All Chapters of Dumped for His First Love, I Choose Me: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Leone Donato walked in, followed by his personal stylist and two Soldati.His gaze swept over the ring I had taken off and left on the table, yet he didn't ask why I had removed it."Our engagement party is tonight." Leone came to stand beside me, his fingertips brushing lightly over my shoulder. He continued gently, "Behave yourself, and don't let anything go wrong.""Leone." With the prenuptial agreement laid out before me, I looked up at him. "Why is Shadowbough, the organization I founded, being put under Camilla's name?"Leone's gaze fell on the section I had yet to sign. For a moment, a flicker of discomfort crossed his eyes.The terms on that page were clear.First, all my personal income after marriage would remain my own. I could live on the family estate, but I would never be allowed to have any say in family affairs.Second, the intelligence organization I had founded, Shadowbough, would be transferred entirely into Camilla Conti's name.Four years of our relationshi

I arranged to meet Leone at the underground mafia organization's headquarters we had built together.Four years ago, he had provided the initial funding and connections among the upper echelons, while I had been responsible for establishing the intelligence network, training the lower-ranking operatives, and designing the headquarters' security defenses.From a small team of barely a few dozen members, the organization had grown steadily into an underground power that could no longer be ignored in the region.Yet, from the very beginning, all official titles and registered assets had been placed under Leone's name.I had once thought it didn't matter. After all, we were going to get married sooner or later. Only now did I realize that it had been nothing more than my own wishful thinking."I want to take the entire intelligence archive of Shadowbough with me."I spread a thick stack of encrypted hard drives and hand-drawn security blueprints across the table."The intellectual p

Camilla had been born with a congenital heart condition and had grown up alongside Leone. Even as a teenager, he had promised her that he would protect her for the rest of his life.Protecting her was a duty etched into his very bones, and he saw no contradiction between that duty and his love for me.His feelings for me were genuine. It was just that, whenever he had to weigh our needs against each other, Camilla's safety would always come first.He believed I should understand that the title of Donna and the right to live in a luxurious family estate were already the greatest privileges he could offer me.After setting his phone facedown on the table, Leone continued the meal with Camilla.As far as he was concerned, my so-called departure was nothing more than another way of forcing him to give in.In the four years we'd been together, I'd had my share of tantrums.The longest I'd ever stayed angry had been two days. In the end, I'd still waited outside the organization's hea

The entire Shadowbough network had now broken away from the Donato family and become an independent organization.All Shadowbough operatives still under Leone's command were required to immediately suspend any assignments he had given them.The loss of the Shadowbough intelligence network came at an enormous cost to the family.Leone tried to build a new intelligence system from scratch, but it never came close to matching Shadowbough's former capabilities.Alessandro's eyes were bloodshot with anxiety. "Don Donato, Signorina Munari took more than just an organization with her. She spent four years painstakingly building our intelligence network, source by source."It'll take us at least another four years to build a team that can rival Shadowbough. But our enemies aren't going to wait four years for us."Leone stood amid the chaos.For the first time, he realized that the intelligence network he took such pride in owning had never truly been held together by him.A news alert

"Isola."At the sound of Leone's voice, I turned around. Immediately, the smile on my face faded.My colleagues sensed the tension and asked if I wanted them to stay."No, it's okay." I handed my documents to another researcher on the team. "I'll be right back."Leone walked up to me and said, "I've come to take you back."I glanced at the car behind him. "Back where?""To our home. I'll transfer all my rights within the family to you, and the rumors surrounding the secretly recorded video have been cleared up. If you want to continue your research, I can build you a lab back at home."Leone spoke with absolute confidence. He had spent the flight drafting a compensation package—authority, shares, a trust fund, and an entire standalone research building. He thought these would be enough to prove how sincere he was.However, I simply asked, "You still think I left because I wanted more?"Leone faltered. "That's not what I meant."I looked at him calmly. "But all you've talked a