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The Don's Last Promise Chapter 8
Before the divorce hearing, Nathaniel came to see me seven times.The first time, he brought my favorite cake.That bakery had changed head chefs three years ago.The second time, he left the ruby bracelet at my door.I had it couriered straight back.The third time, he told me Victoria had been expelled from the family.I didn't ask why.The fourth time, he waited all night outside my apartment building.I left through another exit.The fifth time, he brought that old notebook.Every page Victoria had folded, he'd pressed flat again."I fixed it."I didn't take it.Some things, once creased, keep the mark forever.The sixth time, he went to my mother's grave.He took a photo and sent it to me.The grave was covered in flowers.[I was wrong before.]I looked at it for a long time, then finally deleted the message.The man she never got to see while she was alive didn't need to bring flowers now that she was gone.The seventh time, he brought the signed agreement.A month apart, and he'
The Don's Last Promise Chapter 7
A week later, the Vance family held an internal meeting.I attended as the Donna.Victoria sat at Nathaniel's right hand.The ruby bracelet was gone from her wrist.When she saw me, she started crying first."Donna, I was only trying to find the family's traitor—"I opened my laptop in front of everyone."So you said I maliciously deleted the route files?""I was in too much of a hurry.""So you put your name on my proposal?""Don said you two are married, that I didn't need your permission—"Nathaniel's expression shifted."Victoria."She shut her mouth immediately.I projected the files from the past seven years onto the screen, one by one.The first South American route, the first version of the freight agreement, three revisions, twelve core proposals.Every single file listed me as the creator.The notebook Victoria had taken had also been scanned into the family computer.She thought it was Nathaniel's handwritten draft.I flipped to the last page.That faded Post-it had been sca
The Don's Last Promise Chapter 6
On my fifth day gone, I ran into Nathaniel's grandmother at a café.Margaret was sitting by the window. She didn't look surprised to see me. She just lifted a hand, motioning me to sit."Audrey.""Margaret."She studied me for a moment, her gaze landing on my bare ring finger."Victoria really is reckless. But we Donnas are always like this."She raised her cup."This was my life, and Nathaniel's mother's life. Now it's come to you—""I've already filed for divorce."Her hand paused. The cup clinked softly against the saucer."Seven years. You can really let it go?""I forgave him nine times.""Can't you give him one more?""No."Margaret looked at me and said nothing for a long while.Then she leaned back in her chair and spoke slowly."When I was young, I thought about leaving the Vance family too."I didn't answer.She went on."My husband had just taken over the family. I was heartsick too. I left. But in the end, I went back.""Why?""Because after I left, there were a few moments
The Don's Last Promise Chapter 5
Before the elevator doors closed, Nathaniel was still standing there, Victoria's ragdoll cat in his arms.He didn't follow.Rachel was waiting for me downstairs.She saw the suitcase and asked nothing, just opened the trunk for me.As we pulled away, my phone buzzed.A message from Nathaniel.[Audrey, don't lose the estate key.]Five minutes later, another one.[Come back tomorrow night. We need to talk about what happened with Victoria.]He didn't even ask where I was staying.Because he was certain that without him, I had nowhere to go.Rachel glanced at the screen."He still thinks you're throwing a tantrum?""Mm.""The divorce papers?""On the nightstand.""Did he see them?"I shook my head.Nathaniel never looked at anything I left for him.He was the underground emperor of New York, and every trivial matter at home was mine to handle.All he had to do was come home.Everything else, someone would take care of for him.Rachel dropped me at her empty apartment.After my shower, my
The Don's Last Promise Chapter 4
When I got home, Victoria was there too.She was standing at the master bedroom vanity, pinching that heavy kraft envelope.The coins rattled as she shook it, and she let out a sharp laugh."Donna. Oh no, wait. Audrey."She turned and waved the envelope, triumphant."Nathaniel says you never forgive anyone ten times. Have you started counting? All these coins, how many times did you have to get your heart broken?"I held out my hand."Give it back.""But I don't think you'll actually leave, Audrey."She glanced at the half-empty closet, her voice dripping with contempt and certainty."You gave him almost everything you had. You don't dare actually walk out that door. You just want him to notice, then wait for him to come coax you back."I didn't waste words on her. I just held my hand out again, calm."Give me the envelope."Victoria instinctively stepped back.But that step landed right on the ragdoll cat's tail.The cat, badly startled, let out a piercing shriek and lunged at her fac
The Don's Last Promise Chapter 3
At the New York mafia gala, my seat at the main table had originally been arranged right next to Nathaniel.After Victoria came over, Nathaniel raised a hand and summoned a server to add a chair between him and me.Victoria settled in slowly, elegantly swept her long hair aside, and the thin ruby bracelet on her wrist glittered under the lavish crystal chandelier.That was the bracelet Nathaniel had personally fastened around my wrist at the celebration banquet when the Vance family defeated every rival and officially became New York's number one mafia family, in front of all the family elders and Dons.Even the tiny scratch near the clasp was identical.Back then, Nathaniel had searched half the city's top jewelry workshops to have it custom made, because that shade of red was the color of the Vance family crest, and the color of my birthstone.He'd clasped it on me himself, eyes blazing."Audrey, I'm giving you this because you and the Vance family are the most precious treasures of
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