All Chapters of The Mafia Heir Forgot the Woman Who Saved Him: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Five years after my death, I saw Damian again during the Moretti family's final trial. He wore a wedding ring, and Cecilia stood beside him. She was the woman who had stepped over my body, stolen credit for saving him, and taken the place that should have been mine.The iron doors of the underground trial chamber slammed shut behind me. Cold white lights flickered on overhead, one after another, revealing every face around the long table. They all looked much older than they had five years ago.So did Damian. At eighteen, he had been a nameless kid from the old district with an injured shoulder, a lousy temper, and not enough money in his pocket for a decent meal. Now he stood straight in a perfectly cut black suit, with the most powerful members of the Moretti family behind him.He had completed ninety-nine family trials in five years. This was the last one, the final test he had to pass before officially taking control of the Moretti family.And I was the first question this trial ha

The third round took us back to an old warehouse from five years ago. It was where the Moretti family held its most basic candidate evaluations: route planning, weapons identification, on-the-spot negotiation, and emergency withdrawal.It wasn't a true trial for the heir, but it determined whether a young candidate could enter the family's inner training program. Cecilia had earned the highest score several times in a row. Mine had always been barely good enough.Back then, everyone thought she was smart, steady, and born for the Moretti family. They thought I had nothing going for me but a decent face. The moment the scene began to replay, I knew exactly what would happen next.Cecilia came through the warehouse door. She was younger five years ago, and the helpless look on her face wasn't nearly as polished. The moment the door closed, she threw a candidate seal at me."Use my number for tomorrow's evaluation."I didn't take it."I already did the last one for you.""Then this one sh

When the old safe house appeared before us, I couldn't move for a long time. The fire five years ago had reduced it to a black ruin. Now it stood whole and untouched at the bottom of the hill.Red brick walls. Peeling wooden windows. Maria's favorite string of copper bells still hung by the door.They chimed whenever the wind blew. Suddenly, I didn't want to go inside. I'd been able to smile through the earlier rounds.I could listen to people curse me, watch Cecilia turn pale, and see Damian slowly question everything he'd believed for five years. This was different. This had been my real home.Damian stopped at the bottom of the steps, too. He stared at the door as if he couldn't breathe. Then it opened from the inside.Maria Bellini stepped out, exactly as she had been five years ago. Her hair was gray, flour dusted her apron, and she held a wooden spoon.The moment she saw me, her eyes filled with tears."Evie."She hurried down and pulled me into a fierce hug. I had been dead for

As the flames closed around Evelyn, Damian could barely hear anything. Not the gunfire. Not the thunder of the collapsing beams.Not the shouts behind him. Only one image remained in his mind: Evelyn turning back.She looked through the fire, saw that he was alive, and smiled."Thank God. This time, you made it out alive."A sharp pain tore through his head. Damian stumbled, and shattered memories rushed back all at once.The burning building. Her bleeding shoulder. He was barely conscious, leaning most of his weight on her.She complained that he was heavy. He told her to get lost. She said, "If you have the strength to insult me, you can walk on your own."Then came the silver ring. She pressed it back into his palm and told him not to lose it.Then he remembered his own hand clutching the hem of her dress in a death grip. Cecilia had not saved him. She never had."Damian!"Someone rushed over and grabbed him. He had already taken two steps toward the fire."The building's coming dow

The next afternoon, something happened to Cecilia. A team member who had worked with Damian for years rushed into the archive."A trap went off in the testing area."Cecilia is stuck inside."Damian was on his feet so fast the team member visibly relaxed. Five years of habit couldn't vanish in one night simply because several truths had come to light.Cecilia was his wife. She really had stood beside him through ninety-nine trials. He wasn't cold enough to sit there and ignore the possibility that she was hurt.But when he reached the side hall, he stopped. The door wasn't fully closed, and Cecilia's voice came through the gap."Why are you panicking?"He'll come. I guarantee it."Her companion sounded uneasy."But he's been different with you these past two days.""I'm still his wife."Cecilia laughed."Damian has a soft heart."He can doubt me, but he won't stand by while I get hurt."Outside the door, Damian didn't move. After a brief silence, the other woman asked, "There's one thi