All Chapters of Ten Years, One Abandonment: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

The diamond ring, worth a fortune, fell to the floor and was kicked away by Anthony Oliver's hurried steps, skidding out of sight.Before Mabel Samson could react, her vision darkened as the man slammed into her shoulder.She wore ten-centimeter heels. Caught off guard, she lost her balance and fell hard. Her palm pressed into the thorns of a rose arrangement, blood spilling instantly.Mabel had stayed by Anthony's side for ten years.She had followed him from the days when he was a hunted, destitute illegitimate son to the man who now ruled the city's underworld as the Don of the Oliver family.She had taken bullets for him and drunk herself into gastric bleeding for him. In the gun battle that cemented the Oliver family's standing, she had driven him out while he lay critically injured and unconscious, carving a path through gunfire to escape.That was life-and-death loyalty etched into bone and blood.Everyone said she was the Don's untouchable weakness.Yet now, he crushed

Night had already fallen when Anthony returned to Saint Laurent Manor.When he pushed the door open, he saw Mabel sitting on the sofa. The lights were off. Moonlight spilled in through the windows, stretching her silhouette into something lonely and cold.Seeing her like this, his heart softened despite himself. The agitation from earlier ebbed away.He crouched in front of her, lowering his voice. "Does your arm still hurt? I'm sorry. I didn't control my strength. Let me apply the medicine for you."Mabel said nothing, only turning away from his touch.Anthony sighed and took out the gift he had prepared."The emerald jewelry set you liked at the last auction."I know you're still upset about Cheryl, but we're family. Don’t let an outsider come between us."She finally reacted, but instead of looking at the jewelry, she reached beneath the cushion and pulled out a stack of documents."I don't need an apology. Just sign these."On top was a Withdrawal Agreement from the Olive

Cheryl did not die from the fall.Of course, she would not. She valued her life far too much.She had only dared to do it because she knew there was a swimming pool below.By the time Anthony arrived, the scene was already in chaos.Cheryl had been pulled from the water. The bloody wound in her shoulder was horrifying to look at. She was barely conscious, her lips trembling as she kept murmuring incoherently, "Don't kill me… Don't kill me…"He lifted his head and looked upward.His gaze collided with that of the expressionless woman standing above."Mabel!"In Anthony's eyes, there was only a cruel, jealous woman who had fired a gun and tried to kill someone.He handed Cheryl over to the doctors, then strode straight up to the terrace.Using nearly all his strength, he grabbed Mabel by the shoulders. He looked as though he wanted to crush her."Have you lost your mind?! What did Cheryl ever do to you? How could you bring yourself to do this? You hate her that much? The momen

The Elysium was a floating palace at sea. It was luxurious beyond excess.The negotiations went unusually smoothly, so smoothly that even Anthony found it unexpected. The notoriously difficult Nordic arms dealer was uncharacteristically agreeable this time. After signing the contract early, he headed downstairs to the casino for entertainment.Late into the night, disaster struck without warning.An explosion erupted from the lower deck. The massive vessel shuddered violently."It's an attack! Protect the Don!"Henry roared as he charged forward, but it was already too late.Masked men in black tactical gear swarmed aboard from all sides of the ship. Highly trained and heavily armed, they tore through the outer defenses in seconds, ripping straight through the perimeter soldati.The man at the front pulled off his mask, revealing a face carved with scars."Poison Scorpion?!"It was the enemy Anthony had battled for years.Two years ago, that very man had brutally killed Zacha

No matter how many times his Consigliere, Henry, tried to remind him, carefully and tactfully, that there was absolutely no chance of survival after an explosion like that, Anthony stubbornly refused to withdraw the search-and-rescue teams."If she's alive, I want to see her."If she's dead, I want to see her body."That was the Don’s order.As long as he had not seen a corpse, he would assume she was alive. Perhaps the waves had carried her to some deserted island, waiting for her Don to find her.Anthony began sinking into waking visions of Mabel.She stood in the slums, taking a knife for him, her face smeared with blood yet smiling brilliantly."Thank goodness, Don. You survived."She stood in front of him, gun in hand, purging family traitors. "Anyone who wants to touch the Don should ask my gun for permission first."…Later, her voice turned calm and distant. "You didn't disappoint me after all.""Mabel!"He jolted awake, drenched in cold sweat, instinctively reachin