《No Longer Bound》全部章節：第 1 章 - 第 6 章

After my accident, Ricky Lenza's sister, Audrey Lenza, rushed to the hospital in a panic.She took one look at my numb and eerily calm face, then gently held my hand, her voice soft with sorrow."Summer, don't be sad. You and Ricky can still have children in the future. Right now, what matters is your recovery. You should be healthy and radiant when you walk down the aisle.""There won't be a wedding." I turned my face away, wiped the corner of my eye without letting her see, and opened a news article on my phone. I handed it to her.It was a full page—headline after headline—announcing Ricky's new relationship with Lindsay Penrose.Over the past six months, Ricky's name had become a fixture in the tabloids, each time linked to another affair. As the Mafia Don of the Lenza family, he made headlines no matter what he did.And yet, I pretended not to care, continuing to play the perfect future Donna.But when the woman he loved deliberately caused the accident that took my mother

It wasn't until the day I was discharged that I finally learned why Ricky had lashed out at me.As it turned out, Audrey, furious on my behalf, had retaliated by using her influence to blacklist Lindsay—Ricky's lover—across the entire industry. She even issued an official statement on behalf of the Lenza family denying the affair.Lindsay assumed it was my doing.That phone call yesterday—the one that set everything in motion—was her, complaining to Ricky.To save her from embarrassment, Ricky bought her a five-million-dollar diamond at an auction that same day. Not long after, she posted a flawless picture on Instagram, showing off the jewel.The caption read: [The man who loves me always spends like a king for me.]Ricky liked the post.His public show of support flipped public opinion overnight. The audience rallied behind Lindsay, painting her as the poor Cinderella caught in a web of power and wealth.And me? I was cast as the cruel villainess in her fairy tale.I left a

Audrey had been right.It wasn't until Ricky unlocked the front door and stepped into the half-empty apartment that the panic truly set in.He rushed to the bedroom like a man possessed, only to find it even more barren than the living room.There was nothing. Not a trace that Summer had ever lived there.That was when it hit him. That day they fought—she hadn't come back to talk. She had come to pack her things.She was really gone. And she wasn't coming back."Summer!" he shouted, again and again.But no voice answered him.His knees gave out beneath him, and he collapsed onto the floor.At that moment, the doorbell rang.Like grabbing at the last flicker of light, he scrambled toward the entrance."Summer, you're back—"But the person outside wasn't her.It was a stranger. A man.Ricky's expression changed instantly. He lunged forward and grabbed the man by the collar."I know you! You met with my fiancée a few days ago and gave her a gift, didn't you? You've got some