All Chapters of The Don Gave My Antidote to His Lover and Lost Everything: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Nick went still and stared at me as if I were a stranger.“Julia, you're the Donna, not some little girl. Don't say things like that. It makes our family look bad. People will laugh at us if word gets out.”Just then, Mia clutched her stomach and gasped in pain.My voice was cold. “It's just a stomachache. Stop making a scene.”Stomach cramps were also a symptom of ricin poisoning, but I knew Mia had a history of stomach problems.Besides, she hadn't even been at the port during the fight. How could she have been poisoned?Nick hurried over and put his arm around her.“Still not feeling well?”Mia shook her head and looked at me.“I'm fine, Nick! I wasn't poisoned that badly. There was only one dose of antiserum, and if Julia needs it, she can have it back.”Nick's voice was gentle. “Mia, don't put yourself through that.”His arm tightened around her.Only when he looked at me did he frown. “What are you glaring at her for? She already offered to give it back.”He motioned for his men

The dinner was held at a restaurant the Valenti family owned.I arrived dressed for the occasion and took the seat beside Isabella, farthest from the head of the table.The pendant around my neck held the shell casing from the first bullet I had ever taken for Nick.Nick stood and raised his glass. “Everyone, tonight, I want to introduce you to Mia.”Mia sat to the left of the head of the table, the seat that used to be mine.Nick went on. “From now on, she's the underboss of the Valenti family.“Where she goes, I go.“Treat her the way you'd treat me.”The men toasted Mia.Mia remained seated. She raised her glass in return and took a small sip.The women of the Valenti family remained still. They all looked at me.Nick spoke to me. “Julia, you're the Donna. Welcome Mia on behalf of the women of the Valenti family.”A maid helped me to my feet. I picked up my glass, my face perfectly composed. “Mia, on behalf of the women of the Valenti family, welcome.”I raised my glass. Only then d

Nick dropped the wine bottle, and it shattered on the floor. Mia went pale.The whole restaurant went quiet.Nick snapped out of his shock and turned to his secretary. “What did my mother just say?”Dario answered him. “Your mother said Julia is dead and that your marriage ended with her death.“The family no longer recognizes you as its Don.”Nick stared at him. “That can't be true.“Julia has pulled through every attack for years. She won't die now.“She loves me too much. She'd never divorce me.“My mother is old. She's so angry that she doesn't know what she's saying.”Mia clutched Nick's sleeve, too stunned to speak.Nick shook her off, got to his feet, and called Dario over. “Get the driver. I'm going back to the estate.”The car had barely passed through the estate gates when rain began to pour.Nick didn't even wait for the car to stop before he ran into the rain.Every light in the living room was on. Bruno was waiting there, and Nick grabbed him by the shoulders. “Julia... my

Isabella's people later said that during the three-day wake at the funeral home, Nick questioned everyone who might know where I was. But Isabella had given the order, and no one dared tell him.After the wake, my body was taken to the Ferraro family chapel. Nick didn't find me until the night of my funeral Mass.Nick tried to slip into the chapel disguised as one of the Ferraro crew, but Paolo's men saw through him and stopped him at the door.Nick begged them. “I'm Julia's husband. Let me see her one last time.”“She has nothing to do with you anymore.”In the middle of the standoff, Paolo came out holding a notebook and shoved it into Nick's hands. “Nick, read this carefully. See everything my sister did for you all these years.“And how you treated her.”Nick opened the notebook. It was the diary I had kept for the past five years.The first entry was dated the day after our wedding.“Nick has just become Don. His position is still unstable, and he's meeting with Don Bill Lucchetti

After spending six months in exile, Nick rallied a group of men who were still willing to follow him.Nick spoke to the men who had remained loyal. “My mother may have disowned me, but as long as I'm alive, I still carry the Valenti name.“You followed me because I was once the Don of the Valenti family.“I swear I'll rebuild this family.”Nick was full of ambition, but reality hit him hard.He and his men seized a dock and lost it three days later.Dario investigated and discovered that their rival was a new family backed by the Ferraro family.With no other choice, Nick sent Dario to win back his former allies.Two weeks later, Dario called. “Mr. Valenti, we're on our own. No one will help us.“Paolo, the Don of the Ferraro family, caught on to what we were doing two months ago.“He's spread the word. Anyone who helps us will be going up against the Ferraro family.”Desperate, Nick went to see his mother.He sat on the couch across from her and explained how bad things had become.At