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Six months later, I was invited to a dinner banquet.I hadn't planned to go, but David mentioned that several important partners would be attending.So I stayed.Midway through the evening, a commotion stirred outside the hall.I looked up and saw Matt.He was being held at the entrance, wearing a pair of jeans washed so many times they had gone pale.The waiter looked toward me, visibly uncomfortable."Miss Scarlett, this gentleman says he'd like a word with you."I set down my glass."Let him in."Matt walked over to me.He looked at me with something between longing and regret."Evelyn..."I looked at him, composed."What do you want."He reached into his pocket and produced a small box.Inside was a ring.Not the one from the engagement banquet.This one was a silver ring, old and worn.I recognized it.Three years ago, when Matt was at his lowest, we had passed a small shop together. He had spotted this ring and said, "When I have money someday, I'll buy you something better."I h
She Was Never Nobody Chapter 9
The day my papa called me home, the weather was fine.He sat behind his desk, looked at me, and slid a document across the table."All of the Falcone family's operations on the East Coast, effective today, are yours."I glanced down at the document, then looked up."That's it?"My papa smiled, which was rare."What more do you want?"I thought for a moment."The lines in Europe. I want to renegotiate them.""And a few of the ports in Asia. The current partners are too conservative. I want to bring in new people."My papa looked at me, admiration plain in his eyes."Scarlett, do you know why I let you walk out three years ago?"I thought for a moment."Because you knew you couldn't."He smiled and shook his head."Because some things can only be understood through experience.""Now that you’ve seen Matt for what he is, you won’t make that mistake twice."He rose from his chair, walked over to me, and placed his hand on my shoulder."Welcome home.""My principessa."
She Was Never Nobody Chapter 8
An hour later, the terrace was empty.Those who had jeered, taken photos, and played along had all quietly disappeared.Matt was still standing where he had been.He looked at me, words forming and dying on his lips."Evelyn, can we talk?"I reached into my pocket, took out the engagement ring, and placed it in his palm."There's nothing left to talk about."I turned and walked away. His voice followed me from behind.I didn't look back.Everything that came after, I left to David.Within a month, the Falcone family formally terminated all supply contracts with the De Luca family. The lawsuit over the breach-of-contract penalties was still ongoing when three other partners along the East Coast suspended dealings in succession, each citing different reasons, but all arriving at the same result. The De Luca family's supply lines were cut by more than half.By the second month, the De Luca family began to fracture from within. Matt had risen to the position of Don on the strength of tho
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Matt's face fell."Evelyn, have you lost your mind?""Do you have any idea what kind of losses a dissolved partnership would bring?"I looked at him, calm and steady."I do.""A preliminary estimate: two billion dollars."He stepped toward me sharply."You know perfectly well this is the lifeblood of the De Luca family."I smiled."Of course I know.""Because I built it.""Matt, you don't actually think you can sit in that office signing papers and enjoy everything that comes with it?"The color drained from his face, little by little.Three years ago, when the De Luca family was at its most fractured, Matt had almost nothing to bargain with. It was I who secured the partnership with the Falcone family and used it to expand our reach across the East Coast. Matt rode that to cement his position as Don of the De Luca family.He told people I was his lucky star.I never corrected him.Because back then, I believed that what was good for him was good for me.But now, I was going to pull hi
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The color drained from the guests' faces.Someone immediately shoved their phone into a pocket.David stepped forward at once."Hand it over."The man in the grey suit panicked."Miss Evelyn, this is a misunderstanding. We were only watching. Nothing more.""You said just now," I replied, "that you wanted to take a photo of me as a keepsake."His face went white as paper."I'd had too much to drink."I had no patience for him. I raised a hand, and the underboss dragged him away.Matt spoke, his voice low and firm."Evelyn, this is going too far."I turned to look at him."Matt, you still haven't understood.""Whether tonight goes too far is not for you to decide."I signaled for Salina to be locked inside the conservatory. Salina shrieked:"Evelyn, have you lost your mind? Do you know who my father is?"I looked at her."Then you had better ask your father whether he knows who I am."Salina hid behind Matt, weeping with an air of deep grievance."I really was only joking.""I didn't kn
She Was Never Nobody Chapter 5
The broken glass cut into my calf. The pain turned my vision white.I did not stop.I kicked a hole through the door with my bare foot. As I bent down to crawl through, the shards tore into my shoulder. Blood ran down the length of my soaked gown.Everyone on the terrace fell silent.They had not expected me to come out this way.Salina instinctively stepped back."Evelyn, what are you doing?"I seized her wrist.She screamed. "Matt, help me!"Matt finally strode forward."Evelyn, let her go."I looked up at him."When I called for you to help me just now, did you hear me?"His steps faltered.Salina wept, her tears a picture of delicate ruin."I was only joking. Now she wants to hurt me." She pressed closer to him. "Matt, I'm frightened."Matt's expression hardened."Evelyn, don't make a scene."I stared at him."A scene?""She turned my terror into entertainment, and you're telling me not to make a scene?"Matt lowered his voice."Everyone here tonight is someone in New York. If this
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