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00:0230 million dollars appeared in my private account out of nowhere.
00:05The transfer note read, Dante Romano.
00:0710 years from now, Dante, my husband, at the same time, a strange line of text appeared
00:12on my phone.
00:13If you really are Elena from 10 years ago, leave me now.
00:16I stared at the screen and sent back a question mark.
00:18A new message appeared almost immediately.
00:20Do you remember how I said I wanted to divorce you so I could give Serena a temporary wedding?
00:25Of course I remembered.
00:27Serena was the daughter of Dante's mother's closest friend.
00:30She had grown up in the Romano estate.
00:32She was beautiful, fragile, and pathologically dependent on Dante.
00:35When Dante didn't return her love, she spiraled, leaving herself bruised and battered.
00:39More than once, she ended up in a private hospital.
00:42Dante suggested divorcing me for one day so he could hold a wedding with Serena, one recognized
00:46only within the family.
00:47He said it was only to calm her down.
00:49Dante, you can choose Serena or me, not both!
00:53In the end, he gave in.
00:54He said he would stop taking care of Serena.
00:57Now the messages on the screen kept scrolling.
00:59One year from now, Serena will die in the West Tower.
01:02After that, I started hating you.
01:04If you hadn't stopped me from marrying her, she never would have had to die.
01:07For the next ten years, we fought, froze each other out, took revenge on each other,
01:11and dragged each other into hell.
01:13I could never understand it.
01:14She was only the little sister I had looked after since childhood.
01:17Why couldn't you let her go?
01:19Even after she died.
01:19So I did everything I could to contact you from ten years ago.
01:23Elena, leave me.
01:24If you have even a shred of dignity left, do as I say.
01:27In seven days, you will have a new life.
01:32I looked at the screen, my chest feeling as if a cold gun barrel had been pressed against
01:36it.
01:37After a long time, I replied with one word, fine.
01:41Seven days left.
01:42When Dante returned to the main house, it was already three in the morning.
01:46There was a problem with the shipment at East Harbor.
01:48I'll be busy for the next couple of days.
01:50Don't wait up.
01:51My fingertips still resting on my phone.
01:53The screen lit up.
01:55The message exposed Dante's lie.
01:56There is no East Harbor shipment.
01:58Serena had another episode tonight and ended up injured.
02:01He has been sitting by her hospital bed the whole time.
02:03The first time I received these messages, I thought some rival family had hacked into
02:07my phone.
02:07But one by one, the predictions on the screen came true.
02:11It said Serena would call during a banquet, and Dante really did leave the table for the
02:15terrace.
02:16It said Dante would send Serena a diamond necklace.
02:18And the next day, a jeweler delivered the box to the west wing.
02:21I was like a bystander, forced awake, watching my own husband follow a script written in advance.
02:26One step at a time, I asked the person on the other end,
02:29What does a new life in seven days mean?
02:32The reply came, Do you remember the old dock warehouses I told you to buy?
02:37The Romano family will acquire them soon for triple the price.
02:41The money will reach your account shortly.
02:43There is a remote town on the southern coast of Sicily.
02:46It is outside Romano territory.
02:47Go there, and no one will find you.
02:50I tightened my grip on the phone.
02:51How do you know that place?
02:53The screen stayed silent for a long time.
02:55Because ten years from now, I lived there in order to get away from you.
02:59Six days left.
03:01At dawn, a long, glaring string of numbers appeared in my account balance.
03:05Thirty million dollars.
03:07The screen lit up again.
03:08Did you get the money?
03:09Take it.
03:10It is enough for you to live safely.
03:12And please keep your promise.
03:14A few seconds later, another line appeared.
03:17Serena matters to me.
03:18She is the most important person in my life.
03:21Looking at those words, I suddenly remembered the first time Dante brought Serena to meet me.
03:26It was the night of our engagement banquet.
03:30Dante wore a handmade black suit.
03:32He stood tall, his voice calm.
03:34This is Serena Val.
03:37Elena.
03:38Dante and I grew up together.
03:40She reached for his arm and smiled like a white rose soaked in poison.
03:43Back then, I thought it was simply a brother taking care of a sister.
03:47Only later did I learn that Serena always knew how to slip quietly into our lives.
03:51For a long time, I was forced into dates meant for three.
03:54Every time, Dante would only say,
03:56She has no family.
03:58Of course, she's a little clingy.
04:00Elena, don't hold it against her.
04:02You will always be my wife.
04:03I believed him once.
04:04Reality slapped me hard for it.
04:06I typed on the screen,
04:07Dante, I'll give you what you want.
04:09Four days left.
04:10That evening, Dante came back to the main house unusually early.
04:14I'll turnake you to the restaurant in the old district.
04:16I've neglected you lately.
04:17Consider it my apology.
04:19I looked up at him.
04:21No need.
04:22Don't you still have to visit Serena at the hospital?
04:25The air froze.
04:26Dante's eyes darkened.
04:27His voice carried a warning.
04:29Elena,
04:31I already chose you,
04:32and I promised I wouldn't bring up the temporary divorce again.
04:35Why are you still holding on to this?
04:37I smiled.
04:38Every evening at four,
04:40you leave the council hall and go to the twelfth floor of the hospital.
04:44Serena is in the most luxurious suite at the far end.
04:46There are white roses on the windowsill,
04:48the ones you send her every day.
04:49I watched his face turn colder.
04:51I continued.
04:52Everyone at the hospital says the two of you are the real match.
04:54You never correct them.
04:56Dante, if you say you haven't been seeing her, then show me your phone.
04:59His pupils tightened slightly.
05:01Even his breathing turned uneven.
05:03Before we got married, we agreed to give each other privacy.
05:06Elena, when did you become like this?
05:08Do you have no basic trust in me anymore?
05:10Watching him blame me made my throat ache.
05:12Last summer, Serena posted a photo on social media.
05:15In the photo, she stood on tiptoe and kissed the corner of Dante's mouth.
05:18The caption read,
05:19Truth or dare, he never refuses me.
05:24When I confronted Dante with the photo, all I got was his impatient answer.
05:28It was just a game, Elena.
05:30Husband and wife should trust each other.
05:32How laughable.
05:33Just then, his phone vibrated.
05:35He glanced at it and immediately picked up his car keys.
05:38Something happened to Serena.
05:40He reached the door, then turned back and grabbed me.
05:45She wants to see you.
05:46Come with me.
05:47An hour later, I was forced to follow him to the hospital in the room.
05:52Serena leaned against the headboard, her wrist wrapped in thick bandages.
05:56When she saw Dante, she threw herself into his arms.
05:59Then she looked at me, naked provocation in her eyes.
06:02Elena, did you know?
06:03Dante was supposed to be mine.
06:05Our mothers were best friends.
06:07I slept on the Romano State as a child.
06:09We were inseparable.
06:10He promised he would always stay with me.
06:12Then you appeared.
06:13I looked at her coldly.
06:14And yet he still didn't choose you.
06:16She grabbed a pillow and hurled it at me.
06:18I stepped aside, but she screamed and rushed off the bed, shoving heart at my shoulder.
06:22My lower back hit the bedside cabinet, pain flaring hot.
06:26Serena!
06:27Dante's face changed, but his first reaction was to step in front of her.
06:30The bandage around Serena's wrist loosened, revealing old scars of different depths.
06:35She is the most important family I have.
06:37Can you stop provoking her?
06:39I said nothing.
06:39My gaze stopped on the ring finger of Serena's right hand.
06:42There was a woman's ring on it, a black diamond set in silver-white metal.
06:46It was the Romano family ring Dante had promised me when we got engaged.
06:50He said the pair had ended up at an auction house in Europe, and that he would find them for
06:54me.
06:55Later, he only gave me an ordinary wedding band.
06:57And now, the real one was on Serena's hand.
07:00Serena noticed my gaze, and deliberately lifted her hand.
07:03Pretty, isn't it?
07:05He gave it to me.
07:06Serena, it's worth far more than the one on your hand.
07:09As she smiled, her eyes reddened again.
07:12Elena, I'm not asking for a lifetime.
07:14I only want a wedding.
07:16One day is enough.
07:17Let me wear a wedding dress and be his wife for one day.
07:21After that, I'll give him back to you, please.
07:23Dante looked at me, his expression complicated.
07:26Elena, you...
07:27No.
07:27My voice was so cold, it sounded unfamiliar even to me.
07:30Elena, I already agreed not to divorce you.
07:32Why can't you even give her one wedding?
07:35I told you you're the only one in my heart.
07:37Isn't that enough for you?
07:38Then what about that ring?
07:39The Romano family ring you couldn't find anywhere?
07:42Why is it on her hand?
07:43Dante opened his mouth.
07:44But in the end, he said nothing.
07:46I turned and left.
07:48At the end of the hallway, my phone lit up.
07:50Another message from Dante ten years in the future.
07:53You saw Serena, didn't you?
07:55You saw the scars on her wrist, too.
07:57Every time I refuse her, she adds another wound to her body.
08:00Elena, she has nothing else to live for.
08:02I can't abandon her.
08:03I looked at the screen and suddenly wanted to laugh.
08:06Dante from ten years ago, and Dante ten years from now, were equally cruel to me.
08:10The hospital room door opened.
08:12Dante stepped out, his face dark.
08:14The wedding is decided, whether you agree or not.
08:17Also, Serena wants you there as a witness.
08:19Seeing my silence, he softened his tone.
08:21Elena, you saw the state she's in.
08:23Just agree this once.
08:25Afterward, I'll make it up to you.
08:26He softened his tone.
08:27I lifted my eyes.
08:28Fine.
08:28He froze, apparently not expecting me to agree so suddenly.
08:31You understand now?
08:32Serena's barely contained cheer rang from the hospital room.
08:35She ran out and jumped into Dante's arms.
08:37Dante, is it true?
08:38She agreed?
08:39I can be your bride?
08:40Yes.
08:41Soon you'll be my bride.
08:44I stood quietly in front of them, listening to their laughter, and felt my blood turn cold inch by inch.
08:49Two days left.
08:51Dante placed a document on the dining table.
08:53Temporary dissolution of marriage agreement.
08:56Serena said she wants to have me completely for one day.
08:58Just one day.
08:59After the wedding, we remarry immediately.
09:01If you don't trust me, I can have the lawyer draft a guarantee agreement, too.
09:05Without hesitation, I picked up the pen and signed my name.
09:08As the pen tip moved across the paper, no need.
09:11Dante's gaze fell on my hand.
09:13He seemed to want to say something.
09:14In the end, he only took the document away.
09:17Elena, you're more reasonable than I thought.
09:19I lowered my eyes.
09:20Yes, I had finally learned to be reasonable.
09:22I had finally learned that his devotion had never belonged to me.
09:25The final day, the Romano family's seaside hotel had been dressed in a blinding white.
09:30White roses, white candelabras, white silk ribbons.
09:33It looked like a funeral rehearsed in advance.
09:35Serena stood on the steps in a custom wedding gown.
09:37Wearing the smile of a victor, Dante held her arm.
09:40His black, formal suit made him look cold and striking.
09:43I stood in the crowd, staring blankly at the guests coming and going.
09:47This wedding was also the funeral of my marriage to Dante.
09:50Serena suddenly looked down at her hand and screamed in panic.
09:53My ring! My ring is gone!
09:55The guests stirred.
09:56The bodyguards immediately sealed the venue.
09:59Serena's gaze crossed the floral arch and landed precisely on me.
10:02A bad feeling rose in my chest.
10:04The next second,
10:06Elena, can I borrow your ring?
10:08Just for the emergency.
10:10I'll give it back as soon as the wedding is over.
10:12Dante followed her gaze and looked at me.
10:14He walked over.
10:16Elena lended to her.
10:18You never liked that ring anyway, did you?
10:20I stepped back half a pace.
10:22Dante, can't you see she's doing this on purpose?
10:25This is my wedding ring.
10:26You don't get to decide for me.
10:28His expression darkened.
10:29Elena, don't make a scene right now.
10:31He reached out and locked his fingers around my wrist.
10:34You will give her that ring whether you want to or not.
10:38He tried to pry my fingers open one by one.
10:41I resisted on instinct, but watching him use that much force for another woman,
10:44I suddenly stopped wanting to fight.
10:46I wanted to see just how far he would go for Serena.
10:49The ring scraped over my knuckle, tearing my skin raw.
10:52Sharp pain ran from my finger all the way into my chest.
10:55Blood seeped from the base of my finger and fell drop by drop onto the white marble floor.
10:59Dante finally pulled off the ring and turned to hand it to Serena.
11:02Serena put it on, triumph flashing through her eyes.
11:06The wedding march began.
11:07Dante took Serena's hand and walked with her toward the floral arch under every guest's stare.
11:12I stood where I was, blood covering my palm, my throat tight as if a hand had closed around it.
11:17At that moment, my phone vibrated.
11:19The final message appeared on the screen.
11:21You kept your promise, didn't you?
11:22Thank you for giving us this.
11:24Looking at those lines, I slowly smiled.
11:26So even Dante, ten years from now, could breathe easier for Serena.
11:30Fine.
11:31Then I would give them everything.
11:32I left the hotel without looking back.
11:34The speedboat was already waiting at the harbor.
11:36Looking at the city behind me, I said to myself,
11:39Elena Moretti, from today on, you owe Dante Romano nothing.
11:42At the same time, the wedding had just ended.
11:44Dante took out his phone and sent me a message almost impatiently.
11:47The love he had suppressed seemed to erupt all at once.
11:50Now all he wanted was to restore our marriage.
11:52The ceremony is over.
11:53Tomorrow at nine, we'll go to the notary office and remarry.
11:56He waited ten minutes and received no reply.
11:58Uneasy.
11:59He began sending messages non-stop.
12:01Elena, where did you go?
12:03Half an hour later, he called me with a frown,
12:05only to hear a cold, automated message.
12:07An hour later, a Romano bodyguard rushed into the banquet hall.
12:10Don!
12:11Madam is gone!
12:12Dante looked as if lightning had struck him and nearly lost his balance.
12:17His face changed instantly.
12:20What do you mean, gone?
12:21As the speedboat left the harbor, the sea wind blew straight at me,
12:25making the wound at the base of my finger throb.
12:27I looked down.
12:28The bloody scrape left by the ring was still there.
12:30That ring had been taken from my hand by Dante himself and put on Serena's.
12:33I thought I would cry.
12:34But until the lights of the Romano estate shrank into blurred dots behind me,
12:38not a single tear fell.
12:40Maybe when a heart dies completely, even tears become a luxury.
12:43I opened my phone and looked one last time at my chat with Dante.
12:46His messages had stopped a few minutes ago.
12:48The ceremony is over.
12:48Tomorrow at nine, we'll go to the notary office and restore our marriage.
12:52Elena, where did you go?
12:53I did not reply.
12:54I took out the SIM card, snapped it in half, and threw it into the sea.
12:58From this moment on, Dante, Romano, and I had no tomorrow.
13:02Meanwhile, in the banquet hall...
13:04Don, Madam went to a private pier after leaving the hotel.
13:07By the time our men caught up, the boat had already left shore.
13:09It was flying the old Moretti family flag.
13:12We had no authority to stop it.
13:13Dante's face changed.
13:14Moretti?
13:15He probably finally remembered that I was not only his wife.
13:18My surname was Moretti.
13:20The name that once shared Sicily's underground shipping routes with the Romano family.
13:24His voice was terrifyingly cold.
13:27Find her.
13:29Every private harbor, every vessel.
13:31I want to know where she went.
13:33Serena was still wearing the ring stained with my blood.
13:36She carefully walked to his side and said softly,
13:40Dante, maybe she only left because she was angry.
13:43She's stubborn.
13:45She may come back in a few days.
13:46Shut up.
13:46Dante shook off her hand.
13:48Serena stumbled and fell among the flower petals.
13:50Her old wounds pulled, and tears immediately welled up.
13:53In the past, he would have helped her at once.
13:55This time, he did not even look at her.
13:57That night, the Romano family's intelligence network spread across the entire coastal city.
14:02But they could not find me, because I had activated every Moretti resource to hide my trail
14:07and erase every trace of my past.
14:10When Dante returned to the main house, all he found on the desk was a lawyer's document.
14:14Permanent divorce declaration.
14:15The signature was my name.
14:17Elena.
14:17Moretti.
14:18Dante closed his eyes, his whole body trembling.
14:20He regretted it.
14:21He truly regretted it.
14:25When I arrived in Bella Vera, dawn was breaking.
14:27The small town on Sicily's southern coast was as quiet as an old oil painting.
14:32There was no Romano gunfire here.
14:34No heavy cigar smell in family council rooms.
14:36And no image of Dante turning away from me for another woman.
14:39Through an anonymous trust, I bought a white cottage by the sea,
14:43canceled my old number, and cut off every social account.
14:46From then on, the Elena trapped in the Romano marriage was dead.
14:49The one who survived was Elena Moretti.
14:51On my first night after settling in, the encrypted phone that had been silent for days suddenly lit up.
14:56This time, the words on the screen were no longer calm.
14:59Elena, don't look back.
15:00No matter how hard the present me searches for you.
15:02Don't look back.
15:03I looked quietly at the screen.
15:05Didn't you tell me to leave?
15:06I did.
15:06The other side was silent for a long time.
15:09When the words appeared again, they came in broken pieces, as if something were tearing them apart.
15:13The future I told you before was the truth as I understood it.
15:16I thought the person who died in the West Tower a year later was Serena.
15:20I thought you caused her death, so I hated you for ten years.
15:23We kept fighting.
15:24My fingertips paused slightly.
15:26The next line appeared.
15:27But after you changed the timeline, I was not happy.
15:30Serena was like a madwoman.
15:31Every moment she wanted to possess me.
15:33She even wanted to take away my memories of you.
15:35This time, Serena wasn't the one who died.
15:37You were.
15:39No.
15:40Even before you changed the timeline, Serena was not the one who died.
15:43It was only her scheme, meant to tear us apart.
15:46The screen continued lighting up.
15:48Serena deceived everyone.
15:49She made me guard a fake funeral and hate you for ten years.
15:53Elena, I drove my wife away with my own hands, then spent ten years grieving for the killer because of
15:58a lie.
15:59The sea wind pushed the window open and set the curtains flying.
16:01I was strangely calm.
16:03I did not care about his pain.
16:04I asked, does the present Dante know?
16:06No.
16:06But he must be in pain right now because you left.
16:09The me from ten years ago was the same.
16:11I was not sure whether the Dante from ten years later was lying to me out of regret.
16:14But I would never allow my life to be stolen from me.
16:17I did not want to listen to the voice from the future anymore.
16:20I gathered every member of my family and ordered full protection.
16:24From here on, I could only rely on myself.
16:27On the third day, after I disappeared, Dante still had not found me.
16:31Serena moved into the main house.
16:33She wore dresses Dante had once chosen for her and the black, diamond ring that should have belonged to me.
16:38She tried to arrange the study the way I did, prepare dinner according to my tastes,
16:42even imitate the way I silently waited.
16:44But Dante only found it painful to look at.
16:46Looking at the ring on her hand, he told her to take it off for the first time.
16:51Serena cried as she asked him,
16:53Do you regret it?
16:54Is it because Elena left that you're blaming me now?
16:57Dante did not answer because at that moment,
16:59His assistant delivered hidden surveillance footage from the 12th floor of St. Rose Hospital.
17:03The footage showed that Serena had never seriously harmed herself before I arrived.
17:07She sat calmly on the hospital bed and deliberately made an old scar look fresh,
17:11creating the appearance of a new injury.
17:13Then, she put the black, diamond ring on her hand
17:15and practiced a crying expression in the mirror.
17:18The second video was from backstage at the wedding.
17:20Serena hid her own ring inside the bouquet,
17:22then deliberately screamed that the ring was gone.
17:24Every step had been planned.
17:26Because I was worried Serena would try to kill me,
17:28I had the Moretti family monitor her every move.
17:31So I knew everything that happened afterward inside the Romano family.
17:34But my heart barely stirred.
17:36Because I had known all along,
17:37what truly hurt me was never Serena's schemes.
17:40It was Dante choosing to believe her again and again.
17:43They said Dante's hands shook the entire time he held the tablet after watching the footage.
17:48Serena still tried to cry and explain,
17:50claiming I had paid someone to frame her.
17:52This time, Dante did not believe her.
17:54He asked her,
17:54The ring at the wedding.
17:56Did you hide it on purpose?
17:59Serena stayed silent for a long time.
18:01Then she laughed.
18:03So what if I did?
18:04I only wanted her to give up.
18:06She already had too much.
18:07Her family name,
18:08the marriage,
18:09the legal right to stand beside you.
18:11Why did I have to be the pitiful little sister?
18:13She even reminded Dante...
18:14I wasn't the only one who destroyed her.
18:18You did too.
18:20They said Serena was placed under house arrest in the west wing of the main house.
18:23Dante did not kill her immediately.
18:25He said he needed to find out exactly how much she was supposed to do.
18:28But I had already found out that Serena had been secretly dealing with the Calvi family.
18:33The Calvies were the Romanos' greatest enemy on the southern coast.
18:36When I learned all of this,
18:38someone sent me a message.
18:39Miss,
18:39Serena escaped.
18:40The guards in the west wing had their throats cut.
18:42She left a note saying she was coming for you.
18:44I looked at the line of text
18:46and put down my coffee cup.
18:47Outside the window,
18:48night had fallen over Bella Vera.
18:50Several unfit more speed notes were docked by the pier.
18:53There were no flags on the halls,
18:55and their lights were too completely dark.
18:56Those were not tourists.
18:58They had come to kill me.
19:00I pressed the security system.
19:02Bella Vera has guests.
19:06Bring men to protect me.
19:07As soon as I finished,
19:08the wind chimed at the cafe door rang.
19:10I looked up.
19:11Dante stood outside,
19:12rain on his shoulders,
19:13his eyes bloodshot.
19:17Elena.
19:19I did not lower the gun in my hand.
19:22You brought trouble with you.
19:24He looked at me,
19:25his voice hoarse.
19:28I'm late.
19:30Before I could answer,
19:31there was a one-shot tour of the city.
19:34Calvi shot in the back of the bar,
19:35and it shattered the cabin windows.
19:37A cloud of black lasers crashed to the floor,
19:39soil and broken ceramics scattering everywhere.
19:42Serena's voice came from outside.
19:45Elena, why are you hiding?
19:47She stood beneath the pier lights.
19:48Calvi gunned behind her.
19:50There was a gun in her hand.
19:55Dante has been looking for you for so long.
19:58So have I.
19:59She smiled at Dante.
20:01E?
20:01The moment she appears,
20:03you throw everything away?
20:05You even throw me away!
20:07He stood in front of me.
20:08Serena put the gun down.
20:10Serena's expression twisted instantly.
20:12You're protecting her again.
20:17You're protecting her again.
20:21Dante did not dodge.
20:23The bullet grazed his shoulder.
20:24Fresh blood instantly stained his shirt red.
20:27Looking at the man standing in front of me,
20:29my eyes finally stirred,
20:30but only for a second.
20:33Out on the water,
20:34dozens of speedboats lit up at once.
20:36The Moretti family flag,
20:38black with gold markings,
20:39unfurled in the wind.
20:43Serena's smile froze on her face.
20:47I walked out of the cafe,
20:49step by step.
20:52I am the heir of the Moretti family.
20:54The Calvi man began to retreat.
20:57Then she suddenly laughed.
20:59What a shame.
21:01I still couldn't kill you.
21:03She looked deeply at Dante.
21:05From the moment she was taken in,
21:07her whole life had revolved
21:09around her obsession with him.
21:10Then she would go mad one more time.
21:15She raised the gun without a bug or anything,
21:17trying to kill me and take me down with her.
21:21Dante rushed to block me.
21:22The instant Serena drew her gun.
21:26A sniper nearby shot her dead.
21:29Serena fell in front of me.
21:32After Serena died,
21:33Bella Vera soon returned to peace.
21:35The bullet holes on the pier were repaired.
21:36The broken glass was replaced with bulletproof pairs.
21:39And the wind chime at the cafe door
21:40was hung back in place.
21:41I never brought up Serena again.
21:43To me, she died that night.
21:45And that was the end of her.
21:47What truly remained unfinished
21:49was the mountain of work
21:50left after the Moretti family
21:51returned to the southern coast.
21:53Every morning, I sat in the study
21:54and went through ledgers,
21:55dock routes, warehouse shares,
21:57protection percentages between families,
21:58and the trade security
21:59of several towns around Bella Vera.
22:02In the past,
22:03I had been trapped in the Romano main house.
22:05And Dante always thought
22:06all I knew how to do
22:07was wait for him to come home.
22:08But he had forgotten
22:09that the Moretti family
22:10had never raised roses
22:11meant only for vases.
22:12I had simply gone a long time
22:13without picking up a knife.
22:15That did not mean
22:15I had forgotten how to use one.
22:17Dante stayed in Bella Vera too.
22:19He did not move into my cottage.
22:21Nor did he force his way
22:22back into my life.
22:23He bought an old house
22:24two streets away from me
22:25and lived quietly
22:26like a man in exile.
22:27Townspeople saw him sometimes.
22:29Sometimes at the pier in the morning.
22:31Sometimes at the alley
22:32across from the cafe.
22:33He never came forward.
22:34He only watched from a distance.
22:36Like a man who had
22:37finally learned restraint.
22:38Only far too late.
22:42Dante began doing many useless things.
22:44Trying to beg for my forgiveness.
22:46He repaired much of Bella Vera's infrastructure
22:48and compensated every resident
22:50who had been frightened.
22:51He even offered to compensate
22:52the Moretti family.
22:53When word of these things reached me,
22:54I was checking the accounts
22:55for a batch of new ships
22:56with the old butler.
22:57The old butler asked,
22:58Miss, would you like to see him?
22:59I did not look up.
23:00No.
23:01The documents Dante sent,
23:02I would sign.
23:03The compensation he sent,
23:04I would accept.
23:05But Dante himself,
23:05I would not take back.
23:07Occasionally,
23:07he appeared in the cafe.
23:08He would order the bitterest espresso
23:10and sit by the window
23:11from morning until night
23:12without saying a word.
23:13I stayed busy with my ledgers,
23:14met my guests,
23:15and discussed new routes
23:16with the harbor managers.
23:17He just sat there
23:18as if atoning for a sin without end.
23:20Once, when it rained,
23:21he left his umbrella by the door
23:22and walked away in the rain.
23:23I did not follow him.
23:24The next day,
23:25there was a bouquet of black roses
23:26at the door.
23:27There was only one sentence on the card.
23:28Elena, I don't ask for your forgiveness.
23:30I only ask that you stay safe
23:32after reading it.
23:32I tossed the card into the fireplace.
23:34Flames curled over the paper.
23:35And soon, it burned clean.
23:37Some words come too late.
23:38They deserve only to become ash.
23:40A month later,
23:42the Moretti family
23:42held a southern coast conference
23:44in Bella Vera.
23:45I sat at the head of the long table,
23:46listening as representatives
23:47from each family reported
23:48the profits split on the new routes.
23:50Dante attended on behalf
23:51of the Romanos.
23:52He sat at the other end of the table
23:54and did not interrupt me once.
23:56After the meeting,
23:56everyone left one after another,
23:58closed the file,
23:59was about to stand
23:59when he suddenly called to me
24:01in a low voice.
24:02Elena.
24:02I stopped.
24:03He stood behind me,
24:04his voice so hoarse
24:05it barely sounded like him.
24:06I found you for more than
24:07just Romano informants.
24:09Turned to look at him.
24:10In truth,
24:10I had wanted to ask that
24:11for a long time.
24:12Bella Vera was outside
24:13Romano territory.
24:14I had cut off every old number
24:16and account.
24:16Yet, he had still found me.
24:18How did you find me?
24:19Undisguised grief
24:20rose in Dante's eyes.
24:21I received a text.
24:22He slowly took out his phone.
24:24On the screen was a number
24:25that had long since gone dead.
24:26From myself,
24:27ten years in the future.
24:29He said he regretted
24:30sending you messages
24:31telling you to leave.
24:32He said he couldn't
24:33bear your death.
24:35He said he tried many ways
24:36and finally reached me.
24:38He said that whether or not
24:39you ever forgave me,
24:41I had to protect you forever.
24:42I looked at those old,
24:44grey messages
24:44and suddenly smiled.
24:45Not because I was moved.
24:47Because I pitied him.
24:48I suddenly understood
24:49how pathetic Dante was.
24:50Even when fate gave him
24:51a second chance,
24:52he still failed to choose
24:53correctly at the beginning
24:54because he never truly knew
24:56what his own heart wanted.
24:57He only understood
24:58what mattered most
24:59after he had lost it.
25:01A man like that
25:01was sickening.
25:02Dante seemed to understand
25:03what was in my eyes.
25:04His face turned paler
25:05little by little
25:06as if someone had stripped away
25:07the last of his dignity
25:09in public.
25:09Elena.
25:10He said very softly.
25:11I know I have no right.
25:13Then stop talking.
25:14I cut him off.
25:15The meeting room
25:15was very quiet.
25:16Outside the window,
25:17the waves could be heard
25:18striking again.
25:19I looked at him
25:20and said,
25:21word by word,
25:22this protection
25:22you keep talking about
25:23no longer matters to me.
25:26I looked into his eyes
25:27and continued,
25:28I am alive
25:28not because you finally
25:29learned regret.
25:31I am alive
25:32because of my own power.
25:34Because my family
25:35protected me
25:36not because of you.
25:37Dante's eyes
25:37were painfully red
25:38but he did not step closer.
25:40He finally understood.
25:41Some doors,
25:42once closed,
25:43will not open
25:43no matter how long
25:44you kneel outside them.
25:45After that,
25:46he still stayed in Bella Vera.
25:47Sometimes he appeared
25:48at a far street corner.
25:49Sometimes he helped
25:50the townspeople
25:51solve small problems.
25:52Sometimes he sent over
25:53new intelligence
25:54on shipping routes.
25:55I did not refuse
25:56what was useful
25:56but I never paid attention
25:57to him again.
25:58My life grew busier
25:59and quieter
26:00at the same time.
26:01The Moretti family
26:01regained its footing
26:02on the southern coast.
26:03Bella Vera's harbor
26:04grew livelier by the day.
26:06Beside the cafe,
26:06a new bakery
26:07and flower shop opened.
26:08At dusk,
26:09the whole street
26:10smelled of lemons,
26:11coffee,
26:11and sea salt.
26:12Sometimes I sat
26:13on the second floor terrace
26:14and watched the sun sink
26:15little by little
26:16into the sea.
26:17The old butler
26:17stood behind me
26:18reporting the next day's schedule
26:20when he finished.
26:21I nodded
26:21and closed the ledger.
26:22The wind moved
26:22through the leaves
26:23of the black roses,
26:24making a soft sound.
26:25At last,
26:26my life was no longer
26:27pulled along
26:28by anyone's preference.
26:29No more waiting,
26:30no more looking back,
26:30no more forgiveness.
26:31I simply lived quietly,
26:33freely,
26:33and that was more
26:34than enough.
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