Semua Bab Locked in His Tower, I Left His Mafia Empire Forever: Bab 1 - Bab 10

“Mrs. Valentina, you’re awake?”I opened my eyes to the cold white fluorescent lights above me in the family’s private clinic.The doctor stood beside my hospital bed, a medical chart tucked under his arm.“Your right arm has a hairline fracture, your left leg has soft-tissue damage, and you suffered a minor spinal contusion. You also sustained blunt-force trauma to the abdomen, along with multiple cuts and bruises across your body. You’re out of danger now.”My lips were cracked, and my throat was so hoarse that I could barely make a sound.“During the emergency treatment, we discovered that you’re six weeks pregnant.”“But unfortunately, the baby couldn’t be saved.”I stared at the ceiling as a buzzing filled my ears.I was pregnant.I was actually pregnant.For this baby, I had spent two whole years taking medication to prepare my body. I had given up alcohol, avoided anything cold, and undergone monthly checkups with a private doctor.Every time it didn’t happen, Lockard would cold

On the third day of my hospital stay, the family doctor finally agreed to let me return to the estate to recuperate.He said my uterus had been damaged by the miscarriage procedure, I had severe soft-tissue bruising in my abdomen, and a hairline fracture in my leg. I would need to be monitored for at least another week.But I didn’t nod. Instead, I asked quietly, “Can I walk now?”The doctor studied me for a long moment before finally closing my medical file. His tone turned colder.“You can sign yourself out, but once you leave this medical facility, you’ll be responsible for whatever happens next.”“Fine.”When Nina came to pick me up, she was carrying a stack of freshly printed documents.The marriage dissolution papers, a property division list, and a draft petition for the family arbitration court.She placed everything in my arms, then looked at my leg, which was secured in a cast. She held herself back again and again, but finally couldn’t stop herself.“Valentina, are you reall

In the afternoon, quiet whispers began spreading through the corridors of the medical facility.“I heard they caught the man who broke into the estate that night. He was hiding at a safe house in the western outskirts.”“He confessed. He was ordered to kidnap someone. But Mrs. Valentina discovered him, so he pulled a knife to threaten her and stop her from calling for help. Things only escalated after the commotion got too big, and they were forced to retreat.”“The craziest part is that the lady kept contacting the family for help, but the Godfather had already given orders, saying she would make false reports.”“The Godfather isn’t her husband?”“Exactly. The family guards were even involved.”I leaned against the hospital bed and said nothing.That evening, Nina arrived with a file.“We found it.”She placed the documents on my lap.“Lockard didn’t just refuse to believe you.”I lowered my head and opened the file.The first page contained recovered screenshots of the family guards’

Three days later, I was discharged from the medical facility.The first thing I did was go with Nina to the family arbitration court to give my official statement.Outside the hearing room, I heard a woman’s sharp cries coming from inside.“I didn’t mean to! I really didn’t mean to!”When the enforcement officer opened the door and let me in, Camilla was sitting in a chair.Her hair was messy, her makeup was ruined, and she looked completely different from the delicate and fragile woman she had pretended to be before.The moment she saw me, she stood up, her voice changing instantly.“Valentina, what exactly do you want from me? It was just a bracelet. I already said I would return it to you!”I placed my bag on the table, took out several photographs, and laid them down one by one.The first photo was a screenshot from the family’s private social channel on the night of the banquet. Camilla was wearing a jade bracelet on her wrist.The second was a photograph of my mother wearing the

After the hearing ended, the moment we stepped out of the arbitration court, Camilla suddenly rushed out.Her face was pale and sallow, her hair completely unkempt. It was obvious that she had been living miserably these past few days.“Lockard!”She lunged forward, trying to grab him, but the enforcement officers immediately stopped her.“You can’t admit everything! If you take all the blame, what happens to me?”“The arbitration court ruled that I was a co-offender! The Council of Elders is making me share the compensation costs! I’ve lost my position, and the family accounts have been frozen. You promised you would protect me!”Lockard slowly raised his head and looked at her.His eyes were terrifyingly empty.“Protect you?”He suddenly let out a laugh.A cold, bitter laugh.“You were the one who kept saying she was pretending.”“You were the one standing beside the medical emergency line telling them not to send anyone.”“You were the one who stole her mother’s bracelet and sold it