Lahat ng Kabanata ng Reborn: The Great Disappearing Act: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 9

"Viola, don't think I'll ever love you just because our parents arranged this marriage. I'm telling you now—it will never happen," Lucio Ferrari said arrogantly.His words were like a blade, slicing straight through me.I looked up at Don Lucio Ferrari. Though barely in his 20s, he carried himself with the air of power and charm, but his eyes held nothing but ruthless contempt.I hadn't died. Somehow, I was back before our wedding.My chest tightened with bitter pain as I forced the words out. "You've always loved Bella Bianchi, haven't you?"Lucio frowned, staring at me with a gaze that pierced straight through me. "How do you know? I warn you. Stay away from her, or—""You can leave the rest unsaid," I interrupted him. "Soon, you'll be with her as you should. She will be your true wife."Lucio studied me as if weighing the truth in my words. After a moment, he sneered. "Is this another little stunt of yours? I won't be tricked. Sign it. The print shop is waiting. Don't waste t

After leaving Simone, I headed to Luminara Opera House, where Lucio and I had agreed to meet.My phone rang."Viola, you should go in and watch the opera yourself. I might not make it," Lucio said. "Bella had a sudden heart attack. I need to stay with her."His voice came through the receiver, and beneath it, I could faintly hear Bella's weak, trembling sobs in the background."But—""That's it. I'll make it up to you next time," he added.Before I could say another word, the call ended with a cold, final beep.Just as I put my phone away and took a step forward, a thick cloth clamped down over my mouth and nose from behind. A sharp, pungent odor rushed into my lungs.There was a sedative on it. I struggled for less than half a minute before darkness swallowed my vision.When I came to, the drug hadn't fully worn off. My head felt unbearably heavy, as though it had been filled with molten lead.My hands were tightly bound behind the chair, and the tape over my mouth had been

Lucio fell into a long, endless dream.In that dream, I never wrote a farewell letter. I was never abducted. I never died. We even married under the blessings of the crowd, but married life was far from happy.Bella, his childhood sweetheart from the lower class, had taken her own life at home after failing to repay a loan shark.Lucio became convinced that the loan had been a trap I set in secret. That misunderstanding made him hate me for ten long years. In the end, I even went to handle the most dangerous territory at the South Pier for his sake. In the dream, he had steeled his heart and sworn not to look for me, yet he still led his men to the South Pier. He traded his own life for mine."I only wish that in our next life, we never cross paths," he heard himself say. "Please stop clinging to me. Let me go, per favore…"Lucio didn't understand why he had spoken such words in the dream.He even saw what happened after his death—I was cursed as a witch.His heart twisted in

Lucio's great-great-grandfather had been one of the Dons who left for Novaterra after La Visione di Novaterra. In a way, Costa Solara was his homeland, and his famiglia had long enjoyed friendly relations with Carlo's famiglia.This time, Lucio had come to Costa Solara because he had been ambushed and nearly lost his life. Carlo had taken him in so he could recover from his injuries.As the family doctor worked on his injuries, I felt a tangle of emotions I couldn't name. Compared to before, Lucio was thinner, more worn, and deeply weathered.I didn't want to run into him, so I deliberately avoided him. I even volunteered to handle the task of retrieving the herbs, asking Carlo to leave it to me, all so I could stay away from the villa while Lucio was there.At the time, I didn't realize the herbs were meant for Lucio's treatment. When Carlo later told me that Lucio wanted to thank me in person, I was so stunned that I could hardly speak.My first instinct was to refuse and disapp

I even moved out of the villa to stay away from Lucio, yet somehow Bella still managed to track me down."You shameless bitch! You were already dead, so why did you come back to seduce Lucio again?"I had just come back from grocery shopping when Bella suddenly appeared around the corner and shoved me. The basket went flying, spilling vegetables and fruit all over the street."It was Lucio who wouldn't leave me alone, Bella," I said as I bent down to pick everything up.She looked like a woman possessed, pointing at my face as she hurled curses at me. "I finally made Lucio forget you! Do you have any idea how I survived all these years? And now you just show up again! I hate you! Why don't you just stay dead?"I straightened up, smirking faintly. "You're pathetic. After all these years, you're still afraid of a dead woman."She pulled an emerald necklace from her pocket, her voice trembling with rage. "Every time Lucio held this, he would mumble your name and cry himself sick! I