earlier, my phone had buzzed.
00:45Luca Castellano.
00:46Head of the Castellano Empire.
00:47The oldest and most powerful crime family on the East Coast.
00:51Also the man I personally burned eight years ago when I turned down our arranged marriage
00:55to be with Marco.
00:56Bella.
00:57Say the word.
00:57I'll make this disappear.
00:58Three days later, on what was supposed to be my wedding night, the groomsmen shoved Marco
01:04through the bedroom door.
01:05They froze the second they saw the bed.
01:07I wasn't alone.
01:08I was lying there with a powerful, muscular man.
01:11Under everyone's shocked gazes, I lazily wrapped my arm around the man's waist.
01:15Oh, I forgot to mention, my family has a tradition too.
01:19On the wedding night, the bride has a man of her choosing test the bed first, to make
01:23sure her groom actually measures up.
01:26As Marco's mother declared their ridiculous custom before the guests, I said, fine.
01:31Without a word of hesitation, Marco left me and moved in with Vanessa.
01:36Three full days.
01:37Not a single call.
01:38Not a single text.
01:39The night before the wedding, I tracked him down at the Morelli family's private club
01:43in Lower Manhattan.
01:44Vanessa tucked under his arm.
01:45The whole bath loud and looped.
01:46I pushed the door open.
01:47Every voice in the room cut out at once.
01:49What are you doing here?
01:50Am I interrupting the reunion?
01:52Bella, don't read into it.
01:53A lot of the old families do this.
01:55A clean goodbye before the wedding is a sign of respect.
01:58The boss is 100% yours after tonight.
02:00I know.
02:01Like I told you.
02:02I get it.
02:03Damn, boss really has her trained.
02:05No training involved.
02:06She loves me too much to do a damn thing about it.
02:08She's mine.
02:09She knows it.
02:11Seeing I still hadn't moved, someone got bold.
02:15Boss, last night before the wedding.
02:21Let's make it interesting.
02:26Go ahead.
02:30Start with a deep French kiss, Vanessa.
02:32Right here, right now.
02:36Marco smiled.
02:38He grabbed Vanessa by the back of the neck and kissed her.
02:44Deep, slow, deliberate, right in front of me.
02:48The whole booth erupted.
02:50I watched for exactly three seconds.
02:53My voice cut through the noise.
02:55The wedding is tomorrow, Marco.
02:56Don't be late.
02:57I turned and walked out.
02:58Behind me, Tony's voice carried over the laughter.
03:01Boss, your girl just watched you make out with your ex
03:03and didn't even flinch.
03:04You know how rare that is?
03:05Lucky bastard doesn't know what he's got.
03:07I stopped walking.
03:08Of course.
03:09She's been with me eight years and she survived three miscarriages.
03:13She can handle a little kiss.
03:15The deepest pain of my life.
03:17And he just used it as a punchline.
03:18The first time, we were still in college.
03:22Marco was just a runner for the family.
03:24A kid right now is a liability, Bella.
03:26So I walked into that clinic alone and made a choice I never recovered from.
03:31The second time, he'd just been promoted to capo.
03:35We were in Brooklyn for a meeting when a rival crew hit us.
03:38I was two months along.
03:40I lost the baby on a hospital hallway floor.
03:43The third time was two years ago.
03:46Ectopic pregnancy.
03:47Internal bleeding.
03:49Emergency surgery.
03:50They took one of my fallopian tubes.
03:55Afterward, Marco knelt at my bedside and slapped himself across the face.
03:59He cried.
04:00He swore he'd spend the rest of his life making it up to me.
04:04Now he's underboss.
04:06He's made it.
04:07And he's decided that means I have nowhere else to go.
04:11He thinks I can't live without him.
04:13He's about to find out how wrong he is.
04:16I got home and went straight to bed.
04:19Then Marco called.
04:20His voice was slow, relaxed.
04:21That particular kind of satisfied that told me everything I needed to know about his night.
04:26Were you upset about earlier?
04:27No.
04:28You've been so agreeable lately, Bella.
04:30It's honestly starting to throw me off.
04:32Look, Vanessa flew all the way back from Palermo just because she heard I was getting married.
04:35Don't read too much into it.
04:37She's the past.
04:38You're the one I'm marrying.
04:39It's a family tradition I have to honor.
04:41That's all.
04:41Fair enough.
04:42You respect your legacy and I'll respect mine.
04:44Tomorrow I hope you're ready to honor the Serrano tradition too.
04:47Of course.
04:48What kind of tradition is it?
04:49Marco, last night.
04:50Don't get distracted.
04:51Tell me, who feels better?
04:52Me or your little fiance?
04:54Bella, wedding's tomorrow.
04:55Be there.
04:55Be good.
04:55I stared at the screen after the call ended.
04:57Funny thing about reaching your limit.
04:59It doesn't feel like pain anymore.
05:00It just feels like nothing.
05:02Something inside me went quiet.
05:03Not broken.
05:04Just done.
05:05I turned my phone off and went to sleep.
05:08The first message on my phone that morning was from Gina.
05:12Grainy video.
05:13Low light.
05:13Two bodies.
05:15The caption read,
05:16Coming back to the States was worth every minute.
05:19Didn't stop all night.
05:20Eight years apart and he's still just as addictive as I remember.
05:23Vanessa made sure I saw her staking her claim.
05:26Vanessa and Marco celebrated too soon.
05:29What they didn't know was I'd already set things in motion.
05:34I put my phone away, got in the car, and drove to my own wedding, calm, dry-eyed, like I
05:40was running an errand.
05:41By the time I sat down in the makeup chair, Gina was already shaking.
05:45Madama, what is wrong with him?
05:48This isn't tradition, this is just cheating with extra steps.
05:51In front of the whole city?
05:52You cut off your entire family for this man, Bella.
05:56You went to war with your father.
05:58And Marco stood before God and swore he'd never hurt you.
06:03Now he's in bed with that Sicilian bitch the night before your wedding?
06:06Does he feel anything at all?
06:09You know the first time it wouldn't make stress to boss if you weren't in a game.
06:13Probably not.
06:14When Marco and I got together, the Morettas were a second-year family at best.
06:20He was nobody.
06:21A street-level runner trying to climb.
06:23My father said,
06:25Bella, you are a Serrano.
06:27You do not throw yourself away on a thug with ambition.
06:31Luca Castellano, that is the man you married.
06:34I told my father no.
06:35I walked away from the arranged marriage.
06:38Walked away from my family.
06:40Walked away from everything they'd built.
06:42And Marco?
06:43He knelt before an icon of the Virgin Mary and swore on his life he would never betray me.
06:50I've thought about when exactly I lost him.
06:52I think it was six months ago.
06:54A call from Palermo.
06:55Vanessa, freshly out of a relationship, coming home.
06:58That was it.
06:59That one phone call.
07:00Eight years, three losses, every sacrifice I made and all it took was her voice on a line to pull
07:04him back.
07:05Bella, please.
07:07Tell me you're not actually going through with this.
07:09Why are you still marrying him?
07:10I looked at her.
07:11I reached up and wiped the tear from the corner of her eye.
07:14You've known me your whole life.
07:16So you already know the answer.
07:18In this family, women don't cry.
07:20You just make sure the debt gets paid.
07:23Blood for blood.
07:2520 minutes before the ceremony, that's when Marco finally showed up.
07:29His crew practically applauded.
07:31Boss!
07:32Seven rounds last night?
07:34We weren't sure you'd make it out of bed.
07:36Almost sent someone in your place.
07:37You really don't give me enough credit.
07:39Then his eyes found me.
07:40For just a second, something crossed his face.
07:43Surprise?
07:44Maybe even guilt.
07:46Damn, Bella.
07:48You almost make me feel guilty.
07:50Don't listen to those idiots.
07:51Seven rounds?
07:52They're joking.
07:53Vanessa had a stomach ache this morning.
07:55Things ran a little late, that's all.
07:56I smiled back and said nothing.
07:58Then a face popped out from behind him, grinning like the cat that got the cream.
08:01Happy wedding day, Bella.
08:03So happy for you both.
08:05Vanessa.
08:06She was a mess this morning.
08:07Begged to come.
08:08I didn't see the harm.
08:10Don't worry, the tradition's done.
08:12I'll keep my distance after today.
08:14Beside me, Gina went sturdy.
08:16I put my hand on her arm before she could open her mouth.
08:19She came all this way.
08:20She's a guest.
08:21Vanessa looked me over, slowly, head to toe.
08:25Bella, your dress is lovely.
08:29Very understated.
08:30Not every girl can pull off something so simple.
08:33Then she turned to Marco with a playful pout.
08:36Wait, didn't you get her a Vera Wang?
08:38Because I remember when we were 18,
08:40you told me our wedding to have a custom, limited-edition Vera Wang.
08:44The plaza, the Morelli family diamonds, 300 guests minimum.
08:48You said a million-dollar wedding was the only thing good enough.
08:50So, what happened?
08:53The whole room went silent.
08:54Every bridesmaid stopped breathing, eyes moving back and forth between us.
08:58Marco cleared his throat.
09:00Bella and I have been together so long.
09:02We're past needing all the fanfare.
09:04Right.
09:04I'd always known.
09:06In his heart, the scale was never level.
09:08It was always tipped toward her.
09:10The photos.
09:11The tears.
09:12The DJ started warming up the ballroom.
09:14The big screens came alive with photos.
09:15Marco and me.
09:16Eight years of moments on a loop.
09:19Vanessa watched for maybe 30 seconds.
09:21Then she started crying.
09:22Bella, I'm so jealous.
09:25She said it to me.
09:26Her eyes went straight to Marco.
09:28I don't think I'll ever get this.
09:29The doctors found something.
09:31Lupus.
09:32No cure.
09:34I just wanted to know what it felt like to have a wedding of my own.
09:38Just once.
09:39Before the end.
09:41He watched her like she was the only person in the room.
09:43Then he turned to me.
09:45Bella, let Vanessa take your place for the ceremony.
09:48Are you out of your goddamn mind?
09:51You can't just swap out a bride.
09:53Who are you actually marrying, Marco?
09:55Her or Bella?
09:56It's symbolic.
09:58We give her this one moment.
09:59Bella still signs the papers at City Hall tomorrow.
10:02Nothing changes.
10:04He crouched down to my eye level.
10:05His voice went soft.
10:07His usual appeasing tone.
10:09Bella, you made it through three days.
10:11What's one more hour?
10:12I promise you.
10:13Vanessa gets the vows, but the one in my bed tonight is you.
10:17A ceremony is just words.
10:19Tonight is what actually counts, isn't it?
10:21Then he raised his hand and made the sign of the cross over his heart.
10:25The same gesture.
10:26The same hand.
10:28The same man who once swore before the Virgin Mari he would never betray me.
10:33From the ballroom, I could hear guests starting to murmur, wondering where the bride was.
10:37The bridesmaids were looking at me like I was already pathetic.
10:40I didn't care.
10:41Fine.
10:42Marco exhaled.
10:43He reached over and ruffled my hair.
10:45The way you'd pet a dog that finally sat on command.
10:48That's my girl.
10:49Go up to the honeymoon suite.
10:51I'll be there the second the vows are done.
10:53Honestly, I didn't want to say those vows anyway.
10:56I was more than happy to skip straight to the wedding night, because I'd already prepared my wedding night surprise.
11:03Downstairs, the ballroom was loud with music and toasts.
11:07Up here, it was just me.
11:11This penthouse was the first thing Marco bought after he made capo.
11:14I was the one who decorated it.
11:16The bedding, the candles, the white rose petals scattered across the floor, every detail, chosen by my hands.
11:23I sat there looking at all of it and thought, what a waste.
11:26Gina came through the door like she was trying to knock it off its hinges.
11:29You give a staping on your wedding.
11:31She was shaking.
11:32That son of bitch!
11:34The second you left, they killed the slideshow.
11:37Dawn for the wedding replaced every photo of you with pictures of him and Vanessa.
11:43And the dress?
11:44You're not going to believe this.
11:47He had a million dollar wedding gown ready for her all along.
11:54They even brought in a whole new guest list.
11:59Now, half the room was Vanessa's family and friends.
12:03This was never your wedding, Bella.
12:05He used you to throw one for her.
12:08He did it because your father wasn't there.
12:09He saw no one watching your back, so he took the shot.
12:12And he burned it all down with a smile.
12:14It's fine, Gina.
12:16I'm keeping a very careful tab.
12:17Every single thing gets paid back.
12:20He showed up around eight.
12:22Drunk enough to sway slightly.
12:24Satisfied enough to smile about it.
12:26Bella.
12:28Ceremony's done.
12:29Vanessa's gone.
12:31From here on out, there's nothing between us.
12:33I mean it this time.
12:34He dropped on Ted beside me and pulled me against his shoulder.
12:41You're not mad about today, are you?
12:43No.
12:45He let out a long breath.
12:47God, you are something else.
12:49Starting tonight, it's just you and me.
12:51I'm going to spend the rest of my life...
12:53His phone rang.
12:55The second he picked up, I could hear Vanessa on the other end.
12:58Muffled, ragged, crying.
13:00Marco.
13:00Hello?
13:01I didn't mean to bother you, but I fell down the stairs.
13:04There's so much blood.
13:05Vanessa?
13:06What happened?
13:06Are you okay?
13:07His face changed completely.
13:09He was already standing up.
13:11Marco loaned to not in whirl.
13:12Bella, I have to go.
13:14You just said...
13:15I know.
13:15This is the last time.
13:16I swear.
13:17He raised his hand and made the sign of the cross over his heart.
13:20Third time he'd done that.
13:22Same hand, same chest.
13:24Different lie.
13:2530 minutes.
13:26I'll be back.
13:26What a joke.
13:27How much is his promise even worth?
13:29Go.
13:30Once a man's heart wanders, nothing can hold him back.
13:34He grabbed his jacket and walked out without looking back.
13:38The suite fell silent.
13:40A moment later, the door creaked open.
13:43A tall silhouette filled the doorway.
13:45The man I'd been waiting for was finally here.
13:4930 minutes later, the hallway exploded with noise.
13:51The groommen, the groomsmen, hammered into howling.
13:58Boss told us not to stir shit up?
13:59That's rich.
14:00He spends all night with Vanessa.
14:01Seven rounds, no less.
14:02And now he's got nothing left for Bella?
14:04Bella's been loyal to him for eight years.
14:05I'm the first one calling bullshit.
14:06Exactly.
14:07We're raising hell tonight.
14:08However it goes, boss owes Bella her seven rounds.
14:12The laughing stopped like someone cut the power.
14:15Every one of them frozen in the doorframe.
14:18Marco cleaned it up, put a bandage on it, and stood.
14:21You're fine.
14:22Just a scrape on your thigh.
14:25Vanessa, I have to go.
14:26I'm Bella's husband now.
14:29This has to stop.
14:30All of it.
14:31Marco grabbed his jacket off the chair.
14:33You need something, you call Tony.
14:34He'll take care of you.
14:36He meant it.
14:37For the first time in a long time, he actually meant it.
14:40Vanessa's eyes filled immediately.
14:42She grabbed his sleeve with both hands.
14:46Marco, please.
14:47One more night.
14:49I don't have anyone here.
14:51I'm alone in this whole country and I'm scared and I just...
14:55He pulled his arm free.
15:01I can't.
15:03He checked his watch.
15:04An hour.
15:06He'd promised me 30 minutes.
15:08He'd been gone a full hour.
15:11His phone was...
15:13Going insane.
15:17Rack says he for true minutes.
15:19The crew, back to back, four calls in two minutes.
15:24He figured it was the usual noise.
15:26Guys drunk at the party, wanting him back.
15:29He hit to client.
15:32Marco frowned.
15:33That wasn't party noise.
15:35In the group chat.
15:36The first one stopped him cold.
15:39Boss.
15:40Holy shit.
15:41Your wife's in bed with another man.
15:43The second one.
15:44Marco, man, answer your phone and get back here.
15:47Now.
15:48Marco scrolled down.
15:50The image was blurry.
15:52Shot fast.
15:53Bad lighting.
15:54Someone's shaking hand.
15:55But the background was unmistakable.
15:56His penthouse.
15:57His honeymoon suite.
15:58The bed he'd told Bella to wait for him in.
16:01And in the middle of that bed, another man.
16:05Marco ripped his phone to his ear and called back.
16:08The background of the call was pure chaos.
16:10What the hell is going on?
16:13Tony's voice came through, hesitant and shaky.
16:16We don't know, boss.
16:18We came up to pull a wedding night prank like we said before.
16:22And the second we burst in, there's a guy.
16:25He's half naked, lying right there in your bed.
16:29And Bella?
16:30She looks like she's pretty damn comfortable with him.
16:32Boss, you're being played.
16:34Get back here now.
16:35Marco gripped the phone so hard, his knuckles turned white.
16:38His eyes were bloodshot.
16:40Bella had been with him for eight years.
16:42She loved him so much, she'd set her own family on fire just to stay by his side.
16:47How could she cheat?
16:48In his mind, it didn't matter how far he put.
16:50He would never leave him.
16:51They had spent years together.
16:53She was there when he was a nobody.
16:55She'd endured three miscarriages without a single complaint.
16:57She'd even kept her cool when he moved in with his ex right before their wedding.
17:01There had to be a mistake.
17:02She couldn't be cheating.
17:04Right then, Vanessa leaned over his shoulder and peeked at the screen.
17:07She let out a sharp gasp.
17:09Marco!
17:10Your wife is sleeping around?
17:13How could she?
17:14It's your wedding night!
17:16How does she have the nerve to bring some stray man into your honeymoon suite?
17:21Are you really going to let her get away with this?
17:23Marco couldn't breathe.
17:24He couldn't wait another second.
17:28He grabbed his jacket and sprinted out the door.
17:35When he slammed into the suite, the tension in the room was thick enough to cut with a knife.
17:40His crew was standing in a circle around the bed, surrounding the man.
17:44Tony stepped forward.
17:45His face twisted with anger.
17:47Boss!
17:48Finally!
17:48Don't worry!
17:49We've been guarding the place.
17:51This bastard hasn't had the chance to touch Bella yet.
17:54You got here just in time.
17:55Give us the word and we'll take him for a ride.
17:58Marco's gaze shifted to the bed.
18:00Luca Castellona was lying there, right where Marco was supposed to be.
18:04He looked completely relaxed, as if he owned the room.
18:08He didn't even bother to look up when Marco walked in.
18:14Marco, you're finally home.
18:17You said 30 minutes.
18:19I've been waiting over an hour.
18:20Waiting?
18:21Waiting for me to catch you in the act?
18:23Bella, you better start explaining who the hell this guy is right now!
18:27Of course.
18:28That's exactly why I waited for you to come back.
18:30So I could explain it to your face.
18:32I reached out and pulled back the duvet.
18:35Slowly, right in front of everyone, I let my hand slide over Luca's firm, chiseled abs.
18:41As Marco's face turned a violent shade of purple, I let out a soft laugh.
18:46This is what I told you about Marco, the Serrano family tradition.
18:49On the wedding night, the bride chooses a man to make sure the groom measures up, right in front of
18:53her husband.
18:54Marco froze for two seconds, his jaw twitching in pure rage.
18:59Bella, are you fucking kidding me?
19:01What tradition?
19:04I have never heard of any family having a rule this insane or disgusting!
19:08If a Maradi groom gets three nights with his ex,
19:13a Serrano bride gets a man of her own choosing.
19:18I let out a cold, sharp laugh.
19:21Marco, it doesn't work that way.
19:23You demanded that I stay quiet and accept your bullshit tradition.
19:27The least you can do is respect mine.
19:29The room went deathly silent.
19:34That's when Gina came charging in.
19:38What's the matter, Marco?
19:40You only follow Morelli rules?
19:42The Serrano family name doesn't mean anything to you?
19:44She stared him down with a mocking smur.
19:47You spent three days in bed with your first love?
19:50Seven rounds, right?
19:52Bella doing this once on her wedding night?
19:54That seems pretty fair to me.
19:56Besides, a man's word is his bond.
19:59You gave her your word before the wedding that you'd accept this rule.
20:02You're not a liar, are you?
20:04She started grabbing the groomsmen by their arms and shoving them towards the hallway.
20:09Alright, the groom is here!
20:10The show is about to start!
20:12Let's go, boys!
20:14Guys, the husband needs some privacy to watch his bride and her ex-lover get down to business.
20:20Clear out!
20:22Enough!
20:24Marco finally snapped.
20:25He let out an animalistic roar that shook the room.
20:28Bella, you're doing this on purpose, just to get back at me!
20:32This is revenge for me staying with Vanessa!
20:35For the last three days, you found some random guy just to fuck with me, didn't you?
20:40Yes.
20:41Since he decided to say it out loud, I wasn't going to pull any punches.
20:45I stared directly into his bloodshot eyes, a mocking smile playing on my lips.
20:50Marco, you were the one who betrayed us first.
20:53You took my dignity, and you dragged it through the dirt for everyone to see.
20:58You cheated in broad daylight and expected me to just take it?
21:01Why on earth did you think I would stay silent while you spit in my face?
21:05And honestly, you gave your whole wedding to Vanessa.
21:08As far as the world is concerned, she's your wife.
21:11So who I sleep with really isn't any of your business, is it?
21:14Marco suddenly went quiet.
21:16Fine.
21:17I admit it.
21:18The tradition was a lie.
21:20The wedding was for Vanessa.
21:21I lied to you.
21:23But I had a reason, Bella.
21:24I had a reason for all of it.
21:26Vanessa has lupus.
21:28The doctor said there's no cure.
21:30She just wanted to feel loved one last time before she dies.
21:33She was on her knees, Bella.
21:35She was sobbing, begging me.
21:37I didn't have the heart to say no.
21:39He looked at me, his voice trembling with a mix of desperation and guilt.
21:42I told you I was done with her, and I meant it.
21:44I made it clear today.
21:46From this second on, I am yours.
21:47I will be loyal.
21:48I will never speak to Vanessa again.
21:50So stop this game.
21:51Send this man away.
21:52And I'll pretend tonight never happened.
21:54Pretend it never happened?
21:55It was almost funny.
21:57Almost.
21:58He cheated on me.
21:59He spent three days in bed with another woman right under my nose.
22:02And now he was acting like he was doing me a favor by forgiving me?
22:05The audacity was staggering.
22:07Marco's crew started chomming in, trying to smooth things over.
22:11Come on, Bella.
22:11Don't do this to the boss.
22:13He only said yes to Vanessa because he felt sorry for her.
22:16You know you're the only one he loves.
22:17You guys have eight years of history.
22:19You can't just throw that away over a misunderstanding.
22:21Exactly.
22:22It's your wedding night.
22:23Kick this guy out so we can all move on.
22:25Don't let this become a joke.
22:26That's when Luca finally spoke.
22:28You want to kick me out?
22:29His voice was slow and smooth, like he was savoring a fine glass of bourbon.
22:33Then make me.
22:34Luca got out of bed with a deliberate, slow grace.
22:37He walked over and wrapped a heavy, possessive arm around my shoulders.
22:41He looked at Marco with a look of pure, satisfied laziness.
22:44Bella, you promised me tonight was mine.
22:47You're not going to break your word, are you?
22:49Get your hands off her!
22:50Marco lunged forward, ripping Luca's hand away from my shoulder.
22:54His eyes were burning with a manic fury.
22:56Who the fuck are you to touch my wife?
22:59Who the hell do you think you're talking to?
23:01Luca just brushed his sleeve where Marco had touched him and let out a soft, mocking huff.
23:05I'm Bella's ex.
23:07And according to the Serrano family tradition, I'm the one spending the wedding night with her.
23:11Bullshit!
23:12Bella never dated anyone before me.
23:14I'm her first, her only, she doesn't have an ex.
23:18You're a fake!
23:20You're just some guy she hired to piss me off!
23:22Busted.
23:23Luca's lips curled into a lazy, dangerous smirk.
23:26You're right, I'm not Bella's ex-boyfriend.
23:28Actually, I'm her fiancé.
23:30What are you talking about?
23:31I'm her fiancé!
23:32I'm the one she's marrying!
23:34Marco.
23:34I cut him off, my voice cold and lethal.
23:37Don't forget, you already got married today.
23:39Your wife is Vanessa.
23:40The two of you stood in front of 300 guests and exchanged vows.
23:44You and I, we're done.
23:45I looked him straight in the eyes as the realization started to sink in.
23:48Luca is the man my parents chose for me years ago.
23:50Cerrone and Castellino families had this plan since we were kids.
23:53So yes, he's my actual fiancé.
23:56And if I want to spend a little time reconnecting with him, what business is it of yours?
23:59Marco froze.
24:00Every bit of color drained from his face until he looked like a ghost.
24:04Luca let his gaze sweep across the room, looking at the crew like they were ants.
24:08All right, I'm going to spend a wonderful night with my bride-to-be.
24:12Unless you guys are planning on staying to watch?
24:14This is my house!
24:15I bought this place!
24:17This is my honeymoon suite!
24:19My bed!
24:19God who are gonna treat!
24:20Best down!
24:21You don't get to come into my home and act like you own the place!
24:25Luca looked around the room with fake curiosity.
24:27You know what, you're right.
24:28This place is...quaint.
24:30He turned back to me, pulling me close and tucking a strand of hair behind my ear.
24:34Let's go, Bella.
24:35I'm taking you home.
24:36I promise you'll forget this pathetic little room ever existed before the sun comes up.
24:40He tightened his grip on my waist and started leading me toward the door.
24:44Marco threw himself in front of us, grabbing my wrist with a desperate, crushing grip.
24:49Let her go!
24:50I'm not letting you take Bela anywhere.
24:52She's my wife!
24:54You have no right!
24:55Let go of her.
24:56Luca's eyes finally turned cold.
24:59Marco refused to budge.
25:01The standoff lasted less than three seconds before the door was kicked open.
25:05A group of men in sharp black suits formed the room.
25:12The light caught the holsters beneath their jackets.
25:17Before Marco could even blink, two soldiers had him pinned by the arms.
25:21He thrashed against them, his voice rising to a frantic, grief-stricken howl.
25:25Get off me!
25:26Who the hell are you?
25:28You can't do this!
25:29Curry!
25:30Bella, just take my wife!
25:32You can't just take my wife!
25:33As Luca led me toward the door, Marco's scream started to break.
25:39AHHHHH!
25:39The rage turned into a pathetic, choked-up sob.
25:42Bella, please, don't go!
25:44Come back!
25:45I'm sorry!
25:46I'm so sorry!
25:47I shouldn't have lied!
25:48It's you, Bella!
25:50You're the one I really love!
25:51You're the only one I wanted to marry!
25:53Please, don't leave with him!
25:55I felt nothing.
25:56His love was so cheap.
25:58I didn't even look back as I walked out of the room.
26:01Once we were gone, the soldiers tossed Marco onto the floor like a piece of trash.
26:05He stayed there on his knees, his entire body shaking with a mix of fury and heartbreak.
26:12Why?
26:14Why, Bella?
26:16How could you do this to me?
26:18His crew was finally starting to snap out of their shock.
26:21Tony swallowed hard, his face going pale as he looked at the retreating soldiers.
26:26Boss, I thought that guy looked familiar.
26:28Those weren't just hired muscle.
26:30Those were Castelloni soldiers.
26:32That man, that was Luca Castellano, the head of the Castellano Empire.
26:36Finance, real estate, weapons, they own the whole East Coast.
26:40Even the politicians are in their pocket.
26:42Boss, this isn't a fight.
26:44This is an execution.
26:46We can't win this.
26:47After we left Marco's penthouse, Luca drove me straight back to the Serrano estate.
26:53The moment my parents saw me walk through the door with Luca,
26:57their eyes filled with tears.
26:59There were no lectures.
27:00No, I told you so.
27:02My father just pulled me into a hug,
27:05his voice thick with emotion.
27:07You're home. That's all that matters.
27:09Seeing how much older my parents looked,
27:11how the gray had settled into their hair,
27:13I couldn't hold it back anymore.
27:15Mom. Dad.
27:17I'm so sorry. I was wrong.
27:19Eight years ago, I was obsessed with Marco.
27:22He was a nobody back then.
27:24My parents tried everything to stop me,
27:26but I wouldn't listen to anyone.
27:28I remember my father told me,
27:30Marco isn't for you, Bella.
27:32One day, you're going to come back here in tears.
27:35It took eight years,
27:36but he was right.
27:38I had lost everything.
27:39My mother squeezed my hand,
27:41her eyes soft.
27:42It's okay, baby.
27:43We were all young and stubborn once.
27:46You found your way back.
27:48That's enough for me.
27:49My father looked over at Luca,
27:51a proud smile touching his lips.
27:53Now that she's home,
27:54we should get the wedding back on schedule.
27:56This kid has been in love with you
27:58since he was a teenager, Bella.
28:00After all these years,
28:01he finally got his wish.
28:03I saw tips of Lucas' ears turn bright red,
28:05looking uncharacteristically flustered.
28:07Mr. Serrano, Mrs. Serrano,
28:09I should probably head out
28:11and let you have some family time.
28:12Bella, go walk Luca to his car.
28:16My mother nudged me.
28:18I walked him out to the porch,
28:20and for a long moment,
28:21neither of us said a word.
28:23I'd always known Luca liked me.
28:25Our families were close,
28:27and we grew up together.
28:29But Luca was a nightmare back then.
28:31He was a troublemaker,
28:32and he expressed his feelings
28:34by being an absolute jerk.
28:35In high school,
28:36he intimidated every guy
28:37who tried to get close to me.
28:39On the night of our senior prom,
28:40he actually put out a warning
28:41that nobody was allowed
28:43to ask me to dance.
28:44I ended up sitting in a corner
28:45alone all night,
28:46the laughing stout of the school.
28:48I was so furious,
28:49I told him I'd never speak to him again.
28:51After that, I hated him.
28:52Then I met Marco,
28:53fell head over wheels,
28:54and stopped looking at anyone else.
28:55Over the years,
28:56I wiped Luca out of my life entirely.
28:58But I never imagined
28:59that while I was busy
28:59building a life with Marco,
29:01the man I hated most
29:02was actually waiting for me
29:03the whole time.
29:03I thought back to the text
29:04he sent me that morning,
29:06He had heard from somewhere
29:07that my wedding with Marco
29:08was falling apart.
29:10Almost instantly,
29:11he sent that message,
29:12Bella, if you need me,
29:14I'm ready to settle
29:15the score for you.
29:15I didn't take it seriously
29:17at first,
29:17because of everything
29:18that happened in the past.
29:20He was the last person
29:21on earth I wanted to call.
29:23But standing here on the porch,
29:25looking up at this tall,
29:26silent man,
29:27I felt a wave of confusion
29:29mixed with guilt.
29:30Were those jerky things
29:31he did when we were kids
29:32because he hated me,
29:33or because he just didn't know
29:35how to speak the language of love?
29:36What does he want from me now?
29:38A new game to play?
29:40Or is this actually
29:41the devotion of a dawn?
29:45After what Marco did to me,
29:47I don't think I can ever
29:48truly believe in a man's heart again.
29:50But regardless of the future,
29:52right now,
29:53Castellino backing
29:54is the best thing we could have.
29:56Luca,
29:58I don't think this is fair to you.
30:01I spent eight years with Marco.
30:03I gave him everything.
30:04I lost three babies for him.
30:07Someone like me,
30:08I'm not good enough for you.
30:10You deserve someone better.
30:12Stop.
30:13Luca reached out,
30:14his thumb gently pressing
30:16against my lips to quiet me.
30:18Bella,
30:18that was your past.
30:20It isn't a stain on who you are.
30:22You gave your heart
30:23to someone who didn't deserve it.
30:25You were the victim.
30:27That isn't a crime.
30:28Why on earth would that mean
30:29you don't deserve to be happy?
30:31You owe that man nothing.
30:33You owe yourself everything.
30:34He looked at me,
30:35his gaze burning
30:36with a fierce,
30:37solemn sincerity.
30:38I've loved you for a long time, Bella,
30:39which means I accept
30:40every single part of you.
30:41Let the past be the past.
30:43His eyes were full of hope and honesty.
30:44Give yourself a chance
30:45and give me one too, okay?
30:47Before my mind caught up,
30:48I nodded.
30:50My wedding with Luca
30:51was set for next month.
30:54The invitations went out
30:55almost immediately.
30:57The night Marco heard the news,
30:59he came looking for me.
31:01It had only been a few days,
31:02but he looked like
31:03a ghost of himself.
31:04He was gaunt,
31:05his eyes were suckin' and dark,
31:06and his face was covered
31:07in a messy, unshaden stubble.
31:09His suit was wrinkled,
31:10and his hair,
31:11usually perfectly slicked back,
31:12was a disaster.
31:13Bella,
31:15don't do this.
31:16Don't marry him.
31:18He reached out
31:18and grabbed my hand.
31:19I fucked up.
31:20I know I did.
31:21But I'm done with Vanessa.
31:23She's gone.
31:24I swear on my life,
31:26I'll never see her again.
31:29Just please,
31:31don't marry Luca Castelloni.
31:33We were together for eight years.
31:35You were willing to turn your back
31:36on your own parents for me?
31:37Why are you being so cold now?
31:39How can you just walk away
31:40without giving me a single chance?
31:42Bella,
31:43this is cruel.
31:44I ripped my hand out of his grip.
31:47I was so tired of the drama.
31:49Marco,
31:50I gave you eight years of chances.
31:52I waited nearly a decade
31:53for you to decide
31:54I was worth a ring.
31:55I endured everything,
31:57but you crossed the line
31:58when you brought her into our bed
32:00before the wedding even started.
32:01Go away.
32:02It's over.
32:03In that moment,
32:04I was just grateful
32:05we hadn't made it to City Hall
32:07to sign those papers.
32:08I turned around
32:08and walked away
32:09without looking back.
32:10Marco stood there in the street,
32:11looking like a man
32:12who had lost the entire world.
32:14He had nowhere to go,
32:16no one to turn to.
32:17He ended up stumbling
32:19into his private club,
32:20ordering the strongest grappa they had,
32:22and knocking back glass after glass
32:24like he was trying to drown himself.
32:26His crew couldn't stand to watch it.
32:28They took turns
32:28trying to talk sense into him.
32:31Boss, stop it!
32:32You're gonna kill yourself at this rate!
32:34Bella is marrying someone else!
32:36Drinking yourself into a coma
32:37won't bring her back.
32:38She's gone!
32:40But no one could get through to him.
32:42Finally,
32:43Tony and the guys
32:44tracked down Vanessa
32:45and brought her to the club.
32:47Find Vanessa.
32:48Hoping she could calm him down.
32:50But it only made things
32:51a thousand times worse.
32:53Vanessa snatched the bottle
32:55out of his hand,
32:56her lips twisted in a pow.
32:58Marco, stop it already!
32:59Look at you!
33:00It's not worth it
33:01to ruin yourself
33:02over a woman like her.
33:04Honestly,
33:04she's not even that great.
33:06If she had the nerve
33:07to bring a stray man
33:08into your bed
33:09on your wedding night,
33:10it means she's been sleeping around
33:12for a long time.
33:13She's trash, Marco.
33:15You should be happy
33:16you're finally rid of her.
33:18Marco snapped.
33:20He lunged forward,
33:21grabbing Vanessa
33:22by the collar
33:22and shaking her,
33:24his face twisted
33:25in a mask
33:25of pure agony.
33:26You don't get to talk
33:28about Bella like that.
33:29Do you hear me?
33:30She is not trash.
33:32She gave me
33:32eight damn years
33:34of her life.
33:34I know who she is,
33:36better than anyone.
33:37Vanessa,
33:37how do you even have
33:38the balls to show your face?
33:40This is all your fault.
33:41You're the one
33:42who manipulated me
33:43into that tradition.
33:44You're the reason
33:45Bella left.
33:46You destroyed my life.
33:48Why won't you
33:48just leave me alone?
33:50Suddenly,
33:50his eyes caught
33:51something on her skin.
33:52His expression shifted
33:54from rage
33:54to icy,
33:55dawning horror.
33:56He reached out
33:57and ripped her collar open.
34:00What the hell
34:00is that on your neck?
34:01What are those red spots?
34:03Vanessa panicked.
34:04She tried to pull away,
34:05her voice stammering.
34:06Marco,
34:07I told you,
34:07I have lupus.
34:09That's just a symptom.
34:10No,
34:10that's not lupus.
34:11A sickening realization
34:13began to crawl up
34:14Marco's spine.
34:15He didn't care
34:16about her protests
34:16and screaming.
34:18He grabbed her by the arm
34:19and dragged her
34:20toward the door,
34:21hell-bent on getting
34:21her to a hospital.
34:23Vanessa fought back
34:23like a cornered animal.
34:25Her long acrylic nails
34:26clawed at his face,
34:27leaving deep bloody gashes
34:29across his cheek.
34:30Marco didn't even flinch.
34:31He just turned around
34:32and backhanded her
34:32across the face
34:33with everything he had.
34:34The two lovers
34:35who had been tangled
34:36together in bed
34:37just days ago
34:37now looked like
34:38bitter, sworn enemies.
34:40The secret
34:41Vanessa had been fighting
34:42so hard to bury
34:43was finally coming to light.
34:45Every gift from the gods
34:47comes with a hidden price tag,
34:49and some debts
34:49are more than one person
34:51can afford to pay.
34:52At the hospital,
34:54Marco didn't give her a choice.
34:55Under his terrifying threats,
34:57Vanessa was forced
34:58to undergo
34:58a full battery of tests
35:00when the results
35:01finally came back.
35:02The truth was worse
35:03than anything
35:03he could have imagined.
35:04She didn't have lapis.
35:06She was in the late stages
35:07of syphilis.
35:08Marco felt like
35:09he'd been struck
35:10by lightning.
35:11In that second,
35:12his whole world
35:13came crashing down.
35:14You bitch.
35:16He lunged at her,
35:17his hands clamping
35:18around Vanessa's throat,
35:19his eyes nearly popping
35:20out of his head
35:21with rage.
35:22You were sleeping around
35:23in Europe
35:24and caught a goddamn disease!
35:26You told me it was lupus!
35:28You tricked me into your bed
35:29just to rot me
35:30from the inside out!
35:32I'll kill you!
35:32I'll fucking kill you!
35:34Because of her,
35:35he had lost the woman
35:36he loved,
35:37and now,
35:37his body was likely tainted,
35:40too.
35:40His entire life
35:41was in ruins,
35:42and it was all
35:43because of her.
35:44What are you screaming about?
35:45You were the one
35:46who cheated!
35:47You were the one
35:48who couldn't stay
35:48out of my bed!
35:49You thought Bella
35:50was weak.
35:51You thought she was
35:51a doormat
35:52who would let you
35:52do whatever you wanted!
35:54Don't you dare
35:55pin this on me,
35:56you selfish coward!
35:57You wanted to call me
35:58your true love
35:59while keeping Bella
36:00around to wait on you!
36:01I saw right through you
36:02from day one!
36:03The words pushed Marco
36:04over the edge.
36:05He lost every ounce
36:06of reason,
36:07squeezing her throat
36:08harder and harder,
36:09determined to watch
36:10the life leave her eyes.
36:11It took three hospital
36:13security guards
36:14to pull him off her.
36:15Vanessa didn't wait around.
36:16She stumbled out
36:17of the hospital,
36:18bruised and gasping,
36:19and caught the very
36:20first flight out
36:21of the country.
36:22She vanished back
36:23to Europe before
36:23the sun even went down.
36:25Marco wandered out
36:25of the hospital
36:26like a hollow shell
36:27of a man.
36:27He drifted through
36:28the streets,
36:29his mind a chaotic blur.
36:30He saw flashes
36:31of Bella's smile
36:32from years ago,
36:33the warmth of their
36:33life together,
36:34then the memory
36:35of his heat
36:35with Vanessa,
36:36and finally,
36:37this is exactly
36:38what you deserve.
36:39His legs finally gave out.
36:41Marco!
36:42Marco!
36:43Exhausted,
36:43broken,
36:44and terrified
36:45of the poison
36:46in his blood,
36:47Marco collapsed
36:48on the sidewalk
36:49as the world
36:49went down.
36:50When Marco
36:51opened his eyes again,
36:52he was back
36:53in the hospital.
36:54For a moment,
36:56he didn't remember
36:57how he got there.
36:59boss,
37:00the doctor is here.
37:07Mr. Moretti,
37:09your test came back
37:10positive.
37:11We need to begin
37:12treatment immediately.
37:14There it was.
37:15The price of Vanessa's lie
37:17had finally reached
37:18his blood.
37:19The first face
37:20that flashed through
37:21his mind
37:21wasn't Vanessa's.
37:23It was mine.
37:25Bella.
37:26Give me my phone!
37:31I need to call her.
37:35Boss,
37:37today is her wedding.
37:43While Marco
37:44was drowning
37:44in the wreckage
37:45of his choices,
37:47I was standing
37:48in front of a mirror,
37:49wearing white
37:50for a second time.
37:51You look beautiful, baby.
38:06are you ready, sweetheart?
38:09I am.
38:15Luca was waiting
38:16at the end
38:16of the aisle.
38:18For once,
38:19the man who had
38:20waited for me
38:20his whole life
38:21didn't look smuck
38:22at all.
38:23He looked nervous.
38:29my father
38:30walked me
38:30down the aisle.
38:35This time,
38:35I wasn't walking
38:36towards humiliation.
38:38I was walking
38:39away from it.
38:41I don't want
38:42the version of you
38:43the world thinks
38:44is easiest to love.
38:47I want all of you,
38:48Bella.
38:49The broken parts.
38:52The angry parts.
38:53The parts still
38:54learning how to breathe.
38:57I can't promise
38:58I'm healed.
39:00But I can promise
39:01I'm done living
39:02for the man
39:02who broke me.
39:04If you'll walk
39:05beside me, Luca,
39:07I'll try.
39:14Boss,
39:14it already started.
39:15You can't make it
39:16in time.
39:17Boss,
39:19I have to see her.
39:26He should have
39:27stayed in that
39:27hospital bed.
39:32But regret
39:33has a way
39:33of making
39:34dying men run.
39:36Please.
39:48You may kiss
39:49the bride.
39:52And just like that,
39:54I became
39:54Mrs. Castellino.
40:00Marco arrived
40:01just in time
40:02to see the ending.
40:04No.
40:07Not the ending
40:08he wanted.
40:09The ending
40:10he deserved.
40:11By noon,
40:12every family
40:13on the East Coast
40:14knew,
40:14Bella Serrano
40:15was no longer
40:16the discarded
40:16almost wife
40:17of Marco Moretti.
40:18She was Mrs. Castellino.
40:20And the ring
40:20on my finger
40:21was not just
40:21a wedding ring,
40:22it was a warning.
40:23The morning
40:24after the wedding,
40:25Luca took me
40:25downstairs for breakfast.
40:27The entire
40:28Castellino household
40:29stood waiting
40:29in perfect silence.
40:32Soldiers,
40:33house staff,
40:34advisors,
40:35captains.
40:36Every eye lowered
40:37the second
40:38I entered the room.
40:44Good morning,
40:45Donna Castellino.
40:47For eight years,
40:49I had been treated
40:50like Marco's shadow.
40:51Now men twice my age
40:52bowed their heads
40:53because I walked
40:53beside Luca.
40:54I should have felt
40:55powerful.
40:56Instead,
40:57I felt strangely calm.
40:59Power didn't make noise.
41:00Power simply entered
41:01a room and changed
41:02the temperature.
41:03Luca pulled out
41:04my chair himself.
41:05A few captains
41:06exchanged surprised looks.
41:08He noticed.
41:10His voice went cold.
41:12My wife does not stand
41:14while any man
41:14in this house sits.
41:16Every chair
41:16scraped back at once.
41:18Luca.
41:19Yes, wife?
41:20I don't need them
41:21scared of me
41:22because you ordered it.
41:23Then make them scared
41:24of you for their
41:25own reasons.
41:26Before I could answer,
41:27the butler stepped in.
41:29Donna.
41:30Don Serrato is here.
41:33And the Moretti family
41:34has requested
41:35an emergency meeting.
41:37A slow smile
41:38touched my lips.
41:39Of course they had.
41:39The Morettis had laughed
41:41when I had no one
41:41standing behind me.
41:42Now that the Castana Crest
41:43was on my hand,
41:44they suddenly remembered
41:45respect.
41:46Tell them I'll see
41:46them tonight.
41:47You don't have to.
41:48I know.
41:48I lifted my coffee cup.
41:50That's why I'm going.
41:51The meeting was held
41:52at the old Serrano cigar room.
41:54My father sat on one side,
41:56Luca sat beside me
41:57on the other.
41:58Across the table
41:59were Marco's father,
42:00his mother,
42:01Tony,
42:01and three Moretti elders
42:02who looked like
42:03they had aged
42:03ten years overnight.
42:05Marco was not there.
42:06His mother tried to smile.
42:08Bella, sweetheart.
42:09Surely we can handle
42:10this like family.
42:12Family?
42:13You were with Marco
42:13for eight years.
42:14We all loved you.
42:15No, you used me
42:16for eight years.
42:17You used my name
42:18when the Morettos
42:19needed legitimacy.
42:20You used my money
42:21when Marco needed backing.
42:22You used my silence
42:23when he humiliated me.
42:25And on my wedding day
42:26you gave my dress,
42:27my ceremony,
42:28my vows,
42:29and my guests
42:31to another woman.
42:32We admit mistakes were made.
42:34Marco's father
42:34lowered his eyes.
42:36Mistakes.
42:36My voice stayed soft.
42:38That word is for
42:39spilt wine,
42:40not public humiliation.
42:42One elder
42:43cleared his throat.
42:45What do you want,
42:46Donna Castellina?
42:49There it was.
42:50not Bella,
42:51not sweetheart.
42:56Donna Castellina.
42:58I placed a file
42:59on the table.
43:00The Moretti
43:01waterfront contracts,
43:02the Brooklyn trucking routes,
43:03the three shell
43:04companies registered
43:06under Marco's name.
43:07That would cripple us.
43:08Marco's father
43:09went pale.
43:11No.
43:12That would keep you alive.
43:14Marco's mother
43:15slammed her hand
43:16on the table.
43:17This is extortion!
43:19I turned to her.
43:20No.
43:22Extortion is when
43:23a weak person
43:23begs for mercy
43:25from someone stronger.
43:27This is repayment.
43:29I smiled.
43:30Tony looked sick.
43:31Marco's father
43:32swallowed hard.
43:34And Marco?
43:36Marco loses
43:37his seat
43:38as underboss,
43:39publicly.
43:40For the first time,
43:42my smile disappeared.
43:45His mother gasped.
43:47Marco arrived
43:48twenty minutes late.
43:49For once,
43:51no one applauded.
43:52He looked thinner
43:52than he had at the gate.
43:54The arrogance
43:54was gone
43:55from his face.
43:56What remained
43:57was worse.
43:58Need.
43:58Regret.
43:59a man suddenly
44:01realizing that
44:02love was not
44:02a door he could
44:03keep unlocked
44:03forever.
44:04Bella.
44:06He said my name
44:07like a prayer.
44:08Luca's hand
44:09rested against
44:10the back of my chair.
44:11Not touching me.
44:13Not controlling me.
44:14Just there.
44:17Marco saw it
44:18and flinched.
44:19I didn't know
44:19they were meeting
44:20with you.
44:20I came as soon
44:21as I heard.
44:22We are removing
44:23you as underboss.
44:25His father
44:26didn't look at him.
44:28Marco froze.
44:31What?
44:36His mother
44:36burst into tears.
44:38Because of her!
44:39Because she couldn't
44:40handle one mistake!
44:45One mistake.
44:49I stood.
44:50The room seemed
44:51to shrink around us.
44:52You gave your ex
44:53my wedding.
44:53You left me alone
44:54on our wedding night.
44:55You lied about tradition.
44:57You let your friends
44:58mock my miscarriages.
44:59Then you begged me
45:00to forgive you
45:01because the woman
45:01you chose was sick.
45:02Marco's face crumpled.
45:04Bella, please!
45:06No.
45:07That one word
45:08stopped him.
45:09I begged for your love
45:11for eight years.
45:12Quietly.
45:14Patiently.
45:16Pathetically.
45:17I kept this
45:18because I thought
45:18maybe one day
45:19it would mean
45:20something again.
45:20I slid it toward him.
45:22He reached for it
45:23with shaking hands.
45:24I can fix this.
45:26Now it means nothing.
45:28You can't even
45:29fix yourself.
45:32His knees
45:32hit the floor.
45:33Everyone stared.
45:34I love you.
45:35Marco Morelli
45:36once the proud golden sun
45:38kneeling in front
45:38of the woman
45:39he thought
45:39would never leave.
45:40I looked down
45:41at him.
45:41No, Marco.
45:43My voice
45:43was almost gentle.
45:45You loved
45:46being loved
45:46by me.
45:48That night
45:49Vanessa resurfaced.
45:50Not in New York.
45:51Not in Palermo.
45:52online.
45:53A video spread
45:54through every
45:55private group chat
45:55in the city
45:56before midnight.
45:57Vanessa sat
45:58in a dim hotel room.
45:59Face bruised.
46:00Hair messy.
46:01Eyes wide
46:02with fake terror.
46:04My name is
46:05Vanessa Ricci.
46:07If anything
46:08happens to me
46:11if anything
46:12happens to me
46:14blame Bella Serrano
46:16and Luca Castellino.
46:18I watched the video
46:19from Luca's studio.
46:29She's desperate.
46:31She knows
46:31the Morettis
46:32can't protect her anymore.
46:33On screen
46:34Vanessa pressed
46:35a trembling hand
46:35to her chest.
46:36Vanessa continued
46:37her performance.
46:39Marco loved me.
46:40Bella couldn't
46:41accept it.
46:41She sent Luca's
46:42men after me.
46:43She ruined my life
46:44because Marco
46:45chose me first.
46:46Luca's expression
46:47darkened.
46:48I'll have it
46:49taken down.
46:50No.
46:53Bella?
46:54Leave it up.
46:55He looked at me.
46:57Gina stopped pacing.
47:00Are you insane?
47:01No.
47:02Vanessa wants attention.
47:04So let's give her
47:05a stage.
47:06Luca studied me
47:07for a long moment
47:08then his mouth
47:09curved faintly.
47:10What are you planning?
47:12I looked back
47:13at the screen
47:13at Vanessa's
47:14tearful performance.
47:15silence.
47:16For eight years
47:17I swallowed
47:18humiliation
47:18because I thought
47:19dignity meant silence.
47:21I was wrong.
47:21Sometimes dignity
47:22meant letting your enemy
47:23talk long enough
47:24to hang herself.
47:25I closed the laptop.
47:27She wants to be
47:27the tragic woman
47:28in this story.
47:29Fine.
47:30Tomorrow night
47:30we host a charity gala.
47:32A gala?
47:33Yes.
47:34I turned to Luca.
47:35Invite the press.
47:36Invite every family.
47:37Invite the Morettis.
47:38And Vanessa?
47:38My smile sharpened.
47:40Especially Vanessa.
47:44The gala was held
47:45in the Castellino Conservatory.
47:47Glass ceilings.
47:49White orchids.
47:51Champagne towers.
47:52A room full of powerful people
47:54pretending they had
47:55never enjoyed
47:57watching me suffer.
47:58I wore black.
47:59Luca stood beside me
48:01one hand resting at my waist
48:02his face unreadable.
48:03When I stepped onto
48:04the small stage
48:05the room quieted.
48:06Tonight
48:07the Castelloni and Serrano families
48:09are launching a protection
48:10fund for women
48:12abandoned
48:12threatened
48:13or exploited
48:14by criminal households.
48:15A ripple moved
48:17through the crowd.
48:18I saw Marco at the back
48:19pale
48:19hollow
48:20watching me
48:22like I was the last light
48:23in a burning city.
48:26Then the doors opened.
48:28Vanessa walked in
48:29wearing a white dress
48:30and a black veil.
48:31Dramatic
48:32predictable
48:33perfect.
48:34She stumbled forward.
48:36You hypocrite!
48:38You talk about
48:40protecting women!
48:41You destroyed me
48:42because Marco loved me!
48:43Every head turned.
48:44Vanessa pointed at me.
48:45Marco's face twisted.
48:46Vanessa, stop.
48:47She ignored him.
48:48I was dying!
48:49I had lupus!
48:50I just wanted one wedding
48:51before the end!
48:53I looked at Gina.
48:54She pressed a button.
48:56The screen behind me
48:58lit up.
48:58You wanted belly waiting
48:59at home while you called me
49:00your true love.
49:01This is exactly
49:02what you deserve!
49:03hospital security footage.
49:06Vanessa screaming at Marco.
49:08Then came the medical report.
49:09Not lupus.
49:10The room exploded
49:11into whispers.
49:12I stepped down
49:13from the stage.
49:14You weren't dying, Vanessa.
49:15My voice was calm.
49:16You were lying.
49:18She lunged at me.
49:20Before she came close,
49:22Luca caught her wrist.
49:26Touch my wife
49:27and you lose the hand.
49:31You wanted my wedding
49:32so badly.
49:34Congratulations.
49:36Everyone is looking
49:38at you now.
49:40Vanessa was dragged out,
49:42but not before she laughed.
49:44It was sharp, ugly,
49:45almost victorious.
49:46You still don't know,
49:48do you?
49:49I stopped.
49:50That Brooklyn attack?
49:53The one where
49:54you lost your baby.
49:56She looked straight at me.
49:57The room went silent.
49:58My breath caught
49:59before I could stop it.
50:01Vanessa smiled
50:02through her tears.
50:03It wasn't random.
50:05Marco staggered forward.
50:07What did you say?
50:08Vanessa's eyes
50:09flicked toward his mother.
50:11Ask her.
50:12Every person
50:13in the room turned.
50:14Marco's mother
50:15went white.
50:16That girl is diseased
50:18and hysterial.
50:20Oh, please.
50:21You paid people
50:23to make sure
50:23Marco came home scared.
50:24You didn't want
50:25Bella pregnant
50:26with his child.
50:27You said a Serrano baby
50:28would put a leash
50:29around your son's neck forever.
50:31That girl is diseased
50:32and hysterical.
50:33Vanessa laughed harder.
50:34Oh, please.
50:35You paid people
50:36to make sure
50:37Marco came home scared.
50:38You didn't want
50:39Bella pregnant
50:39with his child.
50:40You said a Serrano baby
50:41would put a leash
50:42around your son's neck forever.
50:44She said nothing.
50:45The silence
50:46answered for her.
50:48Something inside me
50:50went cold.
50:51I remembered
50:52the hospital hallway.
50:53The blood.
50:54Marco had held me afterward.
50:56He had cried.
50:57He had sworn
50:58it was just bad luck.
50:59The sound of my own voice
51:01begging someone to help.
51:02I turned away
51:03because if I looked
51:04at his mother any longer
51:05I might forget
51:05every rule I had learned.
51:07Luca moved beside me.
51:08Bella.
51:08His voice was soft.
51:10Say the word.
51:11For the first time
51:11since marrying him
51:13I understood exactly
51:14how dangerous
51:15devotion could be.
51:16I looked at Marco's mother.
51:17No.
51:18Everyone stared.
51:19I lifted my chin.
51:20Death is too easy.
51:22For three days
51:23Luca's men
51:23tore through the past.
51:25Old phone records.
51:26Cash transfers.
51:27A warehouse security log
51:28from Brooklyn.
51:29A hospital intake delay
51:30that had always been
51:31explained away as chaos.
51:32By the fourth morning
51:33Gina placed the final file
51:35in front of me.
51:36Tony's name was on it.
51:37I found him in the chapel
51:38behind the old
51:39Moretti club.
51:40He was drunk, pale
51:41and praying
51:42like God
51:43still answered
51:44men like him.
51:45Bella.
51:46I didn't know
51:47she was pregnant.
51:48He stood too fast.
51:50I said nothing.
51:51Tony began shaking.
51:52I swear on my mother.
51:53I didn't know.
51:54Marco's mother told us
51:54to leak the meeting location.
51:56He said it was just
51:57to scare him
51:57to remind him
51:58family came first.
51:59And after
52:00his eyes filled.
52:01After the hospital
52:03I figured it out.
52:04Said Marco.
52:05Tony looked away.
52:06That was all I needed.
52:07My fingers tightened
52:08around the pew.
52:08He knew.
52:09Not at first.
52:10Tony's voice broke.
52:11Years later
52:11when he became underboss
52:12his mother told him
52:14enough.
52:14Not everything
52:15but enough.
52:16Chapel blurred
52:16for half a second.
52:17Marco had known.
52:18Maybe not that day.
52:19Maybe not while I bled
52:20on the floor.
52:21But later.
52:21He had known
52:22his family's ambition
52:23had cost me a child
52:24and he had still
52:24let me sit at their table.
52:26Still let his mother
52:26call me daughter.
52:27Still let me plan a wedding
52:28in their name.
52:29Tony fell to his knees.
52:30I'm sorry.
52:31I looked at him.
52:32You're not sorry.
52:33My voice was empty.
52:35You're just finally afraid.
52:36Marco came to the
52:38Serrano estate
52:38before sunset.
52:39No guards.
52:40No crew.
52:41No pride.
52:41Just him.
52:42Standing outside the gates
52:43like a man waiting
52:44for judgment.
52:45I agreed to see him
52:46in the courtyard.
52:47Luca didn't stop me.
52:48He only said
52:49I'll be close.
52:50For once.
52:50That was enough.
52:51Marco looked destroyed.
52:52I found out two years ago.
52:54He said before I could speak.
52:55His voice was rough.
52:56Almost dead.
52:57After I became under voice.
52:58My mother was drunk.
52:59She said she had saved me
53:00from being trapped.
53:01I didn't move.
53:02I asked her what she meant.
53:03She told me pieces.
53:04Not all of it.
53:05I swear I didn't know everything.
53:06Not everything.
53:07But you knew enough.
53:08Tears slipped down his face.
53:09Yes.
53:10The honesty was too late
53:11to matter.
53:12I hated her for it.
53:13He whispered.
53:13I hated myself.
53:14But if I exposed her
53:16the family would collapse.
53:17I told myself
53:18it wouldn't bring the baby back.
53:19I told myself
53:20protecting the future
53:21mattered more than
53:21digging up the past.
53:22Our child was not the past.
53:24He flinched
53:25like I had struck him.
53:26I stepped closer.
53:26You didn't just cheat on me, Marco.
53:29You buried me alive
53:30inside your family
53:31and called it love.
53:32He sobbed.
53:33Tell me what to do.
53:34Anything.
53:34I'll do anything.
53:35I looked at the man
53:36I once would have died for.
53:38Then I finally saw him clearly.
53:40Small.
53:40Weak.
53:41Late.
53:41Live.
53:42What?
53:42He blinked.
53:43Live with it.
53:43I turned away.
53:44That's the only punishment
53:45you deserve.
53:46The commission gathered
53:48two nights later.
53:49Five families.
53:50One long table.
53:51No raised voices.
53:53That was how real power worked.
53:54The loud men
53:55were usually the ones
53:56about to lose.
53:57Marco's mother
53:58sat at the far end
53:59dressed in black lace
54:00like a grieving saint.
54:02Most admired the performance.
54:03Almost.
54:05Luca stood behind my chair.
54:07My father sat to my left.
54:09Marco sat across from me
54:10hollow eyed and silent.
54:11The head of the Romano family
54:13spoke first.
54:14Donna Castellino
54:15You asked for this hearing.
54:16State your claim.
54:17I placed the evidence
54:19on the table.
54:19The Moretzi family
54:20ordered that led
54:21to the Brooklyn attack
54:22eight years ago.
54:22The attack caused
54:23the death of my unborn child.
54:25A heavy silence fell.
54:26This is a family matter.
54:28No.
54:30This is a blood debt.
54:32The old men
54:32looked at one another.
54:33They understood
54:34that language.
54:35I continued.
54:36I am not asking
54:37for her death.
54:38Marco's mother
54:38looked relieved.
54:39For the rest of her life
54:40she will have
54:42no family protection
54:43no access to Moretti funds
54:45no seat at any table
54:47and no right
54:48to use the Moretti name.
54:50Her relief vanished.
54:52You can't erase me!
54:54I'm not erasing you.
54:56I leaned forward.
54:57I'm making sure
54:58everyone remembers
54:59exactly what you are.
55:01Then I looked at Marco.
55:03As for Marco Moretti
55:04he keeps his life
55:05nothing else.
55:06His father closed his eyes.
55:08The vote was unanimous.
55:10Marco's mother screamed
55:12as they stripped
55:12the ring from her hand.
55:15Marco never moved.
55:17He only looked at me
55:18and whispered
55:18I'm sorry.
55:20This time
55:20I didn't answer.
55:22Some apologies
55:22deserved silence.
55:24Three weeks later
55:25the Moretti empire
55:26collapsed quietly.
55:27No war.
55:28No street bloodshed.
55:29Just frozen accounts
55:30broken alliances
55:31missing contracts
55:32and doors that
55:33no longer opened.
55:34People called it merciful.
55:36They were wrong.
55:37Mercy would have been quick.
55:38This was precision.
55:39Marco sold his penthouse first
55:41then the private club
55:42then the car
55:44I once helped him choose.
55:45I heard he moved
55:46into a small apartment
55:47above an old booker shop
55:48in Queens.
55:49I didn't visit.
55:50I didn't ask.
55:51I didn't care.
55:52At least
55:53that's what I told myself.
55:54One rainy afternoon
55:55Luca found me
55:56in the library
55:57staring at nothing.
55:58Thinking about him?
55:59I looked up
56:00thinking about
56:01who I was with him.
56:02And?
56:04I don't hate that girl
56:06anymore.
56:07His expression softened.
56:08She got you here.
56:10She survived?
56:11No.
56:12She fought.
56:13For a long moment
56:14neither of us spoke.
56:15Then Luca placed
56:16a sealed envelope
56:17on the table.
56:18What is that?
56:19One of my men
56:20found it in Vanessa's luggage
56:21when she was caught
56:22trying to leave
56:23through the docks.
56:23I opened it.
56:25Inside was a ledger page.
56:27Old.
56:27Names.
56:28Dates.
56:29Payments.
56:30My eyes moved
56:30down the list.
56:31Moretti.
56:32Ricci.
56:33And then...
56:34Castellino.
56:35My blood went cold.
56:36Luca saw my face change.
56:38Bella.
56:39Bella's voice.
56:40I turned the page
56:41toward him.
56:42His expression frozen.
56:43At the bottom
56:44was a signature.
56:45His uncle.
56:46Salvatore Castellano.
56:47The man who had raised
56:49Luca after his father died.
56:50I looked at my husband.
56:52How long has your
56:53family been lying to me too?
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