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Chapter 1

"I'm taking Luca to the East Side to bring Mia back. She's alone at the safe house, and I don't like it."His face was pale with pain, but his voice remained low and steady.I tossed the bloody gauze into the medical waste bin and turned to him with a cold laugh. "The East Side is a battleground for the Salvatore family right now. If you go, you'll tear your stitches."Cassius froze.His dark eyes locked on mine. His voice softened, but it left no room for argument. "Marco took a bullet for me and died. I'm never letting his sister get hurt. Sierra, stop being difficult."He gave a soft sigh, as if I were merely pouting for his attention.Just then, the heavy bulletproof door of the clinic swung open.Luca Marino, Cassius's right-hand man, entered with several heavily armed bodyguards surrounding a young woman in a white cashmere coat.The moment Mia saw Cassius, her eyes filled with tears. She threw herself into his arms as if she'd finally come home."Cassius... there's gunfire every

Chapter 2

Late that night, the clinic was as cold as a meat locker.Cassius walked in, carrying the deep winter chill with him.He came up behind me, rested his warm hands on my shoulders, and kissed the side of my neck."Still mad about yesterday?" His voice was rough with exhaustion, and he was clearly trying to make peace.Before, I would have leaned back against him and soaked up every second of his attention.But tonight, I turned my head away from his touch.Cassius froze."Yesterday was an emergency." He gripped my chin and forced me to face him. "Didn't I come straight back to you the moment I was done?" He sounded faintly exasperated. "Sierra, you're my wife. I need you to be more understanding."I knocked his hand away, my eyes stinging."Cassius, I'm your wife, not some pet you can abandon whenever you please and soothe whenever you decide to come back."He stared at me for five full seconds. Then his eyes softened, as if he were pleased by my anger."I'm sorry. I've been neglecting y

Chapter 3

The Vitelli family's annual charity gala took place at the Bulgari Hotel downtown.Cassius stood at the center of the ballroom like a king, with Mia beside him.Around her slim, pale neck was a dazzling diamond necklace.They called it the Don's Shield, a necklace reinforced with ballistic fibers and fitted with a tracking device.Cassius had promised me the necklace belonged to his wife and no one else. Now Mia was wearing it for the whole world to see.So his promises weren't worth much after all.I scoffed and slipped out of the ballroom onto the terrace for some air.But Mia followed me.She leaned against a pillar and stroked the diamonds at her throat, looking pleased with herself."Stop staring, Dr. Hale. You couldn't afford jewelry like this even if you worked your whole life." She leaned closer and lowered her voice to a mocking whisper. "You think being Cassius's private doctor is your ticket to the top? I'm the future Donna. So stay away from him."I looked at her coldly and

Chapter 4

I was about to inject myself with medication to prevent a miscarriage.The shock wave hurled me off my feet.I slammed into a cold steel surgical cabinet, and pain tore through my back as if something had cracked.Bang! Bang! Automatic rifle fire raked the clinic's exterior.The Salvatore family's hitmen had finally made their move.I curled up under the operating table, both hands clamped over my stomach.Then something warm began to trickle down the inside of my thigh, slow and unstoppable.Blood.Shaking all over, I fumbled for my phone and called Cassius. Calling him was the only chance I had to save my baby.The call connected."Cassius..." I gasped, my voice distorted by pain and terror. "The clinic's under attack... I'm bleeding. Help me..."A soft laugh answered me. Mia's."Cassius is driving. I've got his phone.""Give him the phone..." I gritted my teeth as the blood ran down my legs. "Mia, I'm pregnant! Put Cassius on...""Oh, but Cassius is taking me shopping for a wedding

Chapter 5

Cassius’s POVThe Vitelli family's bomb experts spent three hours searching the Rolls-Royce inside and out. They checked it three times.There was no bomb.The supposed ticking had come from an alarm clock someone had placed under the car. No one knew who had put it there.Cassius stood outside the cordon, the night wind tugging at his black coat. He listened to Luca's report without a flicker of expression."Pack it up," he ordered calmly.Mia walked over, wrapped in a thick cashmere shawl. Her eyes were red, and she tried to slip her arm through his."Cassius, maybe it was just somebody's sick prank... I was so scared... I thought I'd never see you again."Her voice trembled as if she had truly escaped death.Cassius didn't push her away, but he quietly pulled his arm free."Luca will take you back to the safe house. Don't go out for a few days." His voice was low and left no room for argument."But you...""I have something to take care of."He didn't look at Mia again. He turned an

Chapter 6

Cassius’s POVEarly the next morning, Cassius met Luca in the study.Luca looked terrible. He was holding a thick manila envelope, and a fine sheen of cold sweat covered his forehead."Don..." Luca's voice trembled as he set the envelope on the wide desk.Cassius didn't look at it. He took a sip of coffee. "Did you deal with the doctor who faked the record?" he asked coldly.Luca swallowed and forced out the words. "Don... the record is real."Cassius froze, his coffee cup halfway to his mouth."What did you say?"Luca took a deep breath and emptied the envelope onto the desk.Inside was a thick stack of medical records, a few ER photos, and a flash drive containing security footage."We reviewed the downtown hospital's security footage and checked the blood bank records." Luca lowered his head, unable to meet Cassius's eyes. "The Donna... she was brought into the ER last night. She'd lost more than three pints of blood and was already in shock when they admitted her. The baby... they

Chapter 7

Cassius’s POV"The Salvatore family caused the explosion that day, but the clinic's location had been sent to them from Ms. Russo's device."Cold sweat covered Luca's forehead."There was never a bomb under Ms. Russo's car. She bribed two of our bodyguards to plant a mechanical timer that made a ticking sound beneath it."Luca swallowed, and his voice shook. "When the Donna called you for help, Ms. Russo secretly activated a signal jammer. That's why the call dropped."Crack.The whiskey glass shattered in Cassius's hand.Sharp shards dug into his palm, and blood dripped between his fingers onto the black walnut desk. He seemed not to feel it.Sierra's desperate cry on the phone rang in his ears again. "Cassius, I'm pregnant! I'm bleeding so much..."And what had he been doing?He had sat in an armored car and turned his back on his wife as she begged for help, all because of a fake ticking sound.He'd killed his only child and driven the wife who had always been calm and strong to the

Chapter 8

Sierra’s POVZurich, Switzerland.Wearing a camel cashmere coat and carrying two hot coffees, I hurried along the tree-lined path outside the medical research center at ETH Zurich.December's first snow had just fallen in Zurich, and the air was cold and clean."Sierra, you haven't fully recovered yet. Be careful not to slip."A warm voice called from behind me. Alexander Keller, dressed in a charcoal trench coat, caught up to me in a few long strides and took one of the coffees as if it were the most natural thing in the world.He was the largest investor in one of Europe's leading medical research centers. He was also the only person who had reached out to help me since I arrived in Switzerland.I'd arrived in Europe a week earlier, still weak from the miscarriage. After reading my published research papers, Alexander had made an exception and offered me a place on his team. He'd also arranged for me to receive the best medical care available while I recovered.He never pried into my

Chapter 9

Sierra’s POVCassius didn't approach me again. He was patient and calculating, so he changed tactics.Over the next three days, the research center underwent a series of changes.An anonymous donation of 50 million euros suddenly appeared in the hospital's account.Next, ten pieces of state-of-the-art medical equipment were flown directly to the hospital, with explicit instructions that they be assigned to my department.Every morning when I arrived at my office, a warm oat milk latte waited on my desk. Back at the clinic, it was the only drink he'd let me have after I'd spent all night operating.Everyone knew who was behind it all.After that day, Cassius stopped confronting me. Instead, he relied on the methods he knew best: throwing money around, applying pressure, and flaunting his power. His message was clear: he still controlled everything.I took all of it.Those machines could save many lives. I had no reason to turn them down over a personal grudge.On Friday evening, I had j

Chapter 10

Sierra’s POVCassius stood on the terrace, staring blankly ahead. He didn't try to stop me again.The next day, Cassius disappeared from Zurich as suddenly as he had appeared. The only traces he left were the institute's new equipment and the unused investment funds in its account.Alexander rushed back from New York. He didn't ask any questions. He simply secured new funding for me and invited me to dinner."Sierra, there's an international surgical forum in Paris in three months. Would you like to go with me?" Alexander smiled, genuine hope shining in his blue eyes.I looked at him, and for the first time in a year, I felt myself relax. "Yes."Another three months passed.At the forum in Paris, I gave a talk on the latest advances in my field and received a standing ovation. Alexander sat in the front row, his eyes full of pride and love as he watched me.After I stepped down from the podium, my phone buzzed with a news alert from New York."Breaking News: Vitelli Family's Money-Laun

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