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He Left Me to Die, So I Made His Rival the Don Chapter 12
Three years later, Matteo and I married at the Romano estate in Sicily. Before the ceremony, my father placed the ring of the family head on my hand in the presence of all our allies.Among the congratulations from New York, Chicago, and Sicily was a letter from northern Italy. Luca did not ask to attend or seek my forgiveness again."I have spent these years confronting my choices," he wrote. "I finally understand that an apology cannot undo the harm I caused, and taking a bullet cannot erase the death I once left you to face. I no longer expect forgiveness. I hope you live the life you chose for yourself."I folded the letter and gave it to the steward for the family archive. The past had not disappeared, but it no longer controlled my future.After the wedding, Matteo and I returned to New York. I personally managed the Romano family's legitimate businesses, reorganized the ports, hotels, and foundation, and gradually withdrew from the operations most likely to provoke violence. Mat
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I shook my head and pointed toward Luca. "Save him first."Matteo immediately summoned the medical team. Our soldiers disarmed Victor and the remaining Santoro men. Two female guards dragged Bianca away while she screamed Luca's name, but he had already lost consciousness.In our previous life, Bianca had used her supposed suicide to turn Luca against me. In this life, she had returned to the same conspiracy. This time, the lies she prepared for me became the evidence that buried her instead.The medics stabilized Luca and transported him to the Romano private hospital. I remained at the terminal with my father and the council. We found records of Santoro weapons trafficking and the intrusion into our port system. The camera had recorded Bianca’s confession about the suicide she had tried to stage in our previous life. Her current messages with Victor also proved that they had falsified the port alert, attacked my guards, and abducted me in exchange for control of Pier Seventeen. We
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I woke tied to a metal chair inside an abandoned Santoro freight terminal. Water struck the docks beyond a rusted rolling door. Several men stood nearby, led by Victor Santoro, the head of a rival family that had spent years trying to seize control of the Romano ports.Bianca’s heels clicked across the concrete. She had lost weight, but excitement burned in her eyes.Bianca's heels clicked across the concrete. She had lost weight, but excitement burned in her eyes."You sent the false alert," I said."Luca never guarded his credentials from me. Copying his code was easy." She crouched in front of me. "I could not understand why everything changed in this life. You stopped fighting me for Luca and refused to choose him. Then I realized that you came back too.""You gave the Santoros our yacht route."She smiled. "I only told them the Romano heir would be at sea. Victor promised to take you away. Once you disappeared, Luca would inherit the family and eventually marry me. The explosives
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Luca stopped appearing after that day. Matteo and I began managing Romano affairs together, and he formally assumed control of port security and the armed division.We once argued late into the night about the rotation of guards at the port. Matteo followed my decision the next morning, but added a separate emergency unit. That unit later prevented a shipment from being stolen. He did not use the outcome to prove me wrong. Instead, he placed a revised plan on my desk."Your judgment was sound. My security plan lacked a sufficient contingency."With Luca, I had believed that love required endless surrender. I had accepted his suspicion, tolerated his favoritism, and constantly proved to Bianca that I was not abusing my position to separate them. Matteo showed me that a healthy bond did not require either person to diminish herself. We could disagree and retain our own judgment without allowing a third person to stand above my dignity or safety.On Matteo's birthday, I booked a private r
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After the succession banquet, my father revoked Luca's access to the estate and the armed division. Luca's car appeared across the road for several days, but he never tried to cross the security line. He watched from a distance whenever Matteo and I left together.My father also ordered an investigation into Bianca. Laundry room footage showed that she had entered the restricted cleaning area without instructions and deliberately soaked her hands in a solution containing bleach. Cameras near the docks proved that her supposed attempt to jump into the Hudson had been staged. She had disabled her location to lure Luca there, but never approached the water. Electronic records from my safe also showed that she had copied Luca's access credentials, entered my dressing room, and stolen the pistol used to wound her shoulder.The foundation suspended her, but she disappeared before security could bring her in for questioning.One afternoon, Luca stopped my car outside the estate as I prepared
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Matteo held my hand during the drive back to the estate. City lights passed over his face before he finally spoke."I have wanted to ask you something. You loved Luca for years. Why did you cross out his name so quickly this time?"The question returned me to my childhood. A fire broke out in an old wing of the Romano estate when I was ten. I had inhaled so much smoke by the time I was rescued that I barely remained conscious.When I woke, Luca sat beside my bed with a bandaged arm and soot on his face. Everyone told me that he had entered the burning building and carried me out through a window. I believed that I owed him my life.My mother died when I was young, and my father spent most of his time managing the family. Once Luca became a candidate, he often stayed at the estate.He taught me to shoot, escorted me to family events, and waited outside my room after nightmares. He treated me well, and I assumed that we would naturally marry when we grew older.Everything changed after B
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