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Hearing Her Heart Drove Him Mad Chapter 7
Elena Rossi took to her livestream again—this time telling her story in painstaking detail.She said she had been special-admitted into the Alliance of Houses Academy, chosen for her top grades, but once inside, she realized how out of place she was.No one respected a scholarship student.She felt small, unwanted—completely alone.Only Luca Valenti had shown her kindness.He was the first to speak up when others picked on her, the first to shut down rumors, the first to force anyone who mocked her to apologize.She said she was grateful.Until one evening after class, when Luca had pulled her into the equipment room.She said she cried and tried to resist, but he told her:“As long as you’re with me, no one will dare lay a hand on you.”“I’ll take care of you. Always.”Fear, anger, despair—she said she felt all of it.But under Luca’s coaxing, she forced herself to believe she had chosen him willingly, convinced herself he was her boyfriend.One time became many.Then, according to he
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I wanted to hit harder—make his face drag across the floor metaphorically—so I lifted my chin, leveled my gaze at him, and said, each syllable clean and deliberate:“If you’ve got no shame and your brain’s been damaged beyond repair, go sit in a corner. Stop acting cheap in public.”“I don’t want to see you. You exhaust me. Understand?”The moment those words left my mouth, the entire class looked at Luca Valenti differently.His face went tight, and he snapped, frustrated and embarrassed,“How was I supposed to know Elena was that kind of person? I was trying to be decent—help the ‘disadvantaged.’ What exactly did I do wrong?”“You really have to be this petty? Can’t you let anything go?”My brows lifted a fraction. My voice dropped to ice.“Can you stop barking here?”He was so furious he couldn’t speak.The past few days had been good for me—especially today.My parents had just returned to celebrate my eighteenth birthday.At home.My mom said it felt warmer than any place outside.
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Luca’s voice cut across the courtyard—low, cold, and vicious.“You’ve got some fucking nerve,” he snapped. “I spoil you with a little attention and suddenly you think you matter? Don’t flatter yourself.”The entire crowd froze.Even Elena Rossi went slack-jawed, her palm still pressed to the cheek he’d slapped moments ago.“You… you hit me?” she whispered, stunned.“That was me going easy,” Luca Valenti bit out. “Trash like you isn’t worth the dirt on my shoes.”Gasps rippled through the onlookers.No one could remember the Valenti heir ever losing his temper like this—much less on the girl he’d been obsessively defending for weeks.Luca leaned in, eyes blazing with a fury that made even the upper-year soldiers shift uneasily.“I’m dumb and rich? I’m your loyal puppy?” he hissed. “Funny how you called me that—inside your head.”Elena blanched.Her breathing stuttered.How the hell did he—No. Impossible. He couldn’t have heard her thoughts.Could he?But Luca’s expression only darkened
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Maybe seeing me hurt sparked a flicker of guilt in Luca.And then Luca dragged Elena away.Outside the academy gates, a familiar black car waited.The door opened.My mother stepped out—impeccably dressed, the signature presence of the Colombo Family’s Donna.“Sweetheart,” she said, reaching for me.“I’ve been working non-stop for months. It’s time I spent a day with my daughter.”The moment her arms wrapped around me, something inside me collapsed.“Mom,” I whispered, voice cracking, “I missed you.”She stroked my back gently.“Tell me, what happened? Who hurt you?”I straightened, my decision suddenly crystal clear.“Mom… after graduation, I don’t want to go to the U.S. with Luca anymore. I want to go to the U.K. Alone.”Her brows shot up.“You and Luca had a fight?”“If I told you he can’t tell right from wrong… would you believe me?”My mother didn’t hesitate.“Yes,” she said simply. “I trust you.”I threw my arms around her, overwhelmed, and told her everything.Every word.I file
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I kept my head down as I walked back to my seat.The next class was Corporate Strategy & Leadership—a mandatory course for heirs of Mafia families.Our instructor, Professor Moretti, was formidable across campus.Students called her the Dragon Lady behind her back.Last week she’d assigned a Management Competency Sheet.All we had to do was hand it in.Simple.Mine, which I knew I placed in my bag, had vanished.“Front. Now,” she ordered.“Ten push-ups. Go.”By the third, my arms were trembling.By the tenth, I was shaking, every movement a struggle, but she didn’t flinch or offer a word of mercy.“Failure to comply reflects failure in discipline. Stand in the back. And pray you learn.”At the Valenti-Colombo Academy, instructors held full disciplinary authority.Punishment wasn’t just humiliation—it became part of our official assessment.A stain on one’s record meant jeopardizing graduation…or the family’s trust.I had never been punished before.Not once.Forty-five minutes dragged
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Elena tugged lightly on Luca’s sleeve, her voice soft enough to melt steel.“It’s fine… Let’s just go check the security room. It won’t take long.”At that moment, I actually believed seeing the cameras would clear my name.I was naïve.The guard in charge of the surveillance room didn’t even look up when he said,“Sorry, kids. Cameras on that hallway were down since this morning.”My mind blanked.Luca exhaled sharply, lifting one shoulder in a lazy shrug as if to say See? I knew it.He leaned casually against the railing in the crowded hallway, a smirk tugging at his lips.“Sofia Colombo, you really went all out to make Rossi look bad, didn’t you?”“Afraid she might somehow threaten your place in my eyes?”I hadn’t done anything—and yet, shame and helplessness washed over me in a sudden, suffocating wave.My nose burned.Tears blurred my vision.I hadn’t touched Elena’s keynote draft.I hadn’t even been near her desk.Yet humiliation wrapped around me like barbed wire.Luca and I had
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