All Chapters of The Last Time You Chose Her: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

"Get your hands off me, Gianna."Dominic did not even bother looking down. His eyes held pure disgust.My bloody fingers clutched the hem of his jacket. I used every drop of my fading strength to hold him back.With one vicious twist of his wrist, he threw me off.I lost my balance and slammed hard against the cold concrete floor.A sickening crunch tore through my back.Blinding pain shot straight into my skull.The broken end of the armored steel beam pushed an inch deeper into my organs.I choked down my scream. Hot, bitter copper flooded my throat.Dominic did not pause for a second.He held the sobbing Camilla in his arms and rushed toward the VIP trauma room."Don't be afraid, Camilla. I won't let you keep a single scar." His voice was low and gentle, carrying a softness once meant only for me.The heavy blood loss made me tremble. Darkness crept across my vision in waves.I lay in a pool of my own blood and crawled toward the nurses' desk ten feet away."Help me... call a surgeo

The lead doors clicked shut, locking the trauma room away from the hallway.Waves of dizziness washed over me from the massive blood loss. My entire body shook.The year my father died, Alessia took the family over the bodies of her rivals. She sat at the head of the long table and looked down at me. She told me to survive in this family, I had to swallow all my blood and tears.She said I would take over the family one day. "As the future Boss, you leave your emotions behind. From today on, I am not your mother. I am your superior."To prove I was as good as any heir, I fought on the front lines again and again.Back then, Dominic was just a street enforcer. To stop a hit on me, he cut down seven gunmen alone on a rainy night. Covered in blood, he knelt before me, held my fingertips, and swore: "In this life, I am your blade. Anyone who touches you dies by my hand first."I fell for him.But Alessia saw his ruthlessness too. Step by step, she pulled him up to the second-in-command pos

The alarm blared for three seconds. Then, a massive force yanked my soul out of my broken shell.All the pain vanished.I floated in mid-air. I had never felt so light.Minutes later, the heavy lead doors slid open.Alessia walked back in with Camilla and Dominic."Turn off that piece of junk." Alessia frowned. She glanced at the blank monitor. "It's giving Camilla a headache. Gianna, I'll count to three. If you want to play dead, don't blame me for getting mad."The nurse opened her mouth to speak. Instead, her hands shook as she quickly pulled all the plugs.I looked down.Under the bright hospital lights, Camilla leaned against Alessia's shoulder with a flushed face.Dominic was on one knee at her feet. The underboss who once swore to protect me with his life.He kept his head down. His focus was absolute. He carefully slipped a brand new pair of soft leather boots onto her feet."Is it too tight? Does it hurt?" Dominic's voice was low and full of patience.Camilla shook her head. H

Moments later, the trauma room doors crashed open."Doctor! Boss, I brought the doctor!"The butler rushed in, panting. Two guards followed right behind him. They were dragging old Dr. Julian by the arms.Julian still wore his dark green morgue scrubs from the basement.The sharp stench of formaldehyde instantly cut through the heavy smell of blood in the room.Alessia looked like she had found her last lifeline.She ignored the steel beam still impaled in her bleeding right hand. She barked orders at Julian."Julian! Save her! Use the best drugs. Bring her back! I'll give you your chief position back!"The untouchable Boss had lost all her dignity. She yanked on the old doctor's collar. Her voice was completely hoarse.Julian didn't move.He kept his head down. He stared blankly at the metal bed.He saw my pale blue face. He saw the broken steel beam sticking out of my chest. He saw the dark, dead blood pooling on the floor.The old man's eyes instantly filled with tears.This was his

"Boss, Miss Gianna has been gone for a week."At the long table meeting, the oldest elder kept his head down. Finally, he broke the dead silence."The West Side is getting messy. The family cannot go a single day without an heir.""Camilla was a traitor. We are all sorry. But for the family's future, you can take in a clean, obedient kid from a branch family. Make them your own..."A deafening gunshot echoed.A bullet grazed the elder's cheek, leaving a bloody streak.Every capo and top man at the table froze. Cold sweat soaked their backs.Alessia sat at the head of the table.She didn't even stand up. She just held the gun in one hand."The Bellini family has only one heir. Gianna."Alessia's voice was hoarse. Her tone was pure, unquestionable cruelty."Whoever says the word adoption again goes straight to the West Side flooded cell. They can keep Dominic company."Everyone on both sides of the table dropped their heads. Nobody dared to breathe too loud.After the funeral, Alessia di