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They Sacrificed Me for Her Chapter 21
Two years after leaving New York, Victoria finished her master's in sculpture at UCLA.Her thesis piece was acquired by a museum in Los Angeles. On the contract, she still signed her own name: Victoria Bellini.She didn't rush into another relationship, and she never tied herself to any family again.She had her own studio, her own work, and her own income. When things got hard, she still got scared, and sometimes she still wished someone would make the decision for her. But the hand that brought the chisel down was always her own.After Luca went back to New York, he never attended another marriage auction.The Moretti family publicly admitted that the old report had been false and returned the Bellini education trust with interest. Luca never went to Los Angeles again. He only ordered a copy of the catalog every year when the exhibition opened.Every time it arrived, he'd turn to Victoria's name and remember the year she was 15, lying in a hospital bed with two broken ribs, and how t
They Sacrificed Me for Her Chapter 20
The day the annual exhibition closed, it poured in Los Angeles.It wasn't until I'd seen off the last visitors that I noticed Vincent at the entrance to the gallery.He hadn't brought any bodyguards, and he no longer wore the DeLuca family crest. He just had on a black coat soaked through with rain.He stood in front of the last piece of Second in Line for a long time.The woman in the sculpture had already pushed the door open. Behind her there was no family, no marriage, and no man waiting for her to look back.Vincent heard my footsteps and turned around."Did you get the papers from the Commission?""I did.""Does your shoulder still hurt?""Sometimes, when it rains."His lips moved, and his face twisted with pain, but he didn't call for a doctor the way he once would have, and he didn't reach out to touch me."I'm not the Don anymore," he said. "And I'll never use any of the family's power to track you down again."I nodded. "That's your choice.""I know it won't bring you back."
They Sacrificed Me for Her Chapter 19
A week later, the Five Families Commission held a special session in New York. It wasn't until a lawyer sent the full minutes to Los Angeles that I learned Vincent was the one who had asked to stand trial.That day, he didn't take the DeLuca family's seat. Instead, he stood at the far end of the long table.He admitted in front of everyone that at the time of their wedding, he'd filed only a temporary declaration of marriage so he could clear the way for Sophia and Luca's engagement whenever he needed to. He admitted that Victoria hadn't lost the baby because she was weak. He had ordered the family's private doctor to sedate her and end the pregnancy. And he admitted that after the port accident, knowing full well she hadn't signed that order, he'd still sent her to be punished in public, then locked her in a safe house illegally under the pretense of protecting her.Every word went into the permanent record.Vincent's uncle was so furious he flipped his chair over right there."Do you
They Sacrificed Me for Her Chapter 18
Vincent didn't leave Los Angeles right away.But he stopped sending people to follow me, and he didn't send anything else to my dorm.Three days later, he texted to ask if I'd give him half an hour. He made a point of saying I could pick the place, and that if I said no, he wouldn't come near the school.I stared at that message for a long time. In the end, I agreed to meet him at the gallery.I wanted to say everything that needed saying, once and for all.Vincent got there early. He hadn't brought any bodyguards. All he had in front of him was a black folder."I had my lawyers draw up the papers to register our marriage properly." He slid the papers toward me. "If you're willing, all Five Families will witness it. Half of the DeLuca family's legitimate businesses, every property in my name, and the income from my seat on the Commission will all go into the prenup."If you don't want to go back to New York, we can stay in Los Angeles. You can keep studying. I won't interfere."I didn'
They Sacrificed Me for Her Chapter 17
The next day, the dorm manager told me someone had delivered a whole carload of things downstairs.Two bodyguards in black suits stood at the door, with a private doctor, a nutritionist, and a driver lined up beside them. Parked nearby was a bulletproof sedan, its trunk packed with medicine, clothes, and food flown in from New York.Vincent was standing in front of the car.It had been a year, and he was much thinner than I remembered. But he was wearing the diamond cufflinks I'd designed at 18.When he saw me, his eyes slowly turned red."Victoria."I didn't come down the steps."What are you doing here?""Your shoulder hasn't fully healed, and the clinics near campus aren't great. I brought a doctor from New York." As if he was afraid I'd say no, he quickly added, "I found you a new place, too. It's only ten minutes from your studio. The driver will take you wherever you need to go, and security won't get in the way of your life."He was as thoughtful as ever.Whatever he decided was
They Sacrificed Me for Her Chapter 16
Luca came to the school first.When I saw him in the gallery, I only paused for a second.He'd lost a lot of weight. He hadn't brought flowers or any gift that might give me the wrong idea. He just set an old document folder down in front of me.Inside were the complete records of how the Moretti family had used my education trust, a cashier's check for the principal plus interest, and a breakdown of everything their first legitimate shipping route had earned over the years."This money should have gone back to you a long time ago."I took it.Pain flickered in Luca's eyes. "You're not going to ask why it took me so long to come?""Your family owes me that money, so of course I'll take it. As for why you came, that has nothing to do with me."He was silent for a long time before he forced the words out."When you were 15, you lured away the men who were hunting me. Your car flipped, you broke two ribs, and I told you in the hospital that I owed you my life. Later, my family only made i
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