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Leaving the Family, Leaving You Chapter 11
Recently, Moretti has taken on a new cross-border shipping route.Our partner is an old family with unforgiving standards, and the route proposal is revised again and again.My team and I work past midnight every night for two straight weeks.Matteo stays just as late without complaining once.At two in the morning, I finish the final revision and step out of the meeting room.He is still in his study."Why haven't you left?"He tips his chin toward the table."The kitchen kept dinner warm for you."I look down.A bowl of seafood congee is still steaming on the table."Thank you.""You're welcome."I take one spoonful, then look at him."Matteo, before you keep doing things like this, have you considered that I may never give you what you want?"He stills."I don't want to get married. I may not want another relationship for a very long time."I tighten my fingers around the spoon."Is waiting for me worth it?"Matteo is silent for a moment."Vivian, I am not treating my concern for yo
Leaving the Family, Leaving You Chapter 10
Life continues.Moretti's business grows busier, and more harbor routes and shipping lines come under my control.Matteo begins taking me to negotiations with the Five Families, introducing me to the powers in Chicago and along the East Coast.At one meeting, I encounter a family representative from New York.After a few polite words, he asks, "Weren't you with Bellini before?""I was.""Then you know Adrian Bellini. I saw him a few days ago. He's lost a great deal of weight. I heard his health has suffered too."I give him a faint smile."I know him. But we have had nothing to do with each other for a long time."He seems ready to say more, but one look at my face changes his mind.After the meeting, I sit outside the conference room with a cup of coffee.My phone lights up with a message from Leo.Vivian, Celine was thrown out of Bellini's inner circle. Apparently she lost an entire shipment and tried to blame someone else. She deserved it!I reply with one word.Okay.That's it? Jus
Leaving the Family, Leaving You Chapter 9
After Adrian leaves, I sit alone in the council chamber for a long time.Matteo knocks and enters with a file in his hand."I've finished my notes on next quarter's East Harbor distribution plan. Take a look.""All right."He sets it on the table and studies me for a moment."Are you all right?""I'm fine."Matteo does not press me.He turns and leaves.I force myself through two pages, but not a single word stays in my mind.At last, I set the file down and walk to the window.The wether in Chicago is nothing like spring in New York.New York is always damp and gray, as if the entire city is trapped beneath a layer of cold fog.Just like my relationship with Adrian.Everyone believed we were unbreakable. Only I knew how little could still be seen beneath the surface.Before I came to Chicago, Leo asked me one question."Can you really let Adrian go?"I told him that even if I could not, I still had to.The truth is, Adrian had disappointed me too many times long before I left.Each on
Leaving the Family, Leaving You Chapter 8
I am in the council chamber when a guard enters and says a visitor from New York is asking for me.I assume it is one of Moretti's business partners and tell him to let the visitor in.The door opens.Adrian walks through it.He has lost weight.His cheeks are slightly hollow, and dark shadows sit beneath his eyes. His white shirt is badly creased, as if he came here directly from the airport."Who gave you this address?" I ask."I used the computer in your old office. I found a way into your email."My brows draw together.The old account will have to be shut down. I will have Moretti's technical team reinforce the new one as well."Why are you here?""Give me a little time. Let me talk to you.""There is nothing I need to hear.""Vivian."He takes one step closer."Do you have to treat me like this? At least give me a chance to explain."I look at him, and all at once, I am tired.I check the time."Ten minutes. You leave before my meeting begins."Adrian freezes, as if he did not ex
Leaving the Family, Leaving You Chapter 7
During my first week with Moretti, I give nearly every waking hour to the family.I am the first person in the council chamber each morning and the last to leave at night.On Friday afternoon, I am presenting my findings on the East Harbor accounts when my phone vibrates.It is a message from my mother.Vivian, Adrian is here again. He has been standing downstairs for two hours. Should I let him up?I frown and type back.Don't. I'll call him.I step out of the meeting room and dial Adrian's number."What exactly are you trying to do?""I only want to see you." His voice is low. "You cut off every trail and blocked every way I had to contact you. I don't know where else to look."I take a slow breath."Ending the engagement was not an empty threat. Adrian, we are over."He says nothing.After several seconds, I continue."Leave. And do not go to my mother again.""And if I refuse?""Do not force me to stand against you, Adrian."A long sigh passes through the receiver."What do I have
Leaving the Family, Leaving You Chapter 6
I do not listen any longer.I end the call.The screen goes dark, but I remain seated in my Chicago apartment for a long time.Afternoon light cuts through the blinds, falling across the unopened suitcases and the bare wooden floor.By the time the room begins to dim, I finally get up and unpack.I have just folded the last of my clothes into the wardrobe when my phone rings.Adrian's name flashes across the screen.I stare at it for a long time before answering."Vivian."His voice is raw, as if he has not slept all night."I checked the airport footage. You really left New York.""Yes."Silence stretches between us."Send me your address. I'll come get you.""No.""Vivian!"His voice rises sharply.I listen without anger and without the ache I once would have felt.There is only a faint, bone-deep exhaustion."Adrian," I say, "our engagement is over. I thought you understood that."The line goes quiet.After a long moment, he forces out the words."I never agreed to that.""It takes
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