Semua Bab The Madre Strikes Back: Bab 1 - Bab 10

10 Bab

Chapter 1

Valentina's Point of ViewMy husband, Don Domenico De Luca, and his secretary, Lorita Moretti, were caught in bed together, yet he had the nerve to call me paranoid. That was when I decided I was done with that ipocrita.The trigger clicked with a sharp snap, and the bullet tore past Domenico's ear. Only then did he grasp the gravity of the situation.Lorita let out a sharp scream and shoved me aside."Sei pazza? How can you fire a gun at Don De Luca?" she demanded, glaring at me with outrage. "Even if you're the Madre, you don't get to pull a gun on him for no reason. You're challenging the Don's authority."I looked at her and couldn't help but laugh.I raised my hand, ready to slap her, but Domenico, who had been silent until now, caught my wrist. "Basta, Valentina Rossi! Stop causing a scene. We were only discussing work."His gaze turned cold when he looked at me. "You can't throw a tantrum whenever you please."Then he shoved me forcefully, sending me stumbling into the t

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Chapter 2

Upon returning home, I yanked open the door to the wardrobe and pulled out the bottle-cap ring I had hidden in a secret compartment.Back then, Domenico was only 23 years old. Just as he began to rise within the famiglia, jealous rivals drugged him, and the only antidote was a woman's touch in bed.Afterward, Domenico cradled me in his arms. Tears ran down his face silently as he murmured again and again, "I'm sorry. I'll give you everything you deserve."He had nothing at the time—no influence, no fortune—just a true heart and a ring fashioned from a bottle cap. Still, he promised he would make me the happiest bride alive.I wore that ring for three years, fighting side by side with Domenico through countless battles, until he finally claimed his place as the Don. The door creaked open, pulling me back to the present. I turned to see Domenico striding toward me.When he saw the dried blood on my forehead and the bottle-cap ring in my hand, his expression shifted from anger to p

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Chapter 3

Domenico slammed the phone down and spun toward me. "Valentina! You're the Madre of this famiglia. Jealousy is one thing, but how could you actually send someone after Lorita? How dare you harm an innocent woman!"I let out a bitter laugh. "So you've decided I'm guilty without even knowing the whole story?"Silence stretched between us.Domenico finally let go of my wrist, which was aching and bruised from his grip, and turned toward the door. "We'll settle this when I return," he said.He walked away, leaving me alone in the villa to silently tend to my wounds.I stood frozen for a long moment before dragging myself to the wardrobe to finish packing. My eyes fell on the bottle-cap ring. The sweetness it once held had turned into bitter mockery.Without a second thought, I tossed the ring and every gift Domenico had ever given me into the trash can.As I snapped the suitcase shut, my phone buzzed. Lorita had sent me a video. I grabbed both my suitcase and my phone, tapping on th

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Chapter 4

I held the fresh test results in my trembling hands as a storm of joy and pain collided inside me. I stared at the paper again and again. When the doctor confirmed, "You're six weeks pregnant," hot tears streamed down my cheeks.I had already lost a baby once, before I even knew I was expecting. It was just after our wedding, and the famiglia was in the midst of the deadliest shift in its power struggle. I took a bullet meant for Domenico, and just like that, our piccolino was gone.Domenico had cried at my side, promising to make me the happiest woman alive and that we would have another baby. Yet now, another woman's child was calling him "Papa".When I glanced at the video again and saw Domenico holding the boy tenderly, I made up my mind to leave him and take this baby God gave me with me.Outside the doctor's office, I was still clutching the test results. Before I could put it away, I spotted Domenico there with Lorita's son. He saw me and instinctively loosened his hold

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Chapter 5

The walls and floor were streaked with dried blood, like snakes gnawing at my heart. A suffocating feeling overcame me, making it hard to breathe. I couldn't ignore it.I lunged forward, grabbing a nurse who was directing the cleaning crew. "Whose blood is this? Whose?"My eyes were red as I demanded, "Is this Valentina's? No, it can't be, right? It's not Valentina's, right?"I didn't care about her answer or the shocked looks around me. I muttered to myself, trying to keep it together. "Valentina's not pregnant. She can't be. We had a baby, and he's gone because of me... I was being targeted, and she lost the baby because of me. The doctor said she might never get pregnant again. It's my fault… I killed our piccolino."The nurse flinched at my almost-crazed state and shoved me back. "Are you out of your mind?" she snapped.She started to leave, then paused a few steps away and looked back. "Wait, what did you just say her name was?"I froze.Just as I was about to answer, Lor

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Chapter 6

Third-Person Point of ViewDomenico had been dreaming of Valentina for days. In every dream, she was lying on the ground, covered in blood. He saw Magno kicking her in the stomach over and over, saw her pale, weak face, and heard her whisper his name before she passed out. He would always wake up drenched in sweat and reach for his phone without thinking. When he opened their chat, the last message was still the video she sent him the day she went to the famiglia's office.In the video, she said, "Dom, your 30th birthday is coming up in a few days. On such a special day, I want to give you something that'll bring you real happiness."She was smiling, and even her voice sounded bright. "But I can't tell you yet. We'll talk when we meet. Just wait for your sorpresa."He hadn't had time to reply or ask what the surprise was. The moment he saw Lorita getting bullied, his instincts had taken over and he had protected her. It reminded him of the way Valentina used to throw herself into

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Chapter 7

Hearing the way Domenico sounded, Gio finally softened."Madre Rossi has been discharged," he said. "I don't know all the details. She said she needed time to calm down and that you don't need to follow her around for now."Gio added, "There's something you need to know. Madre Rossi is filing for divorce. That's a done deal. She's already reached out to the famiglia."Domenico hung up the phone in a daze.At that moment, someone knocked on the door.Domenico's heart leapt. Thinking it was Valentina, he dashed toward the door. Though he nearly stumbled at the threshold, he forced a smile as he opened the door. "Amore mio!"His expression froze the moment he saw Lorita and Magno standing there with a package. Magno held it up as he asked, "Papa, what's this? Mamma and I saw it at the door. Is this for me? Can I open it?"Hearing Magno call him "Papa" over and over made Domenico's head spin.Lorita was completely focused on the box, so she didn't notice the storm brewing across

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Chapter 8

"I'm sorry! I really didn't know about the baby. If I'd known, I would have—"Valentina didn't let him finish. She cut him off coldly. "Domenico, you've seen the divorce agreement, right?"Her tone was light, almost as if he were a stranger. "I've already signed it. You just need to sign. From now on, no matter whose father or husband you want to be, it has nothing to do with me. I'm just letting you know. I expect the divorce to be handled quickly. Don't drag it out."She hung up before he could speak.He tried calling back, but she had already blocked him. He refused to give up and opened WhatsApp, hoping to reach Valentina that way, only to find she had blocked him there as well.He desperately wanted to call her. Seeing Lorita beside him, he grabbed her phone like a madman, only to see Lorita's WhatsApp messages to Valentina.He froze as his eyes fell on the last message. Lorita had written, "I went to 'discuss work' with Dom on purpose that day. I just wanted to stir thing

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Chapter 9

Valentina's Point of ViewI waited for days, but Domenico never showed up.Gio said he hadn't been to the famiglia's office in weeks. All the calls went straight to voicemail, and no one could find him at home. No one knew where he was. The divorce kept getting pushed back indefinitely.I unblocked his number and tried calling, but no one answered. Gio raised an eyebrow. "Don De Luca used to care about you. You think he's stalling the divorce on purpose?"I replayed that day in my head. No matter what, Domenico wouldn't just hide from me like this.When I couldn't find him, I left. I traveled to watch the sunset in Monteluce and went skiing in Bellavista. For six months, it was as if Domenico had completely vanished from the world. The famiglia fell into chaos.At last, it was Gio who reached out to me after half a year. "We found Don De Luca," he said. "After he got that package, he completely lost it. He pointed a gun at Lorita, and they had a violent fight. He's been in th

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Chapter 10

I sat across from Domenico, watching as his eyes slowly reddened. I tapped the table lightly and reminded him, "Sign it. Some mistakes can't be fixed."Tears slipped down his cheeks. Domenico rarely cried. I had only seen it twice.The first time was when our parents died together. Tears filled his eyes as he held me and whispered, "Val, I'll always protect you."The second time was after we lost our piccolino during the assassination attempt. He broke down sobbing, choking on his breath as he fell to his knees in front of me and slapped himself hard across the face again and again, cursing himself. "I'm useless. I failed to protect you…"At the time, I genuinely thought I was happy, believing I had finally seen our forever. I never thought it could be so fleeting—that my life would start to crumble before even reaching its midpoint. Domenico and I were always meant to take separate paths, and live completely different lives."Val," Domenico said, his voice breaking. "I never wa

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