Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Mafia Heir Begged After I Left: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 10

Five years ago, Dante proposed to me."Ana, I'm sorry. Because of who I am and what my family does, I can't make our relationship public and I can't give you a grand wedding. But I'll give you my heart and all of my love. This agreement is the last protection I can give you. If I ever betray you, I'll give you everything I own."Then he signed his name with a flourish."Marry me, Ana."I was moved to tears. I threw my arms around him and kissed him.For five years, I kept that agreement safe and never once took it out.I even imagined that years from now, when our hair had turned white, I would show it to our children or grandchildren and tell them about the love between Dante and me when we were young.Back then, their father had risked so much to be with their mother.The agreement would stand as proof of our love.Now it mocked my helplessness and grief.After I signed it, I contacted the legal team that handled the family's affairs and sent it to them.Once that was done, I took a

As several people lifted me into the ambulance, one image stayed burned into my mind beneath the bright lights.I saw Dante frantically shielding Vivienne.Both hands were pressed protectively over her belly.I closed my eyes.In the emergency room, the doctor inserted a long needle into my vein."Ma'am, we can't save your baby."I stared blankly at the ceiling as my last emotional defense finally crumbled.I opened my cracked lips and said quietly, "Then don't let anyone know my baby ever existed. Please."Violent pain swept over me, and I quickly lost consciousness.When I woke, the doctor told me the procedure had gone well.But it had been difficult for me to get pregnant in the first place, and because the miscarriage was caused by trauma, I would never be able to have children again.It felt as though someone had ripped my heart apart.I nodded, pulled the blanket over my head, and sobbed uncontrollably.My phone chimed several times.It was Dante."Are you feeling better? Vivi g

Realizing she had said too much, Vivienne's eyes darted away, and she quickly turned to leave.Dante caught her wrist."They told me you ordered Ana's death, and I couldn't believe it. When I saw you just now, I kept wanting to ask you about it. But I was afraid of hurting you, so I held it in."He enunciated every word. "Vivienne, you've been after my family this whole time, haven't you? You wanted to kill Ana and take her place, didn't you?"Vivienne gave a cold laugh."You really are ridiculous, Dante. We've known each other for twenty years, and you still don't know me? I'm not some lovesick fool. I've always gotten what I wanted."She nodded."You're right. I want Anna dead, and I want everything you have. But you forced my hand! You knew perfectly well how much I've loved you all these years, but you never once acknowledged it. Then you went and married an outsider! When the two of you were all over each other in front of me, did either of you ever think about how I felt? What do

Something seemed to brush lightly against my heart.I frowned."You have the wrong person, sir. I don't know you, and my name isn't Anna Reid."With that, I turned to leave.Then a hand clamped down on my wrist."Ana, stop hiding. Please. Do you have any idea how much I've missed you all this time?"Dante's voice was hoarse and trembling.I turned back and looked him over carefully.I hadn't seen him in over three months, and he really did seem different from before.He was so thin I could barely recognize him. His eyes were sunken, and he looked nothing like the confident mafia heir he used to be.He was no longer the man I'd loved.The thought left me with mixed feelings.Dante spoke softly. "It's all been a misunderstanding, Ana. I'm begging you to give me a few minutes. Let me explain."He kept hold of my wrist, his tone close to pleading.I gritted my teeth, and in the end, I nodded."The one who wanted you dead wasn't me. It was Vivienne. I only found out what she was really like

I didn't answer him.I heard from Nadia later that once Dante lost his position as heir, nobody paid him any attention at all.And because he knew too many of the family's secrets, the leadership had no choice but to put him under house arrest.They fed him well and saw to his every need, but he was never free again.The ordeal took a severe toll on Dante's mental health. Every day became a living hell.He once asked Nadia to pass on a message to me.He asked her to tell me that he no longer had a future and that he hoped I would become the person I'd always wanted to be.Nadia told him, "I won't be passing anything on for you. Ana said the two of you have nothing to do with each other. Besides, she's happy now. I won't let you disturb that."Only after I got engaged did she tell me everything.As for Vivienne, I heard she was caught in the conflict between the two families. A rival ran her car off the road, leaving her unable to walk.Both of them paid for what they did.When I finish