All Chapters of He Bought Me Everything but Chose Her: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

“Miss De Luca, are you happy with this gown?” the attendant asked expectantly as she adjusted the dress around me. “It was designed by William, an Italian designer, and there’s only one like it in the world.”I looked at myself in the mirror and thought of all the times I had imagined standing beside Enzo in a wedding dress, exchanging vows with him in front of the priest.Now, it all seemed foolish.“Cancel the order.”The attendant froze. “What?”“I’m not taking this gown. Please cancel the order.”“But... this is a one-of-a-kind gown. If you give it up, someone else will probably reserve it very soon. Are you sure you don’t want it?”“Yes, I’m sure.” I took off the wedding dress and handed it back to her. “Thank you.”The attendant stood there holding the gown, disappointment written all over her face.I put on my coat, picked up my bag, and walked out of the bridal boutique without looking back.I found a café nearby, sat down, and booked a flight out of the country. The confirmati

The following afternoon, the butler pushed open the door just as I was slipping my travel documents into a folder.“Miss Linda!” His face was deathly pale. “Men from the Morek family have broken in. They’re already in the main hall downstairs!”Gunshots erupted below, mingling with the crash of shattered glass and overturned furniture.I hurried to the window and looked down. Three black sedans were parked across the front courtyard, while the guards from the gate lay sprawled beside the driveway. From the upstairs landing, I could make out at least two armed men in the hall below.“Call Enzo.”The butler pulled out his phone and dialed. The call connected, only to be cut off a few seconds later.He looked up at me, his expression strained. “Miss Linda, the Don said... he said he’s busy and can’t make it back right now.”Busy, was he?A cold laugh escaped me.“Don’t bother calling him again.” I closed the folder, put it into the drawer, then opened the bottom drawer of the nightstand.

“Keep looking. There’s no way she left on her own!” Enzo yanked his tie loose in frustration and barked at his right-hand man, “Check every hotel and every private club. I don’t care if you have to turn all of New York upside down, I want Linda found.”Half an hour later, his right-hand man handed him a phone.“Don, you need to see this.”A surveillance video was playing on the screen.In the footage, Linda walked out of the estate with Buddy on a leash and a suitcase in her hand before getting into a car and driving away.“We traced the license plate, and the driver confirmed that he took her to the airport.” His right-hand man hesitated before continuing. “We also checked Miss Linda’s travel records. She booked a flight to Rome this morning, and the plane should be landing soon.”“What?”Enzo dropped heavily into the chair.Rome was where the De Luca family was based, which meant Linda had not been throwing a tantrum at all. She had truly left him.His right-hand man stood beside him

After returning to the De Luca family, I stopped asking about Enzo and devoted all my attention to the family business.The first thing I did was go through the family accounts from beginning to end.The De Lucas had built their reputation on the arms trade, but after my brother died, my father lost all interest in expanding the business.By the time I returned, the family had only three remaining arms routes, two leading to North Africa and one to Eastern Europe, and none of them brought in much profit.I spent two weeks sorting through every account, shut down the least profitable route to North Africa, and redirected our resources toward Eastern Europe. Within two months, the volume moving through that route had doubled, and I personally traveled to Kyiv to negotiate partnerships and meet with buyers because I wanted to improve our margins.Six months later, the De Luca docks had expanded to three times their original size, and there was never any inventory left sitting in our wareh