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All Chapters of The Arrogant Don's Regret: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

11 Chapters

Chapter 1

On the other end of the line, Salvatore Calvetti's voice was thick with exhaustion."These ten years have been hard on you. Everything's arranged. Someone will meet you at the back door in five days."Listening to Salvatore's hoarse voice, a bitter ache rose in my chest.The night I agreed to Domenico Calvetti's proposal, Salvatore called me in for a private conversation. He looked at the hope in my eyes and sighed. "Child, if you're planning to play around with him, I won't say a word."But if you're certain about marrying him, I have to ask if you've thought this through? The men in the Calvetti family have never known how to cherish anything. They only need a wife who's sensible and accommodating."I agreed without hesitation. Domenico, who made all of Cecilo tremble, was my savior. I would repay that debt with ten years of devotion.When I was 15, my adoptive father was a monster. One night, when he was drunk, he tried to force himself on me.My adopted sister stopped him. H

Chapter 2

The bedroom door was slightly ajar. Inside came Alice's sultry moans and Domenico's low, heavy breathing.I did not stop walking. I headed straight into the wine cellar.Ten years of marriage, and I had fallen this far. I drowned my sorrows in alcohol. At midnight, the cellar door swung open.Alice walked toward me wearing my silk robe. The collar hung open, exposing the suggestive bite marks on her neck."You know what Domenico told me, Lucia? He's dying to throw you in the ocean and watch you drown. He says looking at your lifeless face makes him sick and that you're worthless trash in his eyes. You're not even good enough to lick my boots."I looked at her coldly, my eyes flat and unmoved. "This is the Calvetti family's estate. This is mafia territory, not some playground for college girls. Don't get too cocky or you'll burn yourself."My words seemed to infuriate her.Alice raised her hand to slap me across the face. "You bitch, how dare you lecture me!"Before her palm cou

Chapter 3

I spent three full days in the cold, damp basement without food or water.During that time, I kept reliving the past ten years. I thought about the moment my father's library was blown to pieces. I thought about how bravely Domenico had saved me from my adoptive father. I thought about how easily he had given away the ring on my finger to someone else.It turned out that all his vows were nothing more than idle amusement.On the fourth morning, the basement door finally opened.Two bodyguards hauled me off the floor like a sack of trash. My legs had gone numb long ago. I could only hang between them as they carried me.Domenico stood at the doorway, looking down at me from above. There was no sympathy in his eyes, only impatience. "Alice is shaken up and upset. You'll go to the auction tonight and serve her drinks. Make her happy. Consider it compensation."I nodded numbly. The person Salvatore arranged should arrive soon. I just had to endure a little longer and it would all be

Chapter 4

Those photos were taken when we first got married. Domenico had coaxed me into posing for them, saying he wanted to capture my most beautiful moments and keep them just for himself.Now, he had turned those sweet memories into weapons against me.The moment the photos appeared, laughter and wolf whistles erupted from the crowd below. The men's gazes swept over me like starving beasts, their mouths spewing vulgar comments."That body's not bad at all. Who knew Signora Calvetti was so hot...""Wonder if I can get a piece of her tonight. I'd pay top dollar!""One dollar." Domenico's voice rang out again, drowning out all the noise. "The original copies of these photos, along with this woman's services for tonight. One dollar gets you both."His words were the final straw that broke me completely.I shook my head desperately, tears mixing with blood streaming down my face. "Domenico... please don't... I'm begging you, don't do this..."Alice nestled in his arms and covered her mo

Chapter 5

The phone shattered with a loud crack, fragments flying everywhere.The car suddenly swerved to the side of the road and stopped. I was stunned by his abrupt action. Before I could react, his hand clamped around my throat. His grip was so tight it felt like he would strangle me to death."Lucia, didn't I warn you not to scheme anything to hurt Alice?" His eyes were bloodshot, like a wild animal out of control. "She's carrying my child! How dare you go after her!"I immediately understood. Alice had gotten into a car accident on the road, and it just happened to be while she was driving my car—while I was not in it."Domenico, wait! This wasn't me! I didn't do anything!" I desperately tried to explain, attempting to bring him back to reason.However, Domenico would not listen at all. He jerked the steering wheel violently and slammed his foot down on the gas pedal."Shut up! I'm taking you to the hospital right now so you can kneel and apologize to her face!" he roared as the car

Chapter 6

The moment the flames shot into the sky, a pair of strong hands yanked me out through the other side of the car window.It was Salvatore's personal bodyguard.I was covered in blood, my consciousness fading. I was shoved into an armored car parked in the shadows.Through the tinted one-way glass, I watched Domenico arrive and rush toward the burning wreckage like a madman. He knelt before the inferno, clutching that plate in his hand. His expression was agonized and lost.I thought I would feel heartbroken, that I would be reluctant to leave. However, as I touched my still aching abdomen and felt the faint flutter of two tiny lives, all I felt was emptiness.Salvatore sat beside me and handed me a tissue. He sighed. "Let's go, child."I looked away. I would not spare that man I had loved for ten years another glance."Signora Calvetti died in that fire."The car started and disappeared silently into the Cecilo night.…Domenico returned to the hospital in shambles. The doctor

Chapter 7

I recuperated at the estate Salvatore had arranged for me.The scenery was beautiful, and it was far from the noise of the world. No one here knew my past. No one knew I was once Signora Calvetti.Through surveillance footage and informant reports, I watched coldly as everything unfolded within the Calvetti family.Domenico did not kill Alice.He locked her in the same basement where I had once been imprisoned. He confiscated all her jewelry and made her wear rough burlap clothes. Every day, she received only moldy bread and murky water.It was just like he had once done to me.However, he was not faring much better himself.In just two weeks, Domenico had wasted away beyond recognition. His eyes were sunken, and his hair had gone mostly white. All traces of the once commanding Don had vanished.He no longer handled family business. He spent all day locked inside the ruins of the library he had blown up.That library was my father's life's work, but Domenico had personally des

Chapter 8

The bullet grazed past Alice's cheek and shattered the mirror behind her. Glass shards rained down on her.Alice lost control of her bladder and collapsed to the floor, trembling violently. "Don't kill me! Domenico, don't kill me!"Domenico threw the stack of documents in her face. Papers were scattered across the ground. "So, it was you. It was always you!" He advanced step by step, blood-red tears streaming from his eyes. They were the manifestation of extreme grief and rage."You fabricated that video to frame Lucia. You bribed the doctor to fake your pregnancy. You even tried to kill the children in her womb! Because of a worthless whore like you, I killed the woman I loved most. I killed my own flesh and blood!"He raised the gun and aimed it at Alice's forehead, his finger tight on the trigger."No! Domenico! Don't kill me!" Alice screamed. In this life-or-death moment, she suddenly cried out. "I know a secret about Lucia! About that dagger!"Domenico's finger froze on th

Chapter 9

Three years later, the situation in Cecilo had changed dramatically.Under Domenico's negligent rule, the Calvetti family was in steady decline. Many territories had been carved up by other families.The once mighty mafia Don had become a wreck who spent his days drinking himself into oblivion, while I had emerged as Signora L.With the assets my mother left behind and Salvatore's support, I acquired Cecilo's largest port with ruthless efficiency and monopolized half of Urop's shipping business. I had become the most powerful woman in Cecilo.No one knew my real name. No one knew my past. They only knew that Signora L was ruthless and shrewd, and that no one dared cross her.Tonight was the Calvetti family's last shred of dignity. To settle debts, Domenico had no choice but to auction off the family's ancestral estate.The auction hall was magnificent and packed with distinguished guests.Domenico sat in a corner wearing a shabby suit. His hair was disheveled, and his eyes were

Chapter 10

The screen displayed a newly completed acquisition contract. Every asset of the Calvetti family now belonged to me."As for you..." I looked Domenico up and down the same way he had once appraised me at the auction, my eyes full of contempt. "You're not even worthy of licking my boots now."Domenico's face turned deathly pale, but he did not care at all about the wealth and status he had lost. He just stared at me in a daze, as if me being alive was the greatest mercy he could receive."It's okay, it's okay..." he rambled incoherently. "What matters is that you're alive. Lucia, can we start over? I got rid of that bitch Alice. I stayed celibate for three years for you. I think about you every day. I've been atoning every day—""Celibate for three years?" I let out a cold laugh, cutting off his self-indulgent speech. "You didn't do it to atone. You did it to make yourself feel better, to escape the guilt of killing your wife and children with your own hands."Domenico, don't dress

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