جميع فصول : الفصل -الفصل 8

Luca furrowed his brows, then instructed his subordinate, "Send someone to find her."After the subordinate left, Luca looked at me coldly. "Today's party is extremely important. Behave yourself and don't cause any trouble. Understand?"I couldn't even be bothered to respond. I took Raymond's hand and started walking away.Only after we were out of Luca's sight did Raymond, walking beside me, scoff. "So that's your ex-husband? He's not even fit to measure up to a single hair on my dad's head."His remark made me laugh. I reached over and pinched his nose. "I was blind back then."Raymond nodded in agreement. "At least you didn't stay blind forever."Listening to Raymond's sharp tongue, I sighed helplessly.From his cutting remarks to his exceptionally handsome looks, Raymond was exactly like Lorenzo. If Luca had bothered to take a second look at Raymond, he never would have thought the boy was his son.Unfortunately, no matter how many years passed, that man was still just as a

I kept my eyes fixed on Luca, cautiously shielding Raymond as I stepped backward."Luca, I really am Lorenzo Capello's wife. If you dare lay a hand on me, you'd better think carefully about the consequences..."Slap!Luca struck me across the face, then grabbed my hair and yanked it hard. "You snake! You still dare to impersonate the Donna? Are you trying to get me killed?""Exactly, Freya! Even if you resent Luca for abandoning you five years ago, you can't impersonate the Donna to get him into trouble!" Anna chimed in, doing everything she could to fan the flames.The more Luca listened, the angrier he became. He kept slapping me across the face. "I'll beat you to death today!""Don't hit my mom!" Raymond scrambled up from the floor and rushed toward me again.Anna grabbed Raymond's clothes and yanked him back. "You little brat! Your mother is impersonating the Donna, and that could get her killed. I'd advise you to distance yourself from her. Otherwise, when she gets you kill

Seeing her husband turn on her so callously, the last glimmer of hope in Harriet's eyes shattered, and she suddenly burst into crazed laughter."Ron, you've certainly done a good job of washing your hands of this!" She abruptly stood up and pointed a finger at Ron's nose."Don Capello, over the years, he's used his position as the executive in charge of this base to embezzle the family's assets! Those three casinos in the eastern part of the city, along with half the shipping commissions from the docks, all went straight into his own pockets!"Ron's face instantly turned deathly pale. He lunged at her, trying to cover her mouth. "You piece of shit! Have you lost your mind?""You were the one who wanted to sacrifice me to save yourself! If that's how it's going to be, then no one gets to walk away alive!"After saying that, Harriet dropped to her knees in front of me again. "Donna, please spare my life! I've reported him and done the family a service!""I've never involved myself

"Freya..." Luca crawled toward me, reaching out to take my hand.But before he could touch me, a leather shoe slammed into his chest.The force sent Luca tumbling backward, and he crashed hard onto the concrete floor.Lorenzo stepped in front of me, pressing his gun against Luca's head. "Do you think you're even worthy of touching her?""Don't shoot." I held Lorenzo's wrist, my fingertips slowly sliding along his knuckles until they came to rest on the finger curled around the trigger. "Let him live. After all, watching him suffer alive is much more entertaining than watching him die."Lorenzo lowered his eyes to look at me and let out a quiet laugh. "All right. Whatever you say."With that, he took my hand and led me outside. "This place is filthy. Let them keep an eye on things here. I'll go home and make something delicious for you and Raymond."I glanced at Luca. At that moment, I didn't even feel like mocking him anymore.I sent Luca back to the casino he had once managed