Todos los capítulos de Left to Die for the Don's Darling: Capítulo 1 - Capítulo 10

It was 8:14 pm.When the tender boat crashed into the breakwater, I lost my footing and was thrown off the boat. By the time someone lifted me onto a stretcher, I was in so much pain that I could barely speak.Lia Bellandi, my husband Marco Romano's childhood friend, stood on the dock with his jacket draped over her shoulders and a piece of gauze taped to her arm. She had a piece of gauze taped to her arm. When she saw my stretcher, she ducked behind Marco."I only wanted to take a detour to see the lighthouse. I didn't know we'd hit the breakwater..." she cried.Marco pulled his jacket more securely around her shoulders. "How is any of this your fault? If anything, the boat operator should take responsibility for this."As my stretcher was carried past him, I managed to reach out and grab his sleeve. He finally looked down at me, but his attention remained on Lia as he adjusted her jacket."We have a private doctor on board. Ask him to tend to your injuries for now," he told m

Marco took out his phone and found the security capo's number. Lia stopped him, placing a hand over his. "Do you really need to call that many people? Elena had a medical checkup recently, and she's always been in good health. Why would she suddenly need so much blood?"The doctor, Alberto Volpe, looked at her. "She can't stop the bleeding right now. No matter how healthy she was before, she can't withstand losing this much blood.""That's not what I meant…"Lia let go of Marco's hand, tears slipping down her cheeks. "She begged you for so long earlier, but you still chose to take me first. Do you think she feels that unless she makes things serious enough, you won't care about her?"Marco's hand froze over his phone. "This is all my fault," she sobbed. "I shouldn't have asked the boat to take a detour, and I shouldn't have kept insisting that you stay."Wiping her tears, she glanced in my direction. "Would she finally cooperate if you admitted that choosing to take me

When the door opened, I was standing beside the bed. Strangely, I couldn't feel any pain at all anymore.I looked down and realized I was still lying on the hospital bed. The hand that had failed to hold on to Marco's hung limply over the edge."Elena, how long are you going to keep this up?"Marco's voice trailed off.Clara was clearing away the equipment used during resuscitation. No one called out to me anymore.He walked to the bedside and clasped my hand tightly."Elena, I'm right here in front of you. Are you still refusing to open your eyes and look at me?"Standing beside him, I watched as he cupped my hand between both of his and rubbed it several times."Elena, why are your hands so cold?"He turned to Clara."Quick, bring me a thick blanket! Her hands are freezing!"Clara didn't move.Marco called my name again and pressed my hand against his face.On the island, I'd begged him for so long just to get him to listen to me. Now, he was bent over the bed, refusing

After the funeral, Marco volunteered to handle the negotiations for the renewal of a contract with one of the family's business partners at the port. He wanted to use this opportunity to show the capos that the family still needed him.Once the capos agreed to let him take the lead on the negotiations, he put Lia in charge of handling the dinner arrangements."All of Elena's notes are here. Just stick to the arrangements she prepared."Lia settled into the chair I used to sit in and casually flipped through the notebook on the desk before closing it."So, this is what she spends all her time doing? How hard can it be to arrange a dinner? There's no way I'd do any worse than she did," she declared.When the appointed evening arrived, Marcello De Laurentis showed up with his men, only to be told that they couldn't be seated yet.Lia's friends were seated at the table that had been reserved for Marcello, so the waiter had to tell them to wait until the table could be cleared.When

One of the port's longtime clients terminated their partnership and promptly signed a contract with Marco's longtime rival.Marco contacted several intermediaries he'd once been on good terms with, hoping they'd help him negotiate a way out of the situation, but not a single call went through.Not long afterward, trouble broke out at the warehouses near the port."The East Yard is under attack! Several of our men are already injured. Enzo has ordered us to evacuate everyone first!"Marco immediately stood up and grabbed his jacket. "Bring the car around. I'm going there myself. Let's see who dares attack our warehouses!"His subordinate reminded him that Enzo was already handling the situation at the scene."Then tell them to wait for me!" Marco snapped into the phone before ending the call and hurrying downstairs.By the time he reached the East Yard, the injured men were just being loaded into vehicles, while several guards were climbing in after them.He grabbed one of the m