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Lahat ng Kabanata ng His to Lose: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 10

10 Kabanata

Chapter 1

"Sophia! I'm talking to you. Did you hear me?"I jolted awake, looked up, and found myself sitting in my father's office—Don Moretti's office.The desk reflected the cold light, showing my twenty-five-year-old face.I was reborn.I was back at the turning point of my fate—the day Father finalized my engagement to Dante and prepared to send Elena abroad for her studies.In my past life, Father sat in this leather chair that symbolized absolute power, deciding my marriage with a tone that brooked no argument.And Elena, the girl my family had sponsored, looking as fragile as a damsel in distress, stood right here. With tears in her eyes, she said she was willing to go to the border, dedicating her life to the noble cause of medicine, just so she wouldn't ruin Dante's and my "happiness."Back then, for the sake of family glory and a girl's infatuation, I nodded and accepted this loveless arrangement."Dante is the sharpest blade in our family. Only if you marry him can I trust him to work

Chapter 2

Dante rushed over like a hurricane.He quickly shielded Elena, who was on the ground, in his arms. Those deep, brooding blue eyes locked onto me, looking as if he wanted to tear me apart right there."Sophia Moretti! You've only been back from Europe for a few days, and you're already throwing your weight around as the heir?"He growled through gritted teeth, his voice trembling with rage."Do you think everything in this world can be bought with money? Apart from being born lucky, what do you have?"He looked down at Elena, who was crying her heart out in his arms, his movements as gentle as if he were protecting a rare treasure."Elena is a woman with a soul, a noble woman. She's different from a Mafia viper like you, who reeks of old money!"Mafia viper?Hearing that term, I actually wanted to laugh.In my past life, to help him gain legitimacy, to turn him from a killer in the shadows into a legal business elite, how much blood did I get on my hands? How many bullets did I take for

Chapter 3

I slowly lifted my head, my gaze looking past the blood between my fingers, and stared at his face, which was written all over with impatience and disgust. The last shred of the warm illusion of being "childhood sweethearts" in my heart was thoroughly shattered by his own hands.In Dante's eyes, everything about the Moretti family, including my feelings, was nothing but cheap goods piled up with blood-stained cash.I didn't cry. I didn't even frown.Under everyone's gaze, I simply used my slightly trembling hands to pick up the dusty emerald fragments, piece by piece.Then, I walked around them and stepped into the shadows without looking back.From that moment on, I knew I was completely free.Over the next few days, I began to methodically sever all my ties with this underworld empire.The three custom Ferraris my father gave me, the sets of Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry in the safe, and those limited-edition handbags that symbolized the status of "Miss Moretti"—I sent them all to the u

Chapter 4

Not long after, Dante had his entourage send me a jewelry box, supposedly as "compensation" for breaking the pendant.It was a common plastic packaging box, so cheap it was almost laughable.Elena sat on the velvet sofa nearby, covering her mouth and giggling."Sophia, Dante has been dealing with the gang war at the docks recently. He must be too busy, so he just bought whatever. How about... after we get married, I'll go with you to a proper mall to pick out a good one?"I picked up the cheap box and walked to the edge of the terrace.Under Elena's shocked gaze, I didn't even look at it and threw it straight down.Nothing could replace my mother.In that dark past life filled with smoke and betrayal, that pendant was my only emotional anchor. Since it was broken, let it be broken completely."Sophia! How dare you..."Elena was so angry her face turned pale.I ignored her screaming.I was busy counting the contraband antibiotics for the illegal clinic at the Mexican border.A few days

Chapter 5

My father—Don Moretti—looked at the stunned Dante from the stage, his lips curling into a cruel, mocking smile."What's wrong, Dante? Isn't this what you've always dreamed of?"Father's voice echoed through the silent cathedral."You've always looked down on the 'filth' of the Moretti family. You felt Sophia stained your noble soul with her status and money. So, she decided to let you have your way.""She has already gone to the Mexican border. From now on, you and your 'little angel' Elena are a match made in heaven, witnessed by God himself. Without the Moretti engagement holding you hostage, you should feel free.""What did you say?"Dante's voice cracked instantly. He took a sharp step forward, the blood draining from his usually cold face, replaced for the first time by a look of near-mad panic."She went to the border? That lawless hellhole crawling with cartels and mercenaries? When did she leave! Why didn't anyone tell me!"He stared at my father like a trapped beast, every wor

Chapter 6

Elena's face, pure as a lily, flashed through his mind, along with the words she had whispered in his arms countless times:"Dante, I only have you. Sophia always looks at me like that, as if I stole something from her..."It turned out, she wasn't innocent at all.And I was the real victim of this farce.He remembered the gala, how my eyes looked dead and silent when he mocked my mother's death.He wanted to put a bullet in his own head.Dante rushed back to the Moretti Manor like a madman.He found Elena sitting on the genuine leather sofa—my favorite spot—laughing triumphantly into the phone:"Mom, the plan worked. That stupid woman went to the border to die. Everything the Moretti family owns, and that stupid man, belongs to me now..."Dante charged at her, his eyes bloodshot, and gripped her shoulder so hard he nearly crushed her bones."Why! Why did you kill Sophia's mother!"The color drained from Elena's face instantly. She looked at the file in Dante's hand, her voice shaking.

Chapter 7

When Dante found me in that underground clinic reeking of disinfectant and cordite, I had just finished stitching up a civilian hit by gang crossfire.I didn't plan on acknowledging him. In this lawless place, every ounce of energy was vital.But he stood there like a ghost lost in the wilderness, eyes bloodshot, blocking my path.Then, he carefully opened his hand to reveal the emerald pendant."Sophia, I'm sorry."His voice was hoarse, like it had been ground over sandpaper, and his eyes were rimmed with red."I found out... the whole truth. Elena and her greedy mother have paid the price.""Look, your mother's necklace. I had it restored. I hired the best craftsmen in New York..."I calmly pulled my hand back and looked at him."Dante."I spoke slowly, my tone completely flat."You didn't do anything wrong, and neither did I.""It's just that we..."I paused, letting every word stab precisely into his heart."...we can't go back. The necklace is fixed, but a blade that’s drawn blood

Chapter 8

Gravel and debris quickly buried my lower body."Sophia!"The two men closest to me went pale at the same time."Don't come over! It's a chain trap!" I screamed.Julian reacted fast, quickly uncoiling his climbing rope to find an anchor point.But just then, the crumbling half of a load-bearing wall above my head, shaken by the earlier movement, snapped completely. Tons of concrete blocks and exposed rebar came crashing down right on top of me!It was Death's door."Sophia!"A shadow moved faster than Julian's rope. It was Dante.The man who once had nothing but cold words for me because of Elena exploded with a near-suicidal instinct in that split second.He threw himself forward without hesitation. A second before the rebar hit, he used his back and arms to create a human shield over the narrow pit.Crack—It was the sound of bones shattering. I could feel hot liquid dripping onto my cheek, carrying the strong metallic tang of rust.Dante let out a suppressed, agonizing roar. His mus

Chapter 9

"That day in the pit, I was even prepared to die. Sophia, I saved you. Just like I saved you in the ocean in our past life. This time, I didn't die. That means we still have a future..."Watching his self-righteous display of emotion, I felt not a ripple of movement in my heart, only a wave of nausea.I slowly leaned down, bringing my lips close to his ear."Dante, do you think you're great? Do you think that just because you died like a hero, or almost died like this, I should be weeping with gratitude and wipe away ten years of torture?"His pupils constricted sharply, and his lips trembled."I just wanted to make it up to you...""Make it up?"I interrupted him, my eyes cold as ice."Do you know what happened after you died in your past life?"Dante froze. In his memory, the end of his life was the tragic, heroic curtain call of his love story."You died quickly enough. But what did you leave for me?" I said, enunciating every word."Your loyal dogs accused me of being a Black Widow

Chapter 10

Deep autumn in New York. The maple leaves were as red as blood.The bells of St. Patrick's Cathedral rang out, startling a flock of white doves in the square.This place was the start of my nightmare in my past life, and the end of that ridiculous engagement party.But today, I chose this place to put a period on the wedding of Julian and me.There was no suffocating Mafia pomp, no fully armed bodyguards.The church was full of my friends from medical school, colleagues from charities, and volunteer doctors who had flown in specially from the border.I wore a simple white veil, holding Julian's arm as we walked down the long red carpet.Sunlight spilled onto the altar through the stained glass. Everything seemed so peaceful and holy.The vows, the exchange of rings, the kiss.The ceremony was complete.When Julian and I walked out of the church and got into the convertible covered in flowers, the sunset had already dyed the horizon red.The car drove onto the interstate highway leading

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