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Chapter 17: A Crucial Memory
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2026-11-05 14:57:29
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Elena/Ileana POVThe next morning, a servant informed me that Vittorio wanted me to join the family for breakfast.That was surprising.Vittorio Bellucci didn't exactly strike me as the sort of man who went out of his way to spend time with his daughters, especially the one he’d abandoned in a mental institution for five years.Still, I wasn’t about to turn down a no-doubt healthy breakfast.So, I made my way downstairs.Elia had barely slept. I knew because the moment I entered the dining room, I noticed the dark circles beneath her eyes.Interesting.One little conversation, a plate of trash food, and a few harmless threats. That was all it had taken to turn the woman who’d laughed at me yesterday morning into a trembling mess.I almost felt sorry for her.Almost.Vittorio glanced at me as I entered.“Sit with us. You’re part of this family, and you should have breakfast with us.”I gave him a bright smile. “Okay, Father.”Of course, I knew he was only doing this because of the new
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Elena/Ileana POV“Now, now. Don’t scream. You don’t want to wake everybody up, do you?”Elia clamped both hands over her mouth.Her eyes darted between my face and the butter knife in my hand. She trembled so badly that the covers rustled around her, and sweat trickled down her forehead despite the cool breeze blowing through the open window.I smiled at her.“That’s better.”She swallowed hard.“W-what do you want from me?”“What do I want?” I tilted my head. “That’s an interesting question, Elia. I was about to ask you the same thing.”“I don’t understand.”“Of course you don’t.”I straightened, holding the butter knife loosely at my side.“I was nice to you, Elia. I greeted you this morning, asked you for food politely, and even thanked you when you handed me that plate.” My smile faded. “Yet you’ve treated me terribly since I returned to this house. Why?”“I—”“Why, Elia?”She flinched when I raised my voice.“I’m sorry!” she blurted out. “I’m sorry. Please, I’m sorry!”“No, you’r
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Elena/Ileana POV. I lowered my head, letting my heavy raven hair fall forward to completely hide my face.Something cold settled inside my chest. So that’s how it is.It seems as though the Belluccis had spent years actively training everyone in this estate to view Ileana as subhuman rubbish. The servants had simply learned to mimic their masters to curry favor and avoid becoming targets themselves.Fine.It would make their destruction all the more satisfying when the time finally came.I let out a small, pathetic sniffle, making my shoulders tremble slightly. “I just wanted something to eat.”“Then fish it out of the bin,” Elia repeated coldly, taking a step toward me with her hands on her hips. “Or go back upstairs to your room and cry about it. You’ve always been very good at that.”I slowly looked up at her one last time, letting my emerald green eyes swim with fake tears. “Will you be angry if I don’t eat it?”She scoffed, crossing her arms tightly over her chest. “I couldn’t
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Elena/Ileana POV. “How could you do this to me, Vittorio?”The woman’s trembling voice echoed sharply through the room.I stood at the edge of the memory, watching disbelief twist her face as she confronted the man standing before her.Vittorio Bellucci.I recognized him immediately.“What are you talking about?” he asked, his voice frustratingly calm.“Don’t you dare pretend you don’t know!” She slammed a heavy stack of documents down onto the desk between them. “My company! My money! My shares! How could you betray me like this?”Vittorio glanced briefly at the legal papers before looking back up at her.“Keep your voice down.”“Keep my voice down?” She let out a harsh, bitter laugh. “You stole my entire life from me, and you want me to keep my voice down?”“I didn’t steal anything.”“Eighty percent, Vittorio! Eighty percent of the Bellucci Empire belongs to me!”My eyes widened.The Bellucci Empire? The massive business empire Vittorio controlled?“Your money helped start this com
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Elena/Ileana Pov. By the time we returned to the Bellucci mansion, I was ready to collapse into bed and sleep for the next twelve hours.Unfortunately, it seemed the night wasn’t done torturing me.The moment we stepped into the sitting room, Vittorio turned toward me, his expression dark with displeasure.“Ileana, what the hell was that?”I blinked at him innocently. “What was what, Father?”“Don’t play dumb with me!” he snapped. “Do you have any idea how embarrassing that little performance was? Rejecting Lorenzo in front of both families, throwing a tantrum, and then demanding to marry Adonis D’Angelo? Have you lost your mind?”Possibly. But not for the reasons you think.I lowered my gaze, allowing my shoulders to slump.“But Stepmother and Bianca told me to reject the engagement.”Silence.Lucia’s head snapped toward me.“Excuse me?”I looked at her with wide, innocent eyes.“You said Bianca and Lorenzo were in love and that I should refuse to marry him because they were perfect
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