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Chapter 1

Three years into their marriage, Luca Bellini took Isabella Moretti's gun and car keys away from her. Again. Her most trusted bodyguard was posted outside the bedroom door, and the heavy iron gates of the Bellini estate were locked tight. Without Luca's permission, she couldn't take a single step outside."Last month you snuck into underground bars twice. You ditched your bodyguards on your motorcycle, and then you got caught up in a shootout at the docks." Luca stood in front of her, his disappointment impossible to miss. "Isabella, when are you going to settle down and start acting the way Mrs. Bellini should?"She glanced at the guns locked in the safe and let out a quiet laugh. "So being Mrs. Bellini means I need my husband's permission just to leave the house? Then how am I any different from a prisoner you keep locked up on your estate?"Luca's face went cold. "If you didn't keep risking your life, I wouldn't have to rein you in at every turn. You're my wife. As Mrs. Bellini, you

Chapter 2

The seaside safe house had been my mother's favorite place in the world.When I was eight, fighting broke out between the Moretti family and a rival crew. My father ordered everyone to the Moretti estate and kept them there for a meeting. But my mother took me and fled here in the middle of the night. She taught me herself how to lock the security door and how to find the escape route through the underground garage.She told me back then, "Isabella, being afraid isn't the problem. What matters is always knowing your way out."In my last life, I forgot those words completely.In this life, the first thing I was going to do was secure my own way out.The car pulled up in front of the house, where someone sent by Colin was already waiting. I pushed the door open and walked into the living room, and the first thing I saw was my mother's emerald necklace.It was around Rosa's neck.She was wearing a long silk dress and turning from side to side in front of the full-length mirror, admiring h

Chapter 3

I didn't argue with my father about who really counted as family.The very next day, I realized there was no point in arguing.Viola barged into my late mother's walk-in closet and slipped an old ring onto her finger.It was the ring my father had given my mother when she was pregnant. In my last life, I kept it locked deep inside that closet. I never imagined it would one day end up on his illegitimate daughter's finger."Take it off."Viola turned, saw me, and held up her hand, deliberately wiggling the finger wearing the ring. "Isn't it pretty?"I walked over and pulled the ring right off her finger.She gasped in pain. "What are you doing?!""I should be asking you that.""Dad said we're all one family now." Viola lifted her chin. "You have everything, Sis. Why shouldn't I?"I laughed under my breath. "Because you don't have my mother."Her face went dark with rage.I put the ring away and called for the butler. Then, in front of the entire staff, I locked the closet door."Nobody

Chapter 4

The security training before the engagement was set for the Bellini family's private range.I didn't want to go. My weapons access had already been frozen, so even if I showed up, all I could do was watch.But Luca came to pick me up himself."It's just training today. It's not a punishment."He opened the car door for me. "If you don't want to shoot, you don't have to touch a gun."I got in and buckled my seatbelt."Even if I wanted to shoot, I couldn't right now. Could I?"Luca went still. "Isabella.""I'm not picking a fight." I leaned back in my seat. "Let's go."The range was packed. Everyone who mattered in the Moretti and Bellini families was there, my father included. Viola wore a brand-new training outfit. She'd barely ever fired a gun, but my father walked her straight over to Luca."Teach her."Luca frowned. "The instructor can handle it.""She gets scared around strangers."Viola looked up at Luca and asked in a small, timid voice, "Luca, am I going to be a bother?"I stood

Chapter 5

Three days after my weapons access was revoked, I threw up violently in the bathroom for the second time.There was nothing left in my stomach, but the sour bile kept coming. I braced myself on the sink. The mirror showed me how pale I was.In my last life, I never got pregnant.At least, not before I died.When the doctor at the private clinic slid the test results across the desk, I stared at the words "seven weeks pregnant," and it took a long time for the news to sink in."Ms. Moretti?" the doctor said gently.I looked up. "Are you sure?""It's confirmed. The gestational sac is in the right place. But you've had some mild cramping lately, so you need to rest."She glanced at my file. "Would you like us to let the father know?""No," I said before I could think.Then I went quiet.The report was one thin sheet of paper, but it weighed a ton. Five years of loving him and hating him came crashing down on me all at once.Luca and I had come so close to having a real home.Not an allian

Chapter 6

The next afternoon, just as I was getting ready to leave for the hospital, one of my father's men showed up and blocked my apartment door."The family meeting's been moved up."I glanced at the time on my phone. "I have a doctor's appointment.""Don Moretti promises it won't take long."I could have just walked past him, but the dull, dragging ache in my belly had eased for the moment.Just ten minutes, I told myself.But once I sat down, I was stuck there for a whole hour.Viola sat in the seat beside mine, her arm still bandaged from the incident at the range. Every time she lifted it, my father's eyes went straight to it, like that wound was a debt I owed her.The second the meeting ended, I got up and headed out.Viola hurried after me and cut me off in the hallway."Sis."I didn't slow down."Your weapons access is gone, and now I'm the one making the public appearances."She sped up and planted herself in my path."Are you finally ready to face reality?"I looked at her. "What re

Chapter 7

When I woke up again, night had already fallen.The hospital room was bleak and quiet.Luca stood beside the bed, his shirt cuffs stained with blood and his eyes bloodshot.The doctor was giving him an update."She was seven weeks pregnant."We weren't able to save the baby."A dull roar filled my head, and my mind went blank.Seven weeks.That baby.Gone.Luca stood there like he'd been nailed to the floor."What did you say?"The doctor explained again. "She'd already had some light bleeding before the attack, and she had a follow-up scheduled. The delay in receiving care, the impact, and the blood loss all contributed to the miscarriage. There's no way to isolate a single cause."Luca turned to look at me in the bed.He opened his mouth.Before he could say anything, I spoke first, my voice barely there. "When I told you I needed to go to the hospital, why wouldn't you believe me?"Luca's face went white.He took a step forward. "Isabella, I didn't know you were pregnant—""I know y

Chapter 8

At two in the morning, the convoy recordings were delivered to my study.Alone, I started with the recording from just before Isabella got into the car.On the recording, her voice was weak. "I have an appointment. I need to go to the hospital."Then came my voice, asking her what was wrong.She didn't explain. All she said was, "Just trust me this once."Then my voice again. "Safe house first. The doctor will meet you there."When the recording ended, I sat frozen in my chair.After a long while, I hit replay.The second time through, I even caught the faint breath she drew right before she got into the car. She'd been fighting through the pain.Back then, I hadn't noticed a thing.The only thing on my mind had been getting her to the place I'd decided was safe.When the second playback ended, I turned it off.I didn't have the nerve to play it a third time.Enzo set the report from the range on my desk."After the red warning light came on, Viola's location data shows she was the fir

Chapter 9

When Viola walked into the conference room, the first thing she saw was the voice recorder on the table.She slowed down without meaning to.Rosa sat down beside her. Antonio was frowning.I didn't bother easing into it.First, I played the recording from the convoy.Isabella's voice saying "I need to go to the hospital" filled the room, and Antonio's face changed.Next came the sensor report from the range.Last came the bank transfer records and the thug's statement.Viola panicked. "Luca, let me explain.""The range. Why did you cross the safety line?""I just... I just wanted to scare her a little.""And the ambush route?"The tears came instantly."I never thought it would turn into a shootout."All I did was hire some guys to smash up the cars."I had no idea my sister was pregnant."Even she seemed startled by her own words.Antonio jumped on that right away."She didn't know about the pregnancy."Luca, she didn't mean for Isabella to lose the baby."I looked at Antonio."I know

Chapter 10

During my first month in Lisbon, I hardly slept through a single night.Whenever a motorcycle roared on the street below, it jolted me awake. Whenever a car suddenly accelerated around a corner, I'd instinctively scan for cover. Whenever I passed a pregnant woman on the street, my gaze would go to her hands, then quickly shift away.No one was pushing me to pull myself together, and I couldn't be bothered to prove to anyone that I was over it.In my second month, I rented a run-down old motorcycle repair garage.The roll-up door kept jamming, the paint on the walls was peeling, and the floor was covered in oil stains.But I loved it.No Moretti family rules. No shadow of Bellini power hanging over me.I decided when to open and when to close. I could fix bikes however I pleased.Matteo Costa, who ran the shop next door, first spoke to me because I'd parked my bike in front of his place.He crouched by my back wheel and studied it for a long time."Your rear brake's wearing unevenly."I

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