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Three minutes later, Damian came through the door with the cold still clinging to his coat.The living room was dark. When he saw me by the entrance, guilt crossed his face.“Sorry. I helped Sofia move this afternoon and fell asleep downstairs. Have you been waiting long?”“Where did she move?”Damian paused.“Downstairs.”I had already guessed, yet hearing him admit it still felt absurd. One floor below the home Damian and I had shared for seven years was the home he had prepared for his future Donna.“The Bellinis entrusted her to me. I promised I’d look after her. Having her close makes things easier.”Easier.He could give her the public title, the wedding, and now a home directly beneath mine, all for convenience.Damian noticed my expression.“Don’t keep dwelling on this. I’ll take you for wedding photos tomorrow. You used to ask me about them.”He had spent the day choosing a wedding dress with Sofia, and now he was offering me photographs that could never be shown publicly.“Fo

Damian froze for a second, then rubbed between his brows as though this were another argument that would eventually pass.“Elena, stop. We’ve been married for seven years, and you’re carrying our child. You’re not really going to leave me.”His phone rang before I could answer.Sofia was calling to remind him that her parents were still waiting upstairs.Damian told her he was coming, then looked back at me.“Once the Donna ceremony is over, I’ll fix what happened today. I’ll get the ring back too. We’ll talk when we’re home.”Then he turned and walked away.I didn’t stop him.The next day, my mother accompanied me to a prenatal appointment.We were crossing an intersection when a black car slammed into us from behind.The impact threw me forward. When I looked down, blood was already soaking through my skirt.My mother screamed my name.Before I lost consciousness, I saw Sofia climbing out of the car behind us through the shattered window.“I’m sorry. I couldn’t stop in time. I swear

Damian fell silent.That was answer enough.Even if he had learned about the baby a few hours earlier, he would have been devastated. He would have regretted everything. But Marco’s sacrifice would still have been hanging over him. Sofia had lost her husband, and the Bellinis had entrusted their daughter to him. In the end, he still would have asked me to accept that she never meant for any of this to happen.That had been the pattern for years.Whenever I was hurt, Damian believed he could make it up to me later. Whatever he owed the Bellinis always had to be repaid immediately.I looked at him and realized there were still things I wanted to say. Once I did, he could take his apologies and finally leave my life.“On our seventh anniversary, I went to a bridal boutique alone.”Damian looked startled.“I put on a wedding dress for the first time, and you were outside helping Sofia choose what she would wear for her Donna ceremony. Later, you told me that I was the legal Mrs. Valenti, s

Sofia’s face went pale.“Damian, I…”She stopped, then finally gave up trying to deny it.“I knew the baby was gone. The doctors also said Elena wasn’t in danger. I was afraid that if you found out, you would cancel the Donna ceremony. Everything had already been arranged, and my parents had been waiting for this for so long…”Damian’s expression turned colder with every word.“So you told me she was fine.”Sofia’s eyes filled with tears.“I know I was wrong. The crash wasn’t intentional. I panicked because I thought everything was about to fall apart.”She glanced at me.“Once the Donna ceremony is over, I’ll move out. I won’t interfere with your life again.”“There won’t be a Donna ceremony.”Sofia looked up sharply.“What?”“It’s canceled.”Damian stood near the hospital door, his voice low and final.“Marco saved my life, and I’ll continue honoring what I owe him. Your living expenses, security, and everything the Bellini family was promised will remain.”He paused.“From now on, t