All Chapters of My Family Never Respected Me, I Walked Away: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Today was supposed to be my wedding day with Luca, but I stood alone at the altar for 40 minutes.Luca didn't show.Neither did my two brothers.All because half an hour earlier, Sophia had posted a photo of the wedding car in the Moretti family's encrypted group chat.There was a blood-red cross on the black car door.She said someone was targeting the wedding convoy. She was trapped in an underground garage, too scared to get out of the car.Luca was the first to grab his gun and run out of the church.My oldest brother, Marco, had become Don after our father died. He'd already ordered security to lock down the church and check the cameras, but he still took his personal guards to find her himself.My other older brother, Dante, who ran the family's business at the docks, even forgot he was holding the Moretti family crest he was supposed to pin on me.The guards and guests were all there. But of the three men who should have stood beside me, not one stayed.Cold air crept through my

The next day, Luca ambushed me outside my office building.He flung the ring box at me."Had your fun? You didn't even make this big a scene when your mother was buried."I was so angry my chest went numb.Luca stared at me, waiting for those words to cut me so deep I'd lose control like I used to.But I steadied my breathing. "My lawyer already sent you the papers ending the engagement."Luca glanced at the copy in his hand and tore it in half right in front of me."Who are you trying to scare with a few sheets of paper? Our families agreed to this marriage. It doesn't get canceled just because you say so. You've already had one broken engagement and made yourself a joke in front of every family. Who else would want you? I'm marrying you as a favor to the Moretti family."Marco and Dante showed up soon after.Marco threw a new wedding schedule at me."We're redoing it tomorrow. You'll also apologize to Sophia in public and promise you won't throw any more tantrums in front of the capo

Luca stared at her."Who told you to cancel it?"Claire was taken aback."Ms. Moretti did. She signed the cancellation papers and the refund request herself."She pulled up the digital file.There was her signature, clear as day.Luca barely glanced at it before he laughed scornfully. "She's trying to make me beg."Marco checked his watch."Put the church back the way it was. She'll be here before 10:30."Claire looked uncomfortable. "There's another Mass scheduled today. Even if Ms. Moretti comes back, the wedding can't happen."Dante's face darkened on the spot. "How much did she pay you to play along?"Sophia quickly grabbed his arm."It's all because of me."She looked at the empty altar with red eyes."Emilia obviously doesn't want to see me. I'll go. When she gets here, you can all smooth things over with her."Luca held her by the shoulders."You're not going anywhere. You're not the one who should leave."He pulled Sophia to his side."Take a picture and send it to her. Tell he

Hearing that, Luca relaxed completely."I knew it. She doesn't have the guts to really leave New York."He had Nico pick a new wedding date."Push it back seven days. The minute she's back, take her straight to City Hall to get married."Sophia asked carefully, "Will Emilia still want to marry you?"Luca glanced at her."She can't let me go. In ten years, which fight didn't end with her giving in first?"Marco called off the search too."Let her rough it in Sicily for a while. Then she'll stop thinking the Moretti family can't live without her."In their eyes, Emilia had never lived on her own. Without a car from the family and the Moretti name behind her, she might not even dare stay in a hotel.Only Dante kept texting Emilia."Enough with the drama. Let us know you're safe.""Marco had your room fixed up.""Come back and apologize to Sophia, and we'll put this behind us."There was no reply at all. Only then did Dante realize he couldn't find a single person who could get in touch wi

The next morning, the European project teams from the Moretti and Romano families filled the conference room.Marco tossed the handover checklist onto the table."Work off the materials she left. A market proposal doesn't fall apart just because she's not here."The presenter opened the file. The data and the routes were all there, but once the Q&A started, no one could explain why the Ports Alliance had rejected the first quote or why two of the carriers had to be scheduled separately.The European representative asked three times, "Where's Ms. Moretti? She's the one who confirmed these terms with us before."Marco's face was cold. "She no longer represents the Moretti family. We're taking over from here."The other side was silent for a moment, then left only a formal reply: the earlier informal talks were over, and the new team would have to resubmit a proposal.After the meeting, the operations director pulled up three years of correspondence.It started with Emilia translating an