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Chapter 1

[Alessia's POV]Everyone called me Nuvak's most dangerous rose—soft curves, hourglass figure, and flawless skin.I was halfway through a reckless summer in Prisa when my father, Paolo Moretti, who only cared about the family's interests, summoned me home with a single text."Get back to Nuvak, now. You're marrying into the Luca family."I snorted at his message.Vito Luca. The living legend of Nuvak's underworld and the youngest Don in the city.Everyone said he was cold-blooded and restrained. He never lost control in front of anyone, nor did he waste a single second on anything or anyone meaningless.He loved staying shut away in his study, pulling strings behind the scenes. I loved soaking in the neon haze of nightclubs, doing whatever the hell I wanted. He acted like every step was part of a plan. I acted on impulse.Marrying a man like that? Just imagining it made me feel smothered.…Three days later, I stood in Moretti Manor's living room, staring at my father's perpet

Chapter 2

[Alessia's POV]The shocking revelation left my mind blank. I felt like all my blood had been drained in an instant.Vito had lied to me. He had someone he loved but couldn't have. He'd deceived me. Then what did that make me?I stood at the doorway, my fingernails digging so hard into my palms that my fingertips went numb with pain. I wanted to storm in, grab him by the collar, and demand an explanation.Right then, a bodyguard suddenly rushed up to Vito and bent down to whisper something in his ear.Vito's expression changed in a heartbeat. He snatched his jacket and bolted for the door. When he passed me, his shoulder slammed hard into mine. However, he didn't stop. He didn't even look at me.I stood there, frozen, feeling the cold spread inch by inch through my body. Then, almost on instinct, I followed him. His car ultimately pulled up outside an abandoned warehouse in Blacklyn.I hid in the shadows and watched Vito kick open the warehouse door and charge in with a group of

Chapter 3

[Alessia's POV]Cecilia took a deep breath and laid everything out before me.She and Vito were already together and madly in love three years ago. They'd been serious enough about each other to discuss marriage.Then, she was suddenly diagnosed with a rare blood disease. There was only one extremely expensive, life-saving drug that could keep her alive. In all of Nuvak, my father was the only one with an exclusive channel to get it.Vito had swallowed his pride and gone to beg my father. My father named his price—he had a spoiled, out-of-control daughter that no one could rein in. As long as Vito married me and made me have his child, my father would indefinitely supply the drug to Vito.And so, Vito had married me, cutting off any future he could've had with Cecilia.That explained everything. I now understood why no matter how wildly I acted, Vito was dead set on marrying me. All the indulgence he'd shown me after marriage was nothing but a forced compromise for another woman'

Chapter 4

[Alessia's POV]"First, give the medicine to Vito immediately so he has nothing left to worry about. Second, use every connection you have to get me divorced from Vito finalized as soon as possible," I said.My father drafted the agreement on the spot. It spelled everything out clearly in black and white—once the divorce officially took effect, I would voluntarily give up all inheritance rights to the Moretti family fortune. In return, he would hand over the special medication to Vito.I picked up the pen and signed my name on the agreement. Every stroke of the pen was a clean, ruthless cut.After signing, I didn't go back to the Luca family estate. Instead, I headed to the nightclub I used to frequent.I drowned myself there for three days straight. I knocked back one glass of hard liquor after another and danced on the floor until my body gave out. I tried to numb myself with alcohol.At one point, a man reeking of booze stepped in front of me, reaching for my waist. "Hey, gorg

Chapter 5

[Alessia's POV]When I came to, I was in the hospital. Through the haze, I felt myself being rushed toward an operating room. The nurses' anxious voices buzzed around me."Both women are severely injured with cranial hemorrhage and multiple fractures. We only have one OR left today—there've been too many car crash victims. Whoever goes in later might not make it. Don Luca, you have to decide who we operate on first!"The next second, I heard Vito's voice, wrecked and hoarse. "Save them both! Can't one of them be transferred to another hospital?""No can do, Don Luca! In their condition, they can't be moved at all! You have to decide right now!"Silence fell, heavy and suffocating.I forced my eyes open just a sliver and saw Vito standing at the OR doors. His jaw was clenched tight, and on his face was a kind of struggle and torment I had never seen before.In the end, he spoke as if it took everything out of him. "Save… Cecilia first."He'd chosen Cecilia. I already knew the tr

Chapter 6

[Alessia's POV]Vito frowned slightly. He was about to ask me what I meant when a bodyguard suddenly knocked on the door and came in. He leaned down and whispered something into Vito's ear.Vito's expression hardened, and he immediately stood up. "Alessia, there's an urgent family matter that I have to deal with now. I'll come back to check in on you later."I watched him hurry off, knowing exactly what was going on.An urgent matter? Please. He was just going to the room next door to take care of his delicate, helpless Cecilia.In the days that followed, I stayed in the hospital to recover from my injuries. I passed Cecilia's room countless times when the nurses wheeled me out for various tests. Each time, I glanced through the half-open door to see Vito inside, personally caring for her.He fed her water, peeled apples for her, and murmured reassurances. He was so patient and gentle that it was as if he'd turned into a completely different person.Each time, I only glanced ins

Chapter 7

[Alessia's POV]I had no idea how much time had passed before I finally came to. I lay there, listening to the muffled voices outside the door.It was Cecilia. Her voice was thick with sobs, soft and pitiful. "Vito… I'm sorry. I really don't know how Alessia ended up in the morgue. I was just joking with her when I told her I put the jewelry there and she could head there to look for it. I didn't think she'd take me seriously…"Now she's called the police. They came knocking and accused me of unlawful imprisonment… What am I supposed to do?"Vito was quiet for a moment. Then, he said reassuringly, "I've already signed a settlement with the police as Alessia's family member. It'll be fine, so don't be scared."I lay on the cold hospital bed, listening to them, feeling like my heart was being sliced open. Cecilia had locked me in the morgue and almost made me freeze to death, yet Vito had just brushed it off and signed a settlement for her.I grabbed the glass medicine bottle by my

Chapter 8

[Alessia's POV]I got seven stitches in the emergency room. As the nurse bandaged me up, she couldn't help sighing. "How did you get hurt this badly? Where's Don Luca? Why isn't he here with you?"I kept my eyes closed and didn't answer.During the following days in the hospital, I constantly overheard the nurses whispering about how Vito stayed by Cecilia's bedside, watching over her around the clock after she had almost drowned and gotten a fever. I listened to them talk about how gentle and attentive he was.I heard every word they said, but I was completely numb inside by now. I couldn't even squeeze out a single tear.My stitches had yet to be removed when I had myself discharged from the hospital. Back at the Luca family estate, I quietly packed my things, putting everything into suitcases one piece at a time.Once I was done, I got a call from my father. He said, "The divorce is done and will be announced internally to the five largest families tomorrow. Everyone will know

Chapter 9

[Third-Person POV]Vito's mind went blank.Divorced? He and Alessia were divorced? When did that happen? Why didn't he know anything about it?Before he could recover from the bombshell, the Moretti family's butler shuffled over and handed him a sealed pillbox, a complicated look on his face."Don Luca, this is the special medication for Ms. Romano's blood disorder. Don Moretti told me to give it to you," he said.Vito's head snapped up. He stared at the butler in disbelief. "What? Why is he suddenly willing to hand it over?"The butler sighed. "Ms. Moretti traded everything she had for it. She made a deal with Don Moretti. As long as he gives you this medicine, she'll voluntarily give up all rights to the Moretti family inheritance and never set foot in Nuvak again for the rest of her life."Alessia would never set foot in Nuvak again for the rest of her life.Those words crashed into Vito's heart like a sledgehammer. He went berserk and charged into the main house of the esta

Chapter 10

[Third-Person POV]Paolo asked, "What else could I do? Alessia was threatening me with her life. I couldn't just stand there and watch her die, could I? Maybe this is for the best, Vito. You're free now, and you've gotten the medicine. You can finally go save the person you really want to save.""That's enough!" Vito cut him off, his voice edged with a panic he didn't even notice was there.It was then that everything became painfully clear to him. Alessia knew the whole truth. She knew there was someone he loved but could never have; she knew their marriage had started as a filthy transaction. She knew every bit of tenderness and indulgence he'd shown her had all been an act.So, the woman who was proud down to her bones had chosen the most ruthless way to sever every tie with him. She'd walked away from billions in inheritance and given up on Nuvak, the city where she'd grown up. She'd left everything behind, all so she could disappear from his life completely.This was no tantr

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