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Chapter 8

Author: Half Sugar No Milk
Marco had completely lost his mind. Only then did he realize that the woman beside him in bed had always been death itself, dressed as revenge. Every victory he thought he had won was nothing more than a step I laid for him on the staircase to hell.

He had been trapped in a losing game from the very beginning, yet he never saw it.

Towering hatred briefly suppressed his madness, and his only goal was no longer money or power. He wanted to drag me, and the unborn child, straight down to hell wit
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    10 years passed in the blink of an eye. Lumi Group had become New Urlenea's undisputed business titan, with operations spanning real estate, finance, technology, and more.On Alessandro's tenth birthday party, we celebrated at the Plaza Hotel Ballroom. Every prominent figure and politician in the city attended the grand and lavish affair.After the party ended, I dismissed my entourage and drove alone to the seaside. This place used to be the family-controlled abandoned dock, full of crime and bloodshed. However, I had transformed it into a beautiful waterfront park.The breeze swept gently past, carrying the salty, humid scent of the sea. In a daze, I felt transported back to when I was 19.Back then, I was not some decisive business mogul or a consigliere navigating between various mob families. I was just a waitress working at a cheap diner in the Barklesfield slums.In my memory, Luca wore a faded white T-shirt, leaning against a streetlamp as he waited for me to get off work.

  • Pregnant with My Dead Lover's Heir   Chapter 9

    Marco was diagnosed with severe paranoid schizophrenia accompanied by extreme persecution delusions. The judge sentenced him to spend the rest of his life in a federal psychiatric hospital.In that padded cell, he would live day after day in terror, waiting for his dead brother to return from hell and claim his life.The absurd opera that was the Gallante family finally came to a close.I handed over the black ledger, which documented decades of New Urlenea's underground crimes, to the Justice Department's top brass as a bargaining chip with the FBI.I cooperated with them to uproot that deeply entrenched drug network from the ground up. Every dirty transaction in that ledger was authorized with either Marco's genuine signature or my forgery of his handwriting, stamped with the family signet ring he had never even seen.All the blame fell squarely on that fool of an heir.As for me, backed by Vincent's medical evaluations citing long-term domestic abuse and psychological coercion

  • Pregnant with My Dead Lover's Heir   Chapter 8

    Marco had completely lost his mind. Only then did he realize that the woman beside him in bed had always been death itself, dressed as revenge. Every victory he thought he had won was nothing more than a step I laid for him on the staircase to hell.He had been trapped in a losing game from the very beginning, yet he never saw it.Towering hatred briefly suppressed his madness, and his only goal was no longer money or power. He wanted to drag me, and the unborn child, straight down to hell with him.Using his familiarity with the hospital, Marco hid in a medical waste truck and slipped into the underground parking garage undetected.That day, I had just finished my prenatal checkup and was about to get in my car. Just as my bodyguard opened the door for me, the cleaning truck suddenly charged out from the shadows and violently knocked two guards flying.Marco jumped down from the truck, dragging his crippled leg. His expression was deranged, but his movements were shockingly fast.

  • Pregnant with My Dead Lover's Heir   Chapter 7

    Marco was granted bail, but the astronomical amount drained the last of the family's liquid assets. To save their only son, Marco's parents sold off every property and antique they owned, and they even turned to loan sharks for emergency cash.However, when they arrived at federal court with the check in hand, the combined shock of bankruptcy and public disgrace proved too much, and both of them collapsed from massive strokes on the cold courthouse steps.The Gallante family's Ivywood Estate was officially seized and auctioned off by the bank.Marco was thrown out of those gilded gates with his crippled legs and not a dime to his name, left to wander the streets. He tried finding Fiore, only to learn that she had suffered a complete mental breakdown in prison and been transferred to a psych ward.His old enemies and the loan sharks, circling like hyenas with their keen sense of smell, began hunting him down in every corner of New Urlenea.He became a pathetic being that everyone w

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    Marco was out of options. Like a mad dog backed into a corner, he decided to go all in. Eventually, he contacted Rodrigo Cartagena, a major kingpin from the Jueloma Cartel.Using the family's core port shipping routes as bait, he lured me to a meeting on a yacht in international waters. He wanted Rodrigo to do his dirty work and eliminate me.Sal warned me not to go, insisting it was a trap. I just smiled, telling him that who was the hunter and who was the prey was still up for debate.I brought Vincent along and walked straight into the lion's den. Inside the yacht's luxurious top-deck cabin, Marco sat in the head chair wearing a white suit, trying to look calm while barely hiding his smug satisfaction.Across from him sat a tanned-skinned, vicious-looking middle-aged man.It was Rodrigo himself. A dozen heavily armed bodyguards stood behind them, their guns casually pointed at the door.I pushed the door open and strolled in like I owned the place.Marco stood up with exagg

  • Pregnant with My Dead Lover's Heir   Chapter 5

    From the folder Vincent handed me, I took out the signet ring that symbolized the family’s highest authority, along with a photocopy of the most critical page from the black ledger.I did not look at Marco. Instead, I locked eyes with Carmine."Don, the docks were sealed off, but I have the core ledger."I tossed the copy onto the nightstand, where it showed detailed records of shocking illegal transactions with Marco's flamboyant signature in the authorization column."This signet ring is the key to the family trust, and it's also in my possession."I held up the heavy ring and watched Carmine's pupils contract sharply as I spoke each word deliberately."Right now, I've frozen all the family's secret accounts in Zaethar and the Nusmye Islands. If anyone dares touch the child in my womb, I swear to God the Gallante family will be wiped off the map in New Urlenea by tomorrow."Starting today, I'm taking custody of the family business's financial seals until the baby is born safel

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