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Chapter 4

Author: Lena
Crack.

He slapped me hard across the face.

I went straight to the floor.

The pain and the taste of blood in my mouth stunned me.

Dante roared.

“ Seraphina, you’re insane! ”

“ Do I have to lock you up in the island estate until you learn to behave? ”

When we loved each other most, he said he would never let anything hurt me again.

When he stopped loving me, he hit harder than any rival.

Blood dripped from the corner of my mouth.

My ears rang.I could barely hear what he was yelling.

I saw Luca run over to me, his eyes red.

I thought he would comfort me like he did when he was little.

“ Mommy, it’s okay. Luca will kiss it better. ”

But the next second, he frowned.His eyes were full of disgust.

He pulled out his kid’s phone and called Lena right in front of me.

“ Aunt Lena, did you see that? ”

“ The bad woman got hit by Daddy. We both stood up for you. Please come home? ”

“ If you don’t come back, Daddy won’t be happy. I won’t be happy either… ”

On the other end of the line, Lena shook her head, eyes red.

“ I’m sorry, Luca. Aunt Lena made your mom mad. I don’t deserve to stay in your house anymore. ”

“ Maybe we shouldn’t see each other anymore. ”

“ Lena! ” Dante snatched the phone.

“ Don’t you dare leave. You’re not going anywhere without me. ”

The sound of airport boarding announcements came through the line.

Dante stared at the dead screen.

The last of his self-control snapped.

He grabbed me by the hair and pressed a gun to my forehead.

“ Apologize to Lena right now. Make her come back. ”

I swallowed the metallic taste in my throat and refused.

“ Never. ”

The second I finished speaking, Lena hung up crying.

Dante completely lost it.

“ Fine! Good! You’ll pay for this, Seraphina! ”

He dragged me down to the underground wine cellar.

“ You’re going to stay down here and think about what you did. You’re not coming out until you apologize to Lena. ”

Then he sealed all the doors and windows.

Not a single ray of light got in.

I slid down the cold oak wine barrel to the floor.

He knew I was terrified of closed dark spaces.

He knew rivals locked me in a shipping container for three days and three nights, and ever since I couldn’t stay in a dark closed room for more than five minutes.

Back then, he ordered every shipping container on the docks torn down and replaced with open warehouses just to keep me safe.

Now, he was the one who locked me in a colder, darker wine cellar.

Luca yelled through the iron door.

His sweet child’s voice was sharp and cruel.

“ Bad woman, I’ll tell Daddy to let you out when you say sorry to Aunt Lena. ”

In the dark, suffocating, I finally knew what a broken heart felt like.

“ Fine. I’m sorry. ”

That night, I sat on the wine cellar floor and said I was sorry a hundred times.

When Lena finally accepted the apology, Dante and Luca let me out.

Then they leaned over their phones together, cooing soft words to Lena.

They didn’t even glance at me.

The careful, gentle look in their eyes burned against my bruises.

I smiled bitterly and shed my last tear.

My love for them died completely right then.

The next morning, I dragged my suitcase and walked out of the estate I’d lived in for ten years.

I didn’t look back.

At the same time, in the airport terminal.

Dante found Lena, still pouting by the gate.

He pulled her tight into his arms.

Then his gaze landed on a familiar back at the security line.

He froze mid-step.

A sudden, cold panic shot through his chest.

He almost ran after her.

But his phone buzzed wildly in his pocket.

It was his personal lawyer.

Dante answered, annoyed.

The words on the other end hit him like a bucket of ice water.

“ Don, Ms. Seraphina’s divorce papers have been formally served. She’s requesting full settlement within three days. The property division list is attached. ”

Dante’s whole body went rigid.

His phone slipped from his hand.
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