00:00The day I gave birth, he shot me in the stomach, and then threw my body into the deep sea.
00:04Dante said,
00:05You let your jealousy draw the enemies here, and killed her.
00:08Since you love competing with her for my favor so much,
00:13I'll make sure you die just like her.
00:18When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the day the Rizu family launched their attack.
00:23This time, if he wanted to protect his first love, so be it.
00:29The moment I was reborn, I saw black assault speedboats of the Rizzo family speeding toward the shore.
00:35I pressed the estate's level one security alarm immediately.
00:37The sharp siren spread across the entire private island,
00:40but the flagship superyacht, the only vessel that could evacuate everyone, was gone.
00:45Sarah, my personal assistant, stumbled over to me with a trembling voice.
00:49Lady Allara, the Rizzo men have come ashore.
00:52Where has all the security gone?
00:55The yacht is missing too.
00:57What do we do?
00:58Before I could answer, all the spouses, maids, and clerical staff gathered around,
01:02staring at me with terrified eyes.
01:04As the only person who knew the truth, I spoke calmly.
01:07Dante took all security teams and weapons.
01:10Flagship.
01:12He sailed the flagship out to open sea for Lila's birthday.
01:19The Valenti matriarch clenched her shawl and snapped in sharp anger.
01:23Has he lost his mind?
01:25He knows the Rizzo family is always looking for a chance to strike back,
01:29and he dared to strip the island of all defenses.
01:33That woman, Lila, I always said she had bad intentions.
01:37She acts weak, strings him along, and now she will drag the whole family to hell.
01:44Her fury lit a fuse, and all the women angrily cursed Lila.
01:48When they cursed, the assault once reached the shore.
01:51The crowd grew more panicked.
01:52I forced myself to calm down and ordered everyone to retreat to the underground bunker.
01:57This underground bunker was built by the Valenti family,
02:01specifically to deal with surprise attacks.
02:03The cramped bunker was packed with people.
02:05From above our heads came the lewd laughter of hitmen hunting for prey.
02:09Panic spread like a disease in everyone's heart.
02:12The only way to save everyone was to crawl out through the maintenance tunnels
02:16connected to the bunker and call for backup on a spare boat.
02:19The matriarch grabbed my wrist.
02:21Her palm slipped with cold sweat.
02:24Alara, you can operate a boat.
02:27Go out.
02:28Find Dante.
02:30Tell him to bring the men back.
02:33I gave her a hollow smile.
02:34Even if I find him, he won't come back.
02:38Not for me.
02:39Silence fell over the room.
02:42Three months ago, after Dante saved Lila in a gunfight,
02:45he stayed by her side constantly, even moving his office to her seaside villa.
02:49He even sat beside her at the family's quarterly banquets.
02:52Our subordinates privately teased that, saying they looked like a real couple.
02:56He heard those rumors and did not care.
02:58If anything, he grew bolder.
03:00He stayed even closer to her and made their bond more obvious,
03:03as if daring me to say something.
03:05I lost count of how many times I had screamed at him and demanded to know who his wife actually
03:10was.
03:11He called me petty and jealous and told me I was imagining things.
03:14Whatever we had once had could not survive what he felt for her.
03:18Just when no one knew what to do, Rain stepped forward.
03:21He was Dante's biological younger brother and the underboss of the family.
03:25Rain said,
03:25Let me go. I know everyone on the security detail.
03:28Besides, you're pregnant.
03:31If something happened to you, I'd never be able to face my brother.
03:35Before anyone could argue, he slipped into the utility tunnel entrance and disappeared into the dark.
03:41We huddled in the underground bunker.
03:44Every breath was held.
03:45Every heart silently begged the same thing.
03:47Do not let them find us.
03:49They found us anyway.
03:50A hitman said,
03:51There's a reinforced blast door over here.
03:53I bet everyone's hiding inside.
03:55No territory this size stays empty.
03:57Another hitman said,
03:58I knew it.
03:59Open!
04:01Don't let a single one escape!
04:02Heavy blows from a battering ram rang out, one after another, shaking the overhead lights.
04:07The women turned pale with fear and could only pray the men would come back to save them soon.
04:11About half an hour later, Rain crawled back through the access hatch, covered in dust.
04:15The crowd relaxed at once, thinking backup had arrived.
04:18But he met their eyes with a red-rimmed gaze and wiped the dirt from his face.
04:22I'm sorry.
04:25They won't come back.
04:26The matriarch grabbed his arm urgently.
04:29Why won't they come back?
04:31Their wives, children, and elderly family lovers are in here.
04:35Rain turned his face to show the swollen red mark on his cheek.
04:37He slapped me.
04:38The Rizzo family would never attack out of nowhere.
04:41He said that you and I lied to him just to ruin Lila's birthday party.
04:46Seeing the clear handprint on his face, the crowd burned with anger and resentment.
04:51They cursed Lila as a curse and Dante as negligent, willing to risk the whole family for one woman.
04:56Just then, a loud explosion went off.
04:59The hitman used high explosives.
05:00The bunker's blast door would hold for at most one more hour.
05:04I calmed the trembling crowd and spoke to them.
05:07Our satellite crew on Pizzo Island is 20 minutes away by boat.
05:11I'll go call for help.
05:12The matriarch squeezed my arm, her old hand shaking uncontrollably.
05:16Alara, everyone's lives depend on you.
05:19You have to bring help back.
05:21I nodded.
05:22Holding my pregnant belly, I crawled back to the surface through the moldy, stinking tunnels.
05:29I started the spare speedboat and raced full speed toward Pizzo Island.
05:35When the boat hit the beach, several armed security guards in black were already waiting there.
05:39At their head was Marco, the family's capo regime and security chief.
05:43Hadn't he gone out to sea with Dante?
05:45Why was he here?
05:46I had no time to think.
05:47I stumbled toward him, ready to explain the situation.
05:50He suddenly grabbed my arm and yanked me off the boat, his eyes full of disgust.
05:56Alara, how can a woman be as crazy as you?
05:59I stared at him in confusion.
06:02What do you mean?
06:04Marco let out a scornful laugh.
06:07The Don told me to wait here.
06:08He said you'd spread lies about a Ritsu attack.
06:11With Reign's help, just to ruin Miss Lila's birthday party out of jealousy.
06:17Hearing that, I shook with rage.
06:19Dante had gone so far as to post a guard on my only route to stop me from calling for
06:23help.
06:23I spoke urgently, every word sharp with urgency.
06:26The Ritsu family is already attacking.
06:28I'm not here to spread lies.
06:30I'm here for backup.
06:31If no help arrives in an hour, everyone on the estate will die.
06:34Perhaps my expression was too serious.
06:37A flicker of doubt crossed his face.
06:38After all, his wife, daughter, and mother were all on the estate.
06:42Marco was about to contact Dante on his encrypted earpiece when a guard beside him spoke in a low voice.
06:47If there really was an attack, how would the Don not know about it?
06:53The guard spoke with almost devout trust.
06:56Dante was ex-Special Forces.
06:58He was decisive and ruthless.
06:59He had led the family to fend off three waves of rival forces and built the family's defense network with
07:04his own hands.
07:06To everyone there, he was the most reliable man they knew.
07:09After less than a second of silence, Marco burst out laughing.
07:12Hey, Lara.
07:14You're a good actor.
07:15You almost had me.
07:17I know exactly what kind of man the Don is.
07:21Do you think someone like him, who can identify danger in advance, would miss the attack by his arch-rival
07:27family?
07:28At his mockery, my chest tightened with pain, and tears burned behind my eyes.
07:32Every minute wasted put the people inside in more danger.
07:36I tried to rush past him.
07:37Marco stepped in first and pinned me down.
07:39He bound me tightly with zip-tie restraints.
07:42With me here, you're not going anywhere today.
07:45He dragged me onto a speedboat with a cold face and turned toward the open sea.
07:50The boat cut through the waves.
07:51I watched Pizzo Island grow farther and farther away and closed my eyes in despair.
07:56Out on the open sea, the Valenti flagship blazed with lights.
07:59The deck was laid with wool carpets.
08:01A string quartet played a waltz.
08:03All the core members stood around singing happy birthday to Lila.
08:06She wore a custom evening gown and danced in Dante's arms to the song.
08:10Looking at the man who had dragged me into the abyss time and time again, an overwhelming hatred surged through
08:15my body.
08:16The estate was about to fall, and he was still dancing with his first love.
08:22When they noticed my arrival, they stopped dancing.
08:25Lila walked over to me on her own, her voice soft and delicate.
08:29Alara, this is all my fault.
08:32If it weren't for my birthday, you wouldn't have to go around spreading rumors about an enemy attack.
08:36As she spoke, she leaned softly into Dante's chest.
08:39When she met my eyes, a faint, triumphant smile tugged at the corner of her mouth.
08:44Dante stroked the top of her head affectionately, then looked at me with nothing but disgust.
08:49None of this was her fault.
08:51She was just kind and naive.
08:55You're the narrow-minded one.
08:56You actually risked putting the whole family in crisis just to get my attention.
09:01My mind was full of the people back at the estate.
09:04I had no patience for their games.
09:06I took a deep breath and spoke to him gravely.
09:08The bunker blast door won't hold much longer.
09:12If it breaks, every spouse inside will be brutalized by the Rizzo men.
09:16My warning earned me nothing but a hard slap across the face.
09:19Alara, the more you act like this, the more disgusting you are.
09:23I struggled wildly, but the restaurants were too tight to break.
09:26My eyes burned with urgency.
09:28I begged him desperately.
09:30I could accept you refusing to come back, but why was you stopping me from calling for help?
09:35Soon it would be too late.
09:37But Dante did not loosen the restraints.
09:40He gave a cold order instead.
09:42Lock her in the lower deck brig overnight.
09:44Teach her a lesson for lying.
09:45With that, he put his arm around Lila's waist and walked back to the dance floor.
09:50They began dancing against the music.
09:52I was dragged into the cold lower deck.
09:54The metal walls hummed with the chill of the sea.
09:56Laughter and music drifted down through the vents.
09:59Sharp and cruel, I leaned against the wall, calculating how much longer the blast door could hold.
10:03Every second felt like torture.
10:05I knew with perfect clarity that those living, breathing people were dying fast.
10:11There was nothing I could do.
10:12I could only watch the last chance for rescue slip away.
10:15It was over.
10:20Everything was over.
10:21The birthday party lasted until early morning.
10:23Only then did the guests wind down and order the yacht to turn back.
10:27They laughed and talked the whole way back, debating Lila's gown and the vintage champagne from the party.
10:31But when the yacht docked, all they saw was collapsed ruins and bodies scattered across the ground.
10:36The whole estate was dead silent.
