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I Said 'I Do' to My Fiancé's Mafia Brother - FULL
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00:00The night of the rehearsal dinner, my fiancé Marco Moretti shoves me aside and pulls my best friend Sienna into
00:05his arms.
00:07Sienna has to marry me. She's carrying my child. A Moretti heir doesn't come into this world without a name.
00:15You two are best friends, right? What difference does it make which one I marry?
00:23On paper, you're still Mrs. Moretti. Once the baby's born at Requendi's Born, it goes on the birth certificate.
00:30Under your name. You won't even have to go through labor. I'm doing you a favor, baby. For both families'
00:37sake, I won't embarrass you.
00:38He expects me to crumble, to beg, to cry and cling to his sleeve the way I always have.
00:44Dante, it's our turn.
00:53You said it yourself, Marco. One brother's as good as another, right?
00:57The entire grand ballroom goes silent. Dozens of eyes ping-pong between the three of us.
01:02Have you lost your goddamn mind?
01:07You know who he is, right?
01:10Dante Moretti. The underboss. My brother.
01:14You think he'd marry you?
01:17Bella, honey, I know you're upset, but throwing yourself at his brother?
01:23Dante is the heir to the Moretti ire. You're just embarrassing yourself.
01:27Whispers ripple through the crowd.
01:29Couldn't get the younger one, so she's going after the big brother.
01:33The Castellano girl sure knows how to land on her feet.
01:36I ignore all of it.
01:37I turn to Dante.
01:38His eyes are gray.
01:39The flat gray of the winter sea.
01:41Deep.
01:42Still.
01:42Unreadable.
01:43Three years ago, the first time I visited the Moretti estate,
01:46I rounded a corner in the hallway and crashed straight into his chest.
01:50I looked up, flustered.
01:51And the way he looked at me, it wasn't the way a man looks at his little brother's girlfriend.
01:56That look vanished fast, hidden behind lowered lashes.
01:59After that, things happened in fragments.
02:01I drank myself unconscious at a speakeasy in the meatpacking district one night.
02:05Woke up in his penthouse on the Upper East Side.
02:08When people tried to squeeze me out of business deals, he stepped in.
02:12More than once.
02:13But he never mentioned it.
02:15Never asked for anything in return.
02:19Now, standing in the wreckage of Marco's rehearsal dinner,
02:22I open my mouth and bet everything on his brother.
02:24I hold 80% of Castellano holdings.
02:27The alliance between our families, I can protect it.
02:30Marry me, and I'll make it worth your while.
02:34Will you?
02:38The words barely leave my mouth before Marco's voice snaps tight as a wire.
02:42Will you?
02:42Dante, don't listen to her! She's lost it!
02:45But Dante doesn't look at Marco.
02:46He looks at me.
02:48Then, he looks away.
02:51Not like this.
02:55I'm left standing there, alone, stripped bare in front of everyone.
03:00Marco closes the distance in one stride.
03:02That was a rejection, Bella.
03:03You get that, right?
03:04You really think he'd want you?
03:06You've been my doormat for four years.
03:09Everyone in our world knows you can't survive without me.
03:12Something cracks open inside me.
03:14Four years ago, when Marco told his family he wanted to start his own investment firm,
03:19I mortgaged my penthouse in Tribeca.
03:21$8 million, wired straight into his account.
03:24No equity stake.
03:26No promissory note.
03:28Just blind, stupid love.
03:30He turned that money into something real.
03:32Built a name for himself.
03:34When his company hit Series B, the lead investor, David Harrington, wouldn't sign.
03:38The deal was dying.
03:40I arranged a private poker night behind Marco's back,
03:43leveraging the Castellano name to get Harrington in the room.
03:46That night, Harrington got drunk.
03:48His hand landed on my thigh, then higher.
03:51I sat there, swallowed the nausea, smiled through every second.
03:56He signed the next morning.
03:58The night Marco's funding closed, he'd been drinking.
04:01He pimmed me against the wall and kissed me until I couldn't breathe.
04:04His chin dug into the curve of my neck.
04:06Bella, why are you so good to me?
04:09I was just glad I could do something for him.
04:12Everyone in our circle knew these stories.
04:14To my face, they called me devoted.
04:16Behind my back, they called me a liability.
04:19Your father spent his entire life building the Castellano name.
04:23And you're dragging it through the mud.
04:28I'd argued back then, told myself there was nothing shameful about loving someone.
04:33Now, hearing the word doormat fall from his mouth like it's obvious, like it's just a fact,
04:38I realize I've been the punchline all along.
04:40Marco watches the expression bleed across my face.
04:43He lets out a soft laugh, almost tinder, like he can see every memory churning behind my eyes.
04:48Don't cry, baby.
04:49People will think I did something terrible to you.
04:51Those hazel eyes fill with something that looks almost like sincerity.
04:55Bella, you've been chasing me for so long.
04:57I really don't want to hurt you.
05:02So be a good girl.
05:04I don't want to embarrass you and I don't want your parents to lose face.
05:07You understand, don't you?
05:10Marco is like whiskey.
05:12The first sip burns so bad it brings tears to your eyes.
05:15But you keep drinking.
05:17You get addicted.
05:18And by the end, you're so wasted, you don't even know what's killing you.
05:26He pulls a document from his inside pocket and pushes it into my hands.
05:31A wedding announcement.
05:33Beautifully typeset.
05:34My name next to his.
05:35But the woman in the photo isn't me.
05:40The woman in the photo nestles against his chest.
05:44Her face is obscured, but there's a tiny star tattoo on the back of her neck.
05:48Sienna's.
05:49Marco didn't even bother using my picture.
05:51Just grabbed a shot of himself with Sienna and called it done.
05:54Marco didn't want you to lose face in front of your father, so he had this made for you.
05:58Take it home.
05:59Show your parents.
06:00Keep up appearances.
06:02Don't worry, Bella.
06:04The wedding in three days is keener.
06:06Still yored.
06:07I will steal your spot.
06:09Marco, you really think my father won't notice?
06:12Marco's tone.
06:13Certain.
06:14Careless.
06:16You've always been the perfect actress in front of your father.
06:18Twenty-something years of playing the good daughter.
06:21What's one more performance?
06:22My teeth sink into my lower lip.
06:24The words pile up in my throat, choking me.
06:27Every single lie I've told my family has been to cover for him.
06:30But before I can say any of it, Sienna, one hand pressed delicately to her stomach.
06:35I'll come to you tonight.
06:37Marco tosses the words over his shoulder, already scooping Sienna into his arms, already walking away.
06:44I don't know how long I stand there.
06:46My phone buzzes.
06:48An iMessage notification.
06:50A video.
06:51Something makes me tap it open.
06:55Stop it.
06:58Are you trying to drain me?
07:04I slammed the phone, face down on the floor.
07:07The crack of glass against marble.
07:08I think about four years ago.
07:10The day Sienna moved into the Columbia dorms.
07:12She was standing in the doorway, clutching a beat-up duffel bag.
07:15Too nervous to step inside.
07:17I pulled her in with a laugh.
07:19Gave her half of the bed I'd just made.
07:21I taught her how to shuck her first oyster.
07:24I took her shopping on Madison Avenue.
07:26She bought her first piece of clothing, over $100, and spun in circles around our dorm room.
07:32Bella, you are my best friend.
07:34Later, she asked if I had someone I liked.
07:36I told her yes.
07:37Since I was 16, let me see him.
07:40What kind of man could possibly deserve my Bella?
07:43The day I introduced them, I said,
07:45This is my best friend.
07:46Marco looked at her a beat too long.
07:51Your friend's pretty cute.
07:53Sienna dropped her gaze.
07:54The blush crept all the way to her ears.
07:57Something in the air between them shifted.
08:01Back then, I was secretly pleased.
08:03I thought Marco approving of my friend was a good thing.
08:07Now I see it clearly.
08:09I handed them both the knife, and they buried it right between my ribs.
08:13How stupid can one person be?
08:15The tears slide down.
08:17I don't wipe them.
08:18Don't cry.
08:19Dante, standing at the end of the hallway.
08:22I don't know how long he's been there.
08:24My voice comes out scraped raw.
08:26Don't worry.
08:28I won't bother you.
08:30When I said not like this, I meant you deserve better than this.
08:34That's when I notice what he's holding.
08:36Red roses.
08:37And a small bunch of lily of the valley.
08:39My favorite flower.
08:41Marco never knew.
08:44Dante drops to one knee.
08:46I've wanted to marry you for a long, Bella, but I won't let you throw yourself away in
08:51a place like this.
08:52He takes my hand and slides the ring onto my finger.
08:54White gold.
08:55An oval-cut diamond flanked by two small sapphires.
08:59It's old.
09:00It was his grandmother's.
09:02Wear this for now.
09:03The wedding, I'll give you.
09:05The proposal, I'll do again.
09:07Properly.
09:09I post a photo on Instagram.
09:12Just my hand.
09:13The ring catching the light.
09:14Dante's ring.
09:15Marco likes it almost instantly.
09:17He probably didn't even look closely.
09:20He never pays attention to anything about me.
09:22Sienna's message arrives first.
09:24Instagram.
09:25DM.
09:26Marco told me you posted something.
09:28You actually think he's marrying you in three days?
09:31Delete it, Bella.
09:32Save yourself the embarrassment.
09:34Half an hour later, Marco's eye message drifts in.
09:37Good.
09:38You finally came to your senses.
09:40I knew you wouldn't leave.
09:42Sienna says she doesn't care about the title.
09:44You two get along.
09:45She won't take anything from you.
09:47Stop being jealous.
09:48For the first time, I don't reply.
09:51I set my phone down and wait.
09:53Wait for the wedding day.
09:54Wait for the look on Marco's face.
09:57The day before the wedding, Dante sends me an address.
10:01A bridal atelier on Madison Avenue.
10:03I push through the door and freeze.
10:05The dress on the mannequin pins me to the floor.
10:08A lined silhouette.
10:09French chantilly laces.
10:11Hand-beaded bodice.
10:12A cathedral train that pours from the skirt like a held breath finally released.
10:16It's the wedding dress I sketched by hand in college.
10:18I'd left that drawing on Marco's desk once.
10:20He was in the middle of a video game.
10:23Yeah, cool.
10:24I never saw the sketch again.
10:27The seamstress tells me Dante started the commission three months ago.
10:30Back when my wedding to Marco had just been set.
10:33I step out of the fitting room and Sienna's voice cuts through like a blade.
10:37Babe!
10:38I want this one!
10:40Marco's eyes land on me.
10:42One second.
10:42Something flickers.
10:44Surprise.
10:44Maybe even a crack in his composure.
10:46But Sienna tugs at his sleeve, pouting.
10:48And the moment snaps shut.
10:50Babe, you promised you'd make it up to me.
10:52I want this one.
10:53Bella wouldn't say no.
10:57She's too generous for that.
10:59Right, Belle?
11:00Marco reaches over and tucks a strand of hair behind my ear.
11:04Bella.
11:05Sienna's pregnant.
11:06Don't upset her.
11:07Give her this one.
11:08And I'll buy you something better later.
11:09I don't move.
11:10His patience evaporates.
11:12Honestly, this cut doesn't suit you anyway.
11:15It fits Sienna better.
11:16His hands clamp down on my shoulders.
11:18He yanks the buttons open.
11:20The entire gown slides off me.
11:22I'm standing in my slip.
11:24Arms cross tight over my chest.
11:26Backing up a step.
11:27Arco hands his black Amex to the attendant without looking at me.
11:30Triple the price.
11:31Charge it.
11:32Sienna hugs the dress to her chest.
11:34And beams at me.
11:35Sweet as poison.
11:36Marco pinches her chin.
11:37Then turns back to me like he just remembered something.
11:40Oh, and keep tomorrow low-key.
11:42Sienna's hormones can't handle too much excitement.
11:44We'll use that venue in Queens.
11:45A few tables.
11:46A few friends.
11:47Simple dinner.
11:48You've never been the flashy type anyway, right?
11:50He holds up a photo on his phone.
11:52A VFW hall.
11:54Fluorescent lights buzzing over a cracked ceiling.
11:56Folding tables draped in cheap plastic tablecloths.
11:59Plastic flowers.
12:01Garish.
12:01Sad.
12:02I swallow the bile rising in my throat and hold myself together.
12:06My wedding is no longer your concern.
12:08Save this venue for you and Sienna.
12:10Sienna spent three days finding this place.
12:12While pregnant, she picked out those tablecloths and flowers on her hands and knees.
12:16She's been thinking about you this whole time, and this is how you repay her?
12:20He steps toward me and starts removing my jewelry.
12:23One piece at a time.
12:25Earrings.
12:26Bracelet.
12:27Like he's undressing a mannequin.
12:31Don't wear these tomorrow.
12:33Sienna's psychic says emeralds carry bad energy during pregnancy.
12:36At the mention of the baby, his voice softens.
12:39Better safe than sorry.
12:40The baby's fragile.
12:46A satisfied nod.
12:47He grabs a garment from the rack and holds it out.
12:52Wear this tomorrow.
12:54I glance at it.
12:55A blush pink slip dress.
12:57Polyester so cheap it scratches.
12:59One size too big.
13:00It wouldn't pass as a bridesmaid dress.
13:03It's just a formality.
13:04You wouldn't want to upstage the mother of my child, would you?
13:06I'm done.
13:07I turn to leave.
13:08Marco's hand locks around my wrist.
13:10Those hazel eyes melt into something warm.
13:12Something tender.
13:13The same look he uses every single time he needs me to give in.
13:16Cut first.
13:17Bandage after.
13:18His signature move.
13:19Are we really doing this again?
13:21You think I won't give you nice things?
13:23Once Sienna has the baby, I'll make it up to you.
13:27The Westchester estate.
13:29You've always wanted the wedding there, right?
13:31I'll let you have whatever you want.
13:33His breath is warm against my skin.
13:35His lips hover just below my ear.
13:37That's when Sienna comes scurrying over, clutching a wad of shredded fabric.
13:41This dress is garbage!
13:43It's falling apart and I haven't even put it on!
13:46She shoves it toward me.
13:47Bella, what kind of cheap place did you pick?
13:49Before I can open my mouth, Marco already has his arm around her.
13:53It's just a dress, babe.
13:54I'll take you to get a custom one.
13:57He steers her toward the door.
13:58Passing me, he reaches out and pinches my chin.
14:01A reflex.
14:02A leash check.
14:03Don't be late tomorrow.
14:05Don't embarrass me.
14:07On the morning of the wedding, Marco wakes to his phone buzzing non-stop.
14:11The iMessage group chat has exploded.
14:13Jusitu Jow, unread.
14:14Every message tagging him.
14:16Tony reaches latest.
14:17Yo Marco, your girl's all set up.
14:19She just posted a carostelle on Instagram.
14:21Nine photos.
14:22Why aren't you picking her up, bro?
14:24She looks fucking incredible.
14:25Marco taps into my Instagram.
14:27Half asleep.
14:27The train of an Ali Saab hood couture gown spills across the entire bed.
14:31I'm wearing the full Castellano emerald set.
14:34Necklace.
14:34Earrings.
14:35Bracelet.
14:36Every piece.
14:36His lips curve without him realizing it.
14:39Sienna pokes her head out from under his arm, glances at the screen, and pouts.
14:44She's doing this on purpose.
14:46Wearing all that just to jinx me.
14:48The baby can't handle this kind of energy.
14:50If you let her get away with this, you're choosing her over me and your child.
14:54Her crying grates on Marco's nerves.
14:56He's about to snap when Tony's call comes through.
15:03Marco, the boys are ready with the convoy.
15:05Just waiting on you.
15:06What convoy?
15:07It doesn't need to be that big a deal.
15:09Go pick her up for me.
15:10Tell her I'm not feeling well.
15:12Actually, tell her to drive herself.
15:15She's been too dramatic lately.
15:17Time to remind her who's in charge.
15:20Tell her to take an Uber.
15:22Can't keep feeding that attitude.
15:25A few minutes later, Tony's message pops up.
15:30Heads up, your girl just got picked up in a Rolls Royce Phantom.
15:34Guess who's driving?
15:35Your brother!
15:36Talking tough but going soft, huh?
15:38We were all set to film her getting out of an UB for the group chat.
15:41You switching it up ruined the whole bit.
15:43Marco opens his mouth to argue, then swallows it.
15:47Fine.
15:48As long as she's picked up.
15:50Last thing he needs is Bella throwing another fit.
15:53He tells himself he doesn't care, but he's already in the walk-in closet, reaching for
15:57the Tom Ford tuxedo.
15:58Marco pushes open the doors of the VFW hall.
16:00A handful of guys stand around under buzzing fluorescent lights.
16:04Fildoing chairs sit crooked in uneven rows.
16:07The boys whistle and crane their necks.
16:09Where's the bride?
16:10Stop hiding her!
16:13Why are you alone?
16:15Scared we'll make fun of you for marrying a girl who's been throwing herself at you
16:18for four years?
16:19You won't find another girl this whipped in our whole world.
16:21She'll act out, but she always crawls back.
16:24Marcos got her on a leash.
16:26Bro, you really got the Castelloni heiress holding her wedding in a VWF hall?
16:30I'm embarrassed for you.
16:32Let's just get this over with.
16:33Marco scans the empty hall.
16:35His brow creases.
16:36He reaches for his phone, but a push notification flashes across the screen first.
16:41Page six.
16:43Exclusive.
16:43Castellano era sweats today.
16:45The groom is the Moretti heir.
16:46The photo shows a ballroom packed with guests.
16:48The camera pans across a towering flower wall.
16:51Two names in gold lettering.
16:52Mr. and Mrs. Moretti.
17:08Marco dials me, barely keeping his voice in check.
17:12You changed the venue without telling me?
17:15Fine, I'm not mad.
17:16Just get over here.
17:17Tony and the guys are waiting.
17:19The line goes dead before he finishes.
17:21The guys suggest heading to the new venue.
17:23Marco shuts them down.
17:25She wants to play games?
17:27Let her.
17:28The groom's not showing up.
17:29Let's see how she handles that alone.
17:32Marco sits in that VFW hall the entire afternoon.
17:36Every ten minutes, he checks his phone.
17:38No call.
17:39No text.
17:40No begging.
17:41Let her wait.
17:42Let her humiliate herself.
17:44Let her learn she's nothing without me.
17:46That evening, Marco posts an Instagram carousel for the first time.
17:50Every photo, him and Siena.
17:52Beach vacation.
17:53Tangled limbs.
17:54Matching smiles.
17:57He goes all in on Siena.
17:59Public.
18:00Loud.
18:00Deliberate.
18:01Two weeks pass.
18:03Then Don Salvatore calls.
18:04Sunday dinner tonight.
18:06Your brother's bringing his new wife home.
18:08Don't be late.
18:09Marco finally has a reason to reach out.
18:12Family dinner tonight.
18:13Dante's introducing his wife.
18:15Come.
18:15Don't upset Papa and Mama.
18:16I've got the gift ready.
18:17He sends it.
18:18A red exclamation mark.
18:20Not delivered.
18:21His chest tightens with irritation.
18:23She's probably still sulking.
18:24He'll do what he always does.
18:26Deal with tonight.
18:27Smooth her over later.
18:29Marco drives to the family estate in Westchester alone.
18:32He walks in and covers for me by reflex.
18:34Bella's not feeling well.
18:35She sends her apologies.
18:37She'll come for dinner another time.
18:38The words haven't even settled when a familiar voice drifts in from the foyer.
18:41Papa, Mama, Dante and I picked out a gift for you.
18:43Sorry, we're late.
18:44The moment my voice fills the warm, lamplit room.
18:46Two weeks of tension drain from Marco's body.
18:49Papa, Mama.
18:49His mouth hooks into that confident, I knew it smile.
18:52Tonight, I'm in a smoke gray satin gown.
18:55Hair pinned loosely at the nape.
18:57I look better than he's ever seen me.
18:58He knows it.
18:59And the knowledge sits right there on his face.
19:01Marco walks up to me.
19:02There you are.
19:03Don't ever go off the grid on me again.
19:05Do you know how long I've been looking for you?
19:06I tilt my head away.
19:08He doesn't register it.
19:09Same lecturing tone dot.
19:10I hope you've had time to think.
19:12The wedding thing, I'm letting it go.
19:13You've had your tantrum.
19:14It's over.
19:14Welcome.
19:15I've already smoothed things over with Sienna.
19:16Just apologize to her later.
19:18She won't hold a grudge.
19:19I'll take you for a proper wedding shoot.
19:20Your pick.
19:21Whatever you want.
19:21Dante's introducing his wife tonight.
19:23You can finally meet the family.
19:25All those years, and he never once brought me to Sunday dinner.
19:28Every time.
19:28He said the timing wasn't right.
19:30Anna and Lucia never even knew my face.
19:33You've always complained I never brought you home.
19:35Well, here we are.
19:36We're all family now.
19:37Bella, sit here.
19:38He pats the seat.
19:39I walk past him without a glance, and sit down at Dante's left.
19:47Marco blinks, then laughs.
19:50Wrong seat, baby.
19:51Your spot's over here.
19:52First time I get it.
19:53You're sitting in my new sister-in-law's seat.
19:56Dante, did you give her a ride?
19:57Thanks for that.
19:58Saved me a trip.
19:59He peers toward the front door.
20:02Wasn't your wife supposed to be here?
20:04She's stuck in traffic?
20:05Before anyone answers, Lucia sweeps in carrying a platter of osso bucco and sets it down right
20:11in front of me.
20:13Your favorite.
20:14Your papa had Rosa pick out the veal this morning.
20:17It's been braising all afternoon.
20:22Eat, Cara.
20:23Eat.
20:24Mama, since when do you two know each other?
20:27I never introduced you.
20:29What's wrong with you?
20:30Your brother's wife is here, and you haven't even said hello?
20:33Marco's mind flatlines.
20:34His gaze drops to my left hand.
20:37The ring on my finger catches the light.
20:40Identical in weight and warmth to the band on Dante's hand beside mine.
20:44It burns behind his eyes.
20:46Marco's lips tremble.
20:48Mama, you've got it wrong.
20:50She's my wife.
20:51Lucia sets down the osso bucco and pats Marco's arm.
20:58What kind of joke is that?
21:00Show some respect.
21:02The moment she walks away, Marco's eyes lock onto me.
21:05Bella, have you lost your mind?
21:06You signed a marriage license with my brother just to get back at me?
21:10Bella, why put yourself through this?
21:12Dante is the Moretti heir.
21:13You think he actually wants you?
21:15He felt sorry for you.
21:17That's all this is.
21:18Give it a few days.
21:20He'll come to his senses and you'll see how ridiculous this is.
21:22I don't look at him.
21:24Try this.
21:25Your favorite Baroli.
21:27He never knew what I like to drink.
21:29Every date, he'd wave down the waiter and order two Americanos without asking.
21:33But his brother doesn't just know.
21:35He remembers.
21:37Dante!
21:39What the hell are you doing?
21:40You knew she was mine!
21:42Yours?
21:43Did you propose?
21:44Sign a license?
21:46Hold a ceremony?
21:48I did hear you signed a license with that woman you've been keeping on the side.
21:52Congratulations.
21:53Bella, I heard you brought the Castelloni holding shares into the marriage.
21:56Cara, you're too generous.
21:58Mama, Dante and I are husband and wife.
22:00What's mine is his.
22:01That single word, Mama, lights up Lucia's entire face.
22:04And drives into Marco's chest like a blade.
22:07Bella!
22:07Don't call her that!
22:09The entire table goes still.
22:12Marco.
22:13What the hell is wrong with you?
22:14I'm the crazy one?
22:15Papa, this woman said she was going to marry me.
22:19And then she turned around and married my brother.
22:21What is this?
22:21That's fraud!
22:22She played me!
22:24Marco sinks back into his chair.
22:26The air around the table freezes solid.
22:30Marco hunches forward.
22:31His tears fall, landing on the bone china with soft, pathetic taps.
22:36Lucia's face hardens.
22:37Marco.
22:38Upstairs.
22:39Now, you're going to explain everything.
22:41He doesn't move.
22:43Bella, talk to me.
22:44Just five minutes.
22:45I set down my spoon.
22:47Talk about what?
22:48About how you gave me a fake wedding announcement with Sienna's photo?
22:51Or about how you made me wear a hundred dollar polyester dress to my own wedding?
22:54Lucia's head snaps toward him.
22:56What do you mean fake?
22:57What polyester dress?
22:59Don Salvatore's expression darkens to something dangerous.
23:03Marco.
23:04What did you do?
23:05Marco opens his mouth.
23:07Closes it.
23:08Nothing.
23:09Dante ladles soup into my bowl.
23:11His tone barely shifts.
23:12Papa, mama, it's in the past.
23:15Bella is my wife now.
23:16What's done is done.
23:18What do you mean it's done?
23:20Dante, you knew she was mine.
23:22We were together four years.
23:23Four years.
23:24Marco.
23:25You married someone else.
23:27And now you're saying this?
23:29Do you hear yourself?
23:30Lucia can't hold it in anymore.
23:32Marco!
23:33Who did you marry?
23:35Don Salvatore's fist cracks against the table.
23:37Answer.
23:38Now.
23:39Marco forces the name through clenched teeth.
23:42Sienna Ruro.
23:43Every syllable costs him.
23:44Lucia sways.
23:45That girl.
23:46The one you brought around before?
23:48The one who worked at that club?
23:49Mama, she doesn't do that anymore.
23:51She's a good person.
23:53Shut your mouth.
23:55You married some nobody without your father's blessing?
23:58And pushed Bella to your brother?
24:00I didn't push her.
24:02Bella did this on her own.
24:03I threw myself at him?
24:06Marco, do you even hear how ridiculous that sounds?
24:09I look at him.
24:10Really look.
24:11And feel something unexpected.
24:12Nothing.
24:13Four years of love.
24:14And in his version of the story, I'm just a woman who chased him.
24:18I sat down my spoon and turned to Don and Lucia.
24:21Papa, mama.
24:23Marco and Sienna are legally married.
24:26So are Dante and I.
24:27What happened before is in the past.
24:29There's no point in assigning blame.
24:31Lucia shoots Marco one last withering look.
24:34Then sits back down.
24:36But the warmth at this table has bled out completely.
24:38Back at his Soho apartment, Sienna is waiting.
24:42Your parents don't like me, do they?
24:44Why didn't you bring me to dinner?
24:47Carrying your child, Marco.
24:48You can't just leave me out.
24:49Her voice pitches higher.
24:51What are you thinking about?
24:52Marco's jaw tightens.
24:54Fuck me tonight.
24:55I've been so sick.
24:56I'm scared to be alone.
24:57Marco looks at her face.
24:59He pulls his arm free.
25:02Turns back.
25:04Sienna changes into pajamas and curls up on the couch, scrolling her phone.
25:08Babe, look.
25:09Bella posted.
25:10Sienna holds up the screen.
25:13Caption, forever.
25:14Forever.
25:15I said that word to him once.
25:17Good for her.
25:18Sienna's lip curls.
25:19She married your brother, so what?
25:22She just upgraded to a richer Morelli.
25:24Big deal.
25:25Marco's head whips toward her.
25:26What did you just say?
25:28She married my brother.
25:30She's your best friend.
25:31Can't even show her that much respect?
25:33Sienna's eyes go glassy with hurt.
25:37Marco doesn't want to hear it.
25:38He yanks his arm free of her grip.
25:40Her feet tangle.
25:41She hits the floor.
25:43Blood.
25:44Spreading dark across her pajama pants.
25:46Marco, did you do this on purpose?
25:50You hate me so you want to kill my baby?
25:54No, I didn't.
25:55You did?
25:56You regret marrying me.
25:57You want to go back to Bella, so you want to get rid of the baby, so you'll have nothing
26:00tying you down.
26:01You're a monster, Marco.
26:02Marco stands there, mouth open.
26:04Mute.
26:05Because part of it is true.
26:07He has thought about it.
26:08If there were no baby, he could walk away clean.
26:11File the divorce.
26:12Go back to Bella.
26:13Outside the operating room at NYU Langone, Marco slides down the wall until he's sitting
26:17on the cold floor.
26:18A nurse approaches.
26:19Sir, your wife needs a DNC.
26:21I need you to sign the consent form.
26:23He takes the pen.
26:24His hand shakes so badly the letters come out crooked.
26:27A child's handwriting.
26:28His phone vibrates.
26:32Mama.
26:35Marco, what is wrong with you?
26:36Your father had her looked into that Sienna Russo used to work as a cocktail waitress at
26:39a gentleman's club.
26:40You married this kind of woman?
26:41Are you trying to destroy this family's ne-
26:42He opens his mouth to say the baby's gone.
26:44The words won't come.
26:46He swallows them back.
26:50He hangs up and buries his face in his knees.
26:53The surgical report comes back.
26:55Sienna will never conceive again.
26:57Sienna is awake when they will her out.
27:00She sees Marco.
27:02The tears come immediately.
27:08The baby's gone, Marco.
27:11Our baby is gone.
27:15I'm sorry.
27:17Sorry?
27:18That was my child.
27:19My flesh and blood.
27:21Do you know how long it took me to get pregnant?
27:23You're happy, aren't you?
27:24The baby's gone.
27:25Now you can go crawling back to Bella.
27:27I'm not.
27:28You are.
27:30Every time you're drunk, it's her name you call.
27:33When you're in bed with me with your eyes closed, it's her name on your lips.
27:37Marco's face goes white.
27:39He didn't know.
27:40Get out.
27:42I don't want to see you.
27:44Marco stares at the woman in the hospital bed.
27:46Her face nearly the same white as the hospital sheets.
27:48Something massive and ugly rises in his chest.
27:50Guilt and revulsion braided together.
27:51The guilt is for Sienna.
27:53The revulsion is for himself.
27:54He's destroyed two women.
27:55At the same time, in the days that follow, Marco shows up at the hospital every morning.
28:00Eventually, they sign the papers.
28:06Good riddance.
28:07She was never right for you.
28:09Bella's your brother's wife now.
28:11Stop making a fool of yourself.
28:13Find someone appropriate.
28:14Stop embarrassing this family.
28:16Marco leans against the hospital corridor wall, watching strangers pass, patients shuffling
28:20buying gowns, families clutching coffee cups, lives carrying on.
28:23He thinks about Bella.
28:24He wonders if this is what her four years felt like.
28:26Carrying everything alone.
28:28Swallowing every hurt in silence.
28:30And nobody noticing.
28:31The day Sienna is discharged.
28:33Her face is the color of ash.
28:34Marco picks her up.
28:35Neither of them speaks the entire drive.
28:37Outside her apartment building, Sienna breaks the silence.
28:41Marco, do you know why I went after you in the first place?
28:44Because I had money?
28:48Not just that.
28:50But I was jealous of Bella.
28:52When I met her, she was just Bella.
28:54Bright, laughing, teaching me how to eat oysters, dragging me down Madison Avenue, giving me half
28:58her bed.
28:59Then I met you.
29:00You were handsome.
29:02Rich.
29:02And I thought, why?
29:04Why does she get everything?
29:05Why does she get to have this perfect life?
29:07So I took you.
29:08I wanted to take you from her.
29:10I wanted to see her suffer.
29:12And I did.
29:14But I didn't expect to actually fall in love with you.
29:19And I never imagined you'd kill my baby.
29:22Remember this, Marco?
29:23You owe me a life.
29:30She moves out the next day.
29:31No forwarding address.
29:33New phone number.
29:34Marco searches for her.
29:35Four weeks.
29:36Comes up empty.
29:36She's done with him.
29:37We're real this time.
29:38But her disappearance doesn't bring relief.
29:40Because what he owes can't be measured in one person.
29:41The insomnia starts.
29:42Every night he lies in bed.
29:44And the moment his eyes close.
29:46Bella's face is there.
29:47The way she smiled.
29:48The way she cried.
29:50The way she used to look at him like he was the only light in the room.
29:53He scrolls through his camera roll.
29:55They're photos together.
29:57He can count them on one hand.
29:58In four years.
30:00He barely took any.
30:03Marco's Porsche starts appearing outside my office building.
30:06Every evening.
30:07Same spot by the curb.
30:09I walk past.
30:10He doesn't approach.
30:11Just watches from behind the windshield.
30:14One evening.
30:15Dante comes to pick me up.
30:16He spots the Porsche.
30:18His stride breaks for half a second.
30:20I walk over and knock on the driver's side window.
30:23Marco, stop coming here.
30:25It's pointless.
30:26Stay away from me.
30:27Dante's not the patient type.
30:28I don't want you two at each other's throats because of me.
30:31As the car pulls away.
30:33I catch Marco's Porsche in the rearview mirror.
30:36Still parked.
30:37Still there.
30:38One man.
30:39One car.
30:40Alone.
30:41Sienna finds a new job.
30:43Front desk at a small firm in Midtown.
30:45She deletes every social media account.
30:48Changes her number.
30:49Tries to start over.
30:50But the past doesn't let go that easy.
30:53Her co-workers whisper when they think she can't hear.
30:56She used to waitress at a gentleman's club.
30:57Hooked some rich guy.
30:58Got knocked up.
30:59Then got dumped.
31:00Serves her right.
31:03She hears every word.
31:04She can't argue.
31:06She walks to the bathroom.
31:07Locks the stall.
31:08And cries until her ribs ache.
31:10Then she goes back to her desk.
31:12Puts on a face.
31:13Carries on.
31:15After work.
31:15She walks the streets alone.
31:17Couples pass her on every block.
31:18Hand in hand and the hollow in her chest opens wider.
31:21She pulls out her phone.
31:22Opens my Instagram.
31:23She's been blocked on her main account.
31:25But she follows me from a burner.
31:27The latest post.
31:28Me and Dante.
31:29His arm around my waist.
31:30My head tilted against his shoulder.
31:32Sienna stares at the photo.
31:34The tears come again.
31:35She remembers the beginning.
31:37When she first met me, she genuinely meant it.
31:39Every laugh.
31:40Every late night.
31:41Every whispered secret in the dark of our dorm room.
31:43She really was my best friend.
31:45When did it change?
31:45Maybe when she saw me in designer clothes and a limited edition Birkin while she could only afford fast fashion.
31:51Maybe when she watched Marco pull up in a Porsche to pick me up while she agonized over a $10
31:54Uber.
31:55Jealousy is a snake.
31:56One bite.
31:57And it turns her into someone she doesn't recognize.
31:59She puts the phone away.
32:00Wipes her eyes.
32:01There's no going back.
32:03Six months later.
32:05Marco's company implodes.
32:07Several major investors pull out simultaneously.
32:09The funding chain snaps.
32:11Moretti Ventures valuation craters to rock bottom.
32:14Marco digs for weeks before he traces it back to Dante.
32:17He storms into my office.
32:21Bella.
32:22Did you put Dante up to this?
32:24I'm reviewing a file.
32:25I look up.
32:26What makes you think this has anything to do with me?
32:29Because you hate me.
32:31I don't hate you, Marco.
32:33I just don't think about you anymore.
32:35The words land harder than any insult.
32:37You've owed Castellano Holsings for two years.
32:40The money I put up, my penthouse, my connections, my name, you owe more than you can count.
32:45So Dante collected.
32:46What's the problem?
32:47Marco stands there.
32:48A long time.
32:49Then turns to leave.
32:51At the door, he stops.
32:52Bella.
32:54If there's a next life, I would.
32:55There's no next life.
32:57Not for us.
32:58Sienna's world isn't any kinder.
33:00She starts dating someone new.
33:02An ordinary office worker.
33:04Steady.
33:05Normal.
33:06Two months in, he ends it.
33:08You can't have kids.
33:09My parents won't accept that.
33:12Sienna cries through the night.
33:13At her follow-up appointment.
33:15The doctor is blunt.
33:17The uterine damage is too severe.
33:19The chances of conceiving are almost zero.
33:21She has nothing left.
33:23Marco loses everything.
33:25The company is liquidated.
33:27The Soho apartment goes to auction.
33:29He doesn't even have a place to sleep.
33:31He goes to Dante.
33:33Dante's voice is even.
33:34No warmth.
33:35No cruelty.
33:37You're my brother.
33:38That's the only reason I didn't destroy you completely.
33:40But what you owe Bella, that debt stands.
33:44There's 500,000 on this.
33:46Enough to get you through.
33:47Find a job.
33:48Start over.
33:49Sienna comes to find me once.
33:50She drops to her knees.
33:52Bella, I'm so sorry.
33:54I know what I did.
33:55I look at her for a moment.
33:58Then I walk past her.
33:59Calm.
34:00Silent.
34:01Gone.
34:02Another year turns.
34:03Christmas Eve.
34:05Dante and I drive out to the Westchester Estate for the Feast of the Seven Fishes.
34:08Marco is there.
34:10Dressed simply, no flashy watch.
34:12No designer label.
34:13His hair is cut short.
34:15Something about him is quieter.
34:17Heavier.
34:18Older.
34:19He sees me and smiles.
34:20Small.
34:21Careful.
34:23Bella.
34:25Hey.
34:32What have you been doing with yourself?
34:34Working at a small firm.
34:37The pay's not great, but it's enough.
34:39With watching Ellie dether.
34:42After dinner, Marco finds me.
34:44Bella.
34:46I'll pay back what I owe you.
34:48Are you happy?
34:55I'm good.
34:59Good.
35:06What did he say to you?
35:09Nothing.
35:11Just that he's sorry.
35:14He finally grew up.
35:17Yeah.
35:19I look up at the light.
35:21My heart is still.
35:22Some people are always meant to be missed.
35:24Some regrets last a lifetime.
35:26But I don't have to wait anymore.
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