All Chapters of I Took the Fall, He Took Her Side: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

By the time I was done receiving my punishment, it was already late at night.I waited for Luca Alfonso in the garage with the top-secret documents.He didn't like me asking after his whereabouts. According to him, constantly informing his whereabouts was like placing his weak spot right in someone else's line of fire.It was freezing cold at night. I was shivering, and it took pacing around in several circles for my body to start warming up.I waited from 8:00 pm to 12:00 am without seeing a single glimpse of Luca.When I went upstairs to take a look, his office was dark.I couldn't help but break one of his iron laws and called him on his private number. I'd made three consecutive calls before the fourth call was finally picked up."Luca, didn't you ask me to wait for you in the garage after work? Where are you?" I asked, my voice shaking from the cold."Rosa, haven't I taught you not to cross my boundaries during my private hours? Have you become so stupid that you can't eve

By the next day, Luca had already forgotten his words to me last night. He put on a black shirt and reverted to the usual imperious attitude befitting a Don.He said, "Rosa, there's some place I want to take you to today."I picked up my briefcase and turned him down promptly, "I'm not going. I have work to handle."He said in a rare soothing tone, "It was my bad for missing our appointment yesterday. I'll add my signature to the agreement later."I remember that you used to love gazing at rings in shop windows back in college. You would say that it didn't matter how simple or lavish a ring was, so long as you could have my family crest openly engraved on it. I've already placed an order for a custom one, so let's go try it on."I'd certainly said such a thing back in college, but now, I no longer wanted it.Still, I did want to see what kind of ring Luca would order. So after some thought, I decided to get into his car.As I did so, I opened the door to the front passenger seat

Gritting my teeth through the pain, I returned to the house Luca and I shared. Once there, I packed all my belongings into a travel bag. The bag was heavy, weighed down by seven years' worth of memories.One of my arms was limp and useless, so I could only carry the bag with one hand. As I walked past the couch, I tripped, causing blood to stain the couch cushions. However, I had no time to clean up and could only leave quickly.I threw my gun and the communication device issued by the family into the river, keeping only my personal phone.After blocking Luca's number on my phone, I searched up a private clinic.The old doctor glanced over my gushing wound with clouded eyes. He promptly exclaimed, "You're a tough one to still be walking around normally with a wound this severe!"He handed me a piece of gauze.I bit down on it. My forehead was covered in cold sweat.For a full 40 minutes, I didn't make a sound. Only the scraping and grinding of bones could be heard.A bullet cla

Luca's emails had no impact on my life. I continued to live out a stable and peaceful life. Ms. Bellini taught me how to make an apple pie, and I helped her fix her leaking bathroom.Late one night, I was startled awake by a very faint, muffled noise.Old habits died hard. I immediately realized that the noise wasn't caused by the wind but a silenced gun.I rolled out of bed and tiptoed to the window with a dagger in hand.Three dark figures climbed silently through Ms. Bellini's window. Judging by how quick and nimble they were, it was clear that they were professional assassins.Ms. Bellini's cat was meowing shrilly in the yard.Without hesitation, I opened my window and slipped behind them. I first clamped a hand over the last person's mouth and nose, then stabbed him through the heart. Then, I quickly pulled out the dagger and stabbed it toward the back of the next person in front.The third person reacted swiftly. He noticed that I was wounded in one arm and raised his gun.

The rainy season went by and was replaced with long-awaited sunny days.Ever since the day I rejected Luca, he hadn't shown up again, but I found an email in my inbox."Rosa, I'm busy attending to the family business, but wait for me. I'll be back for you."I sat in the doorway of my cabin, tending to the rose bushes in my yard.Ms. Bellini was rambling about baking me an apple pie. The wind chime tinkled softly under the eaves, and the wind carried with it the scent of flowers.I no longer needed to live in a state of anxiety. All I needed to do was strategize behind the scenes.My left shoulder was long healed, but it would still ache faintly during the rainy season.One of my operatives sent me an email that read, "Rosa, we've received some news. The map of all underworld factions has been updated."I opened up the digital map.The name of Luca's family had completely vanished from it.The traitors within the family had banded together to defect to a rival family and insti