Semua Bab For His True Love, He Lost His Throne: Bab 1 - Bab 9

The next morning, Matteo took me to the ski resort. On the way there, he suddenly said, "Isabella is coming today, too."I turned to look out the window, giving him a flat hum and nothing more.His expression darkened before he squeezed my hand and softly said, "She's the only one who can get a message through to the Castelli Famiglia, so please don't make this difficult for me."When the car pulled up at the base of the mountain, I saw Isabella waving at us through the window. She was pressed in professional ski gear, smiling brightly and confidently.They talked while I sat quietly to the side. I didn't interrupt or even bother changing into my ski gear.She glanced at me and laughed lightly. "Are you scared, Donna? "Don't worry. Don Rossini is a professional skier. He's the one who taught me everything I know, and the last time I sprained my ankles, he carried me on his back the whole way down."Matteo was briefly stunned. "That was ages ago."Before I could react, he grabb

"Divorce?" Matteo frowned deeply. "We're talking about you betraying the Famiglia right now. Don't change the subject, and tell me how much you have revealed to the Castellis."I let out a self-mocking laugh. "I haven't told them a single thing."He impatiently rubbed the bridge of his nose and said, "My patience has its limits, Bianca."Isabella soothingly patted his back. "Don Rossini, the Donna probably doesn't know many inside details anyway, so she couldn't have leaked anything important."If she refuses to confess, I'll find a way to extract the truth from the Castellis myself. Trust me."Matteo's expression eased slightly, but the way he looked at me was still cold. He called Fabio over. "Lock her up. No one lets her out without my permission."As Fabio strode toward me with a smug look, my first reaction wasn't anger. Instead, it was relief.This was the final nail in the coffin that killed any lingering feelings I had for Matteo."Don't bother. I'll go myself."Matt

Matteo whipped around as one of the guards couldn't help blurting out, "C-Could it really be the Donna's Padre?""Impossible," Isabella immediately snapped. "A man with his meager influence couldn't possibly breach the gates. I bet it's the Castellis!"Matteo's expression immediately darkened. He grabbed my chin and hissed through gritted teeth, "What exactly did you tell them to make them bold enough to storm Tenuta Ombra, Bianca?"I looked at him and could feel my heart completely freeze over. "Matteo, I'll say this one last time—I'm not the one who leaked your secrets."He faltered. "If it isn't you, who else could it be?"I let out a soft laugh and looked past him at Isabella, whose face had gone deathly pale. Fabio barked, "What are you implying? Ms. Ginevra's always been the Famiglia's most trusted asset; she'd never betray us!""Exactly! If it were her, the Castellis would've struck ages ago. Why would they wait until now?""Sounds like a thief crying thief to me!"Jus

That day, I left with Papa after saying those words. I wasn't sure if Matteo truly understood what I meant then, but three days later, I was certain he did.His Famiglia projects bottomed out as the Castellis drove them straight to the ground, and his arm deals were intercepted mid-transit. Even the Famiglia itself was thoroughly infiltrated. Spies and traitors were popping up faster than he could root them out.It turned out Isabella had leaked every scrap of the Famiglia's intel in a desperate bid to escape.For a time, endless chaos erupted with the Famiglia. Every day, Matteo was met with fresh reports of disaster that sent him into fits of blind rage in his office. As a man who had never smoked, he now burned through one cigar after another, suffocating under the weight of his overwhelming fury. But he had personally executed the culprit responsible for the disaster.My Underboss reported every detail of his decline to me, as if he thought it would please me. But even afte