Semua Bab Not Afraid to Start Over: Bab 1 - Bab 7

I gathered myself and gently pushed Sylvia's hand away."Hospital policy says family members can't interfere with medical staff. Please wait outside for updates."Years of training made my hands steady like machines. Even though everything inside me was chaos, every move I made on the table was exact.For years, my life had been nothing but midnight operations and silent exhaustion. Whenever I reached my breaking point, I told myself to hold on just a little longer, because Luca Colleone promised that once the debts were paid, we could finally live peacefully.As it turned out, every word of it was a lie.When I reached the final stitching stage, a sharp voice screeched outside the door."Is that doctor even competent? If my son ends up with complications, she's going to regret it! Sylvia is carrying the Colleones' only child, our future heir. If anything happens to her, you'll all pay for it!"The word "child" slammed into my chest like a bullet. My surgical instrument shook

Dragging my small suitcase home, I found my fingerprint lock disabled and the entry code changed.When I rang the doorbell, Gabriella answered with an icy expression.Inside, Sylvia was directing several men in black suits to throw my belongings into the hallway like trash."What are you doing here?" Gabriella sneered."This is my house," I stated calmly."Not for long." Sylvia strutted over smugly. "Aren't you divorcing Luca? How do you still have the nerve to stay in your ex-husband's place?"Gabriella tossed a bank card at my feet. "There's three million in here. That's more than enough for a nobody like you to live comfortably for the rest of your life. Take it and get out of my son's sight."I looked at them and suddenly felt amused. Right there in front of them, I snapped the card in half.Then, I called property management and security on the spot.When I showed the title deed and proved the place was legally mine, even Gabriella had no choice but to retreat. She left w

Three days after surgery, Luca finally woke up in the ICU.The moment his consciousness floated back, sharp pain crashed through his body, along with an unbearable emptiness in his chest. He instinctively searched the circle of doctors and nurses for the one face he wanted to see the most, but I wasn't there."Where's Alivia?" His voice was raw and broken. "Didn't she come see me?"A flicker of discomfort crossed Gabriella's face, but she quickly covered it up. "She left right after the operation. The specialists from Denharken are handling your recovery now…""That wasn't my question!" Luca's emotions spiked, setting off the heart monitor's alarms. "Why didn't she come see me? Is she still angry?"Gabriella pressed him back against the bed, her voice heavy with frustration. "Luca, you're divorced. Why would she come see you?""Divorced…" Luca murmured, as if the word had just reached his brain. "No, that wasn't real. It was just to save me! She still loves me. She rushed here

One year later, a blurry photo ran in a small local news outlet online.In the picture, a gaunt, disheveled woman was digging through a trash bin for food, her eyes empty and lifeless. The caption was cruelly blunt. [Former Mafia Heir's Lover Found Scavenging for Food on the Streets]I happened to scroll past the article while in my office, discussing a new pharmaceutical investment project with Antonio. I barely glanced at it before swiping away.Antonio placed a cup of hot coffee in front of me."You're still working? It's almost ten."I closed the folder and rubbed my temples. "Almost done."He came up behind me and gave my shoulders a gentle massage."One day, your work addiction's gonna wear you out."I leaned back into the chair comfortably."Says the hospital director who works even harder than I do."Antonio bent down to murmur in my ear, his breath warm."That's because I'm building the best platform on earth for the best cardiac surgeon in the world. And while I'