All Chapters of STOLEN BY THE DON: Chapter 61 - Chapter 63

He met Luca's eyes. "These aren't small concessions, these are fundamental shifts in priorities, putting one woman above the empire you've spent decades building.That's not sustainable, Luca, and it's dangerous for everyone who depends on you." "So what are you suggesting?" Luca asked, anger creeping into his tone. "That I go back to being completely cold, completely focused on power regardless of personal cost?" "I'm suggesting you find balance," Matteo said. "You can care about her without letting that care compromise everything else but right now, you're all-in on Sienna to the exclusion of responsibilities that don't disappear just because you've fallen in love." "I haven't..." Luca started, then stopped. "Is that what you think this is? Love?" "What else would you call it?" Matteo asked. "You're faithful without choosing it, you prioritize her wellbeing over organizational needs. You''re considering giving her freedom even though it might destroy you.That's not obsession an

"We have the meeting in an hour," Luca reminded her. "I don't care," Sienna said. "I can't.... I can't meet her right now, can't see the woman you actually wanted while processing that I'm just a replacement.Tell the Marchesis there's a delay, reschedule, I don't care but I'm not going today." "Sienna, please..." Luca started. "No," she said firmly. "You promised me truth, promised honesty about what this situation was but that wall, those photographs, that shrine to another woman. That's a lie, Luca, you've been lying to both of us, pretending I matter when really, I'm just convenient." She was at her room now, her hand on the door. "I need to think, need to process what I just learned and you....You need to figure out whether you're keeping me because you actually care about me, or because having someone who looks like her is better than having no one at all." The door closed, and Luca heard the lock click - a small sound, but definitive. He stood alone in the hallway, hi