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Chapter 1

Matteo's hand froze on my shoulder.“What did you say?”The burning in my throat seared its way down into my chest.The pain was almost unbearable.I held on to the railing until my fingertips went white.“I said call off the wedding.”Isabella looked at me innocently.“Come on, Layla. You're not seriously upset, are you?“I was only helping Matteo figure out whether you really love him or just want to be the next Donna.“Well, you passed! You love him enough to die for him. Isn't that something to celebrate?”His friends burst out laughing as soon as she said it.“Matteo spent three whole days here just to pull this off.“Isabella started planning the whole thing a week ago.“You ought to thank them. Otherwise, how would any of us know you really loved him?”I looked up at Matteo, my voice shaking. “You were near the dock this whole time?”“In the security room at the estate across the water.”He said it so casually, as if the 72 hours I'd spent kneeling in the punishment room and the

Chapter 2

When I woke up, pain stabbed through every part of my body.The doctor leaned over me and asked again how long ago I had taken the poison.I didn't even have the strength to shake my head. All I could do was blink.He turned to the nurse. “Give her another dose of the antidote, and keep trying to reach Mr. Ferrara. Tell him she's in critical condition and we need him to sign the critical condition notice.”Nora, the nurse, picked up my phone and called Matteo over and over.The first call. The second...After six calls, he still hadn't answered.The last of my hope drained away. I signaled Nora to stop calling.Just then, Matteo called back.The moment the call connected, his impatient voice came through.“Layla, what is it this time?“First you won't answer my texts, and now you're calling like crazy.”Before he finished, Isabella asked what she should wear to the wedding. He turned to her, his voice softening.Nora paused at his sudden change in tone, then spoke up.“Mr. Ferrara, th

Chapter 3

The day before the wedding, a full day had passed since I was declared dead.Isabella pestered Matteo all morning, begging to go see our new home.Matteo frowned and refused. “No. I promised Layla she'd be the first one I took inside.”Isabella clung to his arm and pleaded sweetly. “I just want to help you get everything ready. You know how picky Layla is. What if something isn't to her liking and she throws another fit?”Matteo was quiet for a while. He had to admit Isabella had a point.Lately, Layla had been getting harder and harder to please.If she came back tomorrow and caused another scene, he'd have his hands full.He stood up and grabbed his jacket.“We're just looking. Don't touch her things.”Isabella's face lit up.“Don't worry. I'm just helping you make sure it's right.”It was an estate by the sea. He had picked it out long ago as our home after the wedding.The moment Isabella walked in and saw the huge wedding portrait hanging in the living room, jealousy flashed in

Chapter 4

On the day of the wedding, I didn't show up.Before Matteo left for the church, he called me for the first time that day. It went straight to voicemail.Even when the wedding motorcade pulled up outside the church, there was still no answer from me.When Matteo's mother got out of the car, she was already scowling.“I knew he shouldn't marry a woman from some no-name family. A girl from a proper family would never be late to her own wedding and keep us all waiting.“Who does she think she is? Matteo, call off the wedding right now!”Isabella, wearing a copy of my wedding dress with that diamond tiara on her head, came over and slipped her arm through Giulia's.“Donna, please don't be upset. Layla would never give up her chance to become the next Donna.“She's just sulking, waiting for Matteo to come and make it up to her.”Matteo gripped his phone. On the screen were more than a dozen messages he'd sent, all unanswered.Anger flared in him.“She promised she'd come, and she's making ev

Chapter 5

Matteo clutched the death certificate stamped with the family medical examiner's seal.The big screen had switched back to the test highlight reel.On it, I was leaning half over the railing at the dock, the sea wind pressing my wedding dress against my body.Isabella was cheering.“I win! I want Layla's wedding dress as my prize!”But in the church now, no one joined in.Luca raised a hand and turned off the projector.“Mr. Ferrara, Ms. Marino's body is still waiting for you to identify it.”Matteo tore up the death certificate, his eyes going cold.“This is all a lie. I'm not going to identify some fake corpse.“Layla may be dramatic, but she keeps her promises. If she said she'd come, she'll be here.”Right in front of Luca, he called my number.Once. Twice...Each call still went straight to voicemail.Luca waited until he had tried a third time before he spoke.“Mr. Ferrara, Ms. Marino's phone was sealed with her personal effects. It can't take calls right now.”Before Matteo coul

Chapter 6

When Matteo got back to the church, the wedding decorations had almost all been torn down.Even the bellflowers he had flown in from the Mediterranean had been yanked out and tossed on the floor.Matteo stood in the doorway. The grief on his face had turned to anger.I'd once told him that bellflowers symbolized loving one person for life. I'd wanted them everywhere at our wedding.Matteo's voice dropped. “Who gave you permission to take down the decorations?”Isabella hurried over to him.“Matteo, I told them to take it down. Layla's dead. There's no point in having the wedding.”Matteo looked at her.“You're the one who said she wouldn't really die. That she'd make a scene at most, and then come back like a good girl.”Isabella's eyes welled up, and she slipped right into her wounded act.“How was I supposed to know she'd take it seriously?“I just wanted to see how much she really loved you. I did it for your own good.”“For my own good?”Matteo stared at her.“Then why did you make

Chapter 7

My funeral was lavish.Matteo had a new wedding dress made and dressed me in it himself.He had every photo of us from all those years reprinted and hung all over the church.After the funeral, Marta Greco showed up.She had been my mother's closest friend and had signed the necessary medical paperwork when I was in critical condition.“I've come to take Layla home.”Marta went on, “Before she died, she asked me to take care of everything after she was gone.”Matteo planted himself in front of the coffin.“I'm her fiancé. She belongs in the family cemetery.”Marta looked at him and didn't give an inch.“Did the wedding happen? Is her name written in the family register?”Matteo opened his mouth, but he couldn't answer either question.“You wouldn't even sign the paperwork when she was fighting for her life, and now you want to play the devoted fiancé?”Matteo's eyes were red.“I was the one she loved.”Marta gave a cold laugh.“That's exactly why she was such a fool. You got her killed

Chapter 8

Isabella was thrown out of the Ferrara family.To get revenge, she posted all the unedited test footage online and sold Matteo's shipping routes, worth hundreds of millions, to a rival family.Overnight, the family business suffered a massive loss.Three cargo ships were seized, and two arms routes were cut off.At a family meeting, the Don had no choice but to remove Matteo as heir, at least for now.Matteo accepted it calmly, without a word of protest.Three days later, his men caught Isabella.Matteo had them take her to the dock. He wanted her to pay with her life.When Isabella was brought before him, she was still shrieking excuses. “Layla took the poison herself. I didn't make her! She brought all this on herself!”Matteo didn't let her finish.He raised his hand and shot Isabella through the heart.“Throw her into the sea from the very spot where Layla had planned to jump.”His mother called almost at once, frantic and furious. “Matteo, have you lost your mind?“For a dead woma

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