Lahat ng Kabanata ng Silent No More: The Donna’s Revenge: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 10

I picked up my wine glass and took a long drink to keep myself from crashing out.Nico's hand found mine under the table, squeezing gently. He signed with his free hand. “Are you sure you're alright? You seem distant tonight.”I pulled my hand away . “I'm fine. Just tired.”His brow furrowed, but before he could respond, Isabella appeared at his other side, tugging on his sleeve."Papa, Aunt Valentina said she'd take me shopping tomorrow for a dress. Can I go?"Nico smiled and ruffled Isabella's hair."Of course, piccola. Whatever you want."Isabella beamed and ran back to Valentina, who pulled her onto her lap like she was the child's real mother.I watched them together and felt the last fragile thread inside my chest snap clean in half.I stood abruptly. The conversation around the table died."It’s getting late," I said. "I want to go back to the estate and rest."Nico pushed his chair back immediately and moved to stand beside me.I pressed my hand gently against his shoulder and

My pulse quickened for just a moment as his eyes searched my face desperately for answers."Maria needed those documents to relocate to Sicily after her husband was killed last month.""His enemies are still circling and she needs to disappear quietly before they find her.""She borrowed my credentials because the Marchetti name provides protection in Sicily."As I spoke, I reached out calmly and took the documents from his trembling hand without any rush in my movements.Only then did his shoulders drop slightly with relief flooding his features.He pulled me against his chest."For a moment I thought you were leaving me and I could not think straight, could not breathe at all."I stood rigid in his embrace until he finally loosened his grip and stepped back.Isabella appeared in the doorway wearing a new dress I had never seen before，and signed to me. "Mama, Papa bought you something special today, do you want to see what it is?"Nico's expression turned hopeful as he led me toward t

Third-person POVThe morning of their seventh wedding anniversary arrived and Nico couldn't hide his joy, especially after Giulia promised him a surprise.Isabella knocked on his bedroom door while he was getting dressed . "Papa, I cannot find Mama anywhere and I have been searching the entire house since dawn this morning."He frowned and followed his daughter down the hallway to check Giulia's private rooms for himself right away.Her bedroom was completely empty with closets stripped bare and all personal items removed from their usual spots.Calling his underboss Carlo immediately, he demanded to know if anyone had seen his wife leave the estate this morning."Donna departed early saying she needed to finalize preparations for tonight's surprise before the ceremony begins."Relief flooded through him and he smiled at Isabella to ease the worry written clearly across her young face."Your mother enjoys making dramatic entrances and she is probably getting ready somewhere private rig

The refuge had no proper schedule so I created one myself.Morning hours belonged to the deaf children learning advanced sign language and reading lips when possible.Afternoons I spent teaching others basic literacy and mathematics.Between lessons I treated injuries that had been ignored for too long, cleaning infected wounds and resetting bones that had healed crooked.Paolo, the young man who had been listening outside the window on my first day, appeared every single day without fail.He never announced himself or asked permission, just came when lessons began and disappeared when they ended.Eventually I stopped pretending not to notice and gestured for him to sit with the others.He took a spot in the back corner where he could see everything but remain partially hidden.During lessons he never spoke unless I asked him a direct question, but his eyes tracked every word I wrote on the chalkboard.The younger children would lose focus after twenty minutes, but Paolo sat perfectly

alking inside the refuge after dismissing Nico and Isabella, I felt no trace of compassion for their suffering outside.The emotional chaos made continuing the day's lessons impossible, so I dismissed the children early.Village elders began gathering outside the refuge, their faces pressed close to the windows as they watched the scene unfold.They gestured animatedly among themselves, clearly debating how an ordinary woman like me had captured such obsessive devotion from a Don.Honestly, I could not understand it myself.If Nico truly loved me as desperately as he claimed, betrayal would have been unthinkable from the beginning.But having already chosen Valentina and created a child with her, why chase me across continents now?Why stage this elaborate performance of remorse?The contradictions made no logical sense, but I had already decided with absolute certainty that my path forward excluded him completely.The connection between us had died the moment I discovered his betrayal