Chapter 1

Inside the office, I was totally astonished by what Romano had done.

“I know it hurts.” Romano looked at me with a conflicted expression, “I’ll do whatever you want to make up for……”

“Don, sorry to interrupt you.”

Suddenly, Amy entered the office.

“Why don’t you knock the door first?”

As I felt bothered, my tone was a bit off.

Amy’s face turned pale.

“Don’t be so strict, Alice.” Romano took my hand, but his eyes looked at Amy, “Amy is a close friend of mine. I allowed her to enter my office without knocking the door.”

“Of course, you’re registered married after all. I am the stranger to you two.”

I scoffed at Romano’s words and broke my hand free from his.

Romano’s face darkened and Alice started to sob:

“I didn’t mean to occupy Don. Don is only trying to protect me and I regard him as the only family I have left.”

“If my existence breaks the future Donna’s heart, I’m willing to file for divorce and return him to……”

“Enough!” Romano cut her off.

Now he turned to me impatiently:

“Alice, being the future Donna should put the greater good first.”

“Amy’s now on her own. Her whole family sacrificed for Family Romano and she’s still in danger. It is only natural for me to protect her through registering her as my wife.”

“No, Don.”

Amy suddenly knelt. She cried but her gaze was resolute:

“I’m only an orphan now. I’m useless to Family.”

“But Alice has the ability to run the Family in perfect order. For greater good, it is me who should leave……”

“Don’t say that……”Romano tried to help her up, “You’ll be killed! I won’t allow it happen!”

I stared at them in cold silence, as her playing victim turned me into the bad guy.

Staying here not only couldn’t help me reach my goal, but would be humiliating myself.

“I think I should leave you some space.”

I left the office straight.

“No, Alice!” Romano wanted to catch me up at once.

“Ouch!” Amy cried.

“What’s wrong?” Romano turned back to her.

“I think I twisted my ankle……”

Their dialogue only made me feel disgusting.

I’d been in love with Romano for 8 years.

To become a good Donna, I hold dual degrees in Law and Economics.

Now he chose another woman as his registered wife.

I had no obligation to sacrifice for a Family I had no legal ties to, just for the sake of the Donna title

I returned to the villa and started to pack up my belongings.

Half an hour later, Romano came back.

He embraced me from back:

“I’m sorry for what I did in the office, sweetheart.”

Then he tried to kiss me, but I dodged his lips.

“Are you jealous, honey?”

Romano widened his eyes, then he smiled: “I knew it. You must have been jealous of Amy, so you were so unfriendly to her.”

I rolled my eyes but I was too tired to explain.

Romano showed me an exquisite little box, in which lay a pair of tailored earrings:

“I hope it could compensate for what I have done.”

I took a quick glance to it:

“You know what, Romano.”

I presented my phone screen to him, on which was an Instagram:

“10 minutes ago, Amy sent some photos of a necklace on her social media.”

Romano took a closer look and his expression went unnatural.

The necklace and the earrings were a matching set and the necklace was obviously a better piece.

“You gave me a defective piece, and you expect me to forgive you?”

I laughed and smashed the earrings on the floor.

“I tailored the jewelry for you!” Romano raised his voice.

“For me, or for Amy?”

I let out a sneer.

“You remembered that the necklace could flatter her neckline, but you forgot that I always wear my hair down and never wear earrings.”

“You’re the childhood friends, the registered couple. You’re the closer one. I’m the stranger!”

“Enough!”

Romano yelled at me:

“I told you that you would always be the Donna! Is the marriage certificate really that important to you? You’re becoming a shrew for a piece of paper!”

I was stunned by his words.

A sudden rush of tears blurred my vision.

He had never screamed at me like that, not once.