Lahat ng Kabanata ng Three Years in a Coma and the Don Fell for My Stand-In: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 10

The second I walked in, the noise in the council room died."What's Cecilia Bellini doing here? Didn't the Don say he'd ordered her kept out?"That stung a little, but I didn't stop. I walked straight to Lucas.Bianca was standing beside him with Matteo, and when she saw the gun at my hip, the color drained out of her face."Donna! I know you hate me, and you can blame me for all of it, but please, please don't hurt my baby!"With that, she dropped to her knees, clutched the hem of Lucas's jacket, and choked out:"Don, give the South Port back to the Donna. I don't want it!"Lucas drew her behind him to shield her."What are you afraid of? Everyone in this room is mine. She won't touch you."Then he turned to me with a frown."Cecilia, I know you're bitter about this, but...""But you never thought I'd wake up. You loved me so much and missed me so much that you found a woman who looked like me to comfort yourself. Then she had your baby, and now you have to do right by her. Is that it

"Cecilia!"Right before I blacked out completely, I thought I saw Lucas rush toward me and lift me out of the car.When I came to, I heard Bianca's soft voice beside me. "You didn't have to go this far for me and the baby, you know. It was only a scare. The Donna only just got better, and now she's...""That's enough." Lucas cut her off. "The doctor says she's been out of danger for a while."Bianca sighed. "But I did have you all to myself for years. No woman could accept that easily.""That still doesn't mean she gets to want someone dead."Lucas's face hardened. He thought about the harsh things I'd shouted at him in the car, and his hands curled into fists."All she thinks about is how she's been wronged. Does she have any idea what the council has put me through all these years?""Bianca, stop defending her. It only makes her push you around more."Bianca was about to say something when she saw my eyes slowly open. She hurried to the bed."Donna, you're awake?"Her eyes were still

That day, Cecilia didn't come back to the estate.The next morning, Lucas and Bianca sat at the breakfast table. Bianca looked at the empty chair and said softly, "Let's wait for the Donna to come back so we can eat together.""Why wait for her?" Lucas picked up a piece of crab and held it to Bianca's lips. "She's not worth wasting your time on."Bianca hesitated, then opened her mouth and took it.After breakfast, Lucas wiped his mouth and looked at the maid. "Tell Cecilia that if she wants to act tough, she can stay locked in her room for the rest of her life."The maid looked confused. "Don, the Donna didn't come home last night."Lucas stopped. Bianca said quickly, "Did we go too far yesterday? You don't think something's happened to the Donna, do you?""No, I have to go look for her!" Bianca was already getting up.But Lucas held her back. "All we did was execute a prisoner. We didn't do anything wrong.""If Cecilia wants to throw a tantrum, let her. You just get ready for the wed

Third-person POV:Meanwhile, the Cossa estate was in an uproar.Trucks rolled into the courtyard one after another, and men kept hauling cases of cash, gold bars, jewelry, and luxury watches into the great hall.The cargo ships they'd just seized filled the docks, and nobody had even started counting the fine wine, antiques, and everything else in the holds.By a rough guess, it was already worth over a hundred million dollars.Somebody cracked open a safe right there, and it was full of diamonds and uncut stones.The whole room erupted in cheers."The Moretti family really was loaded!"Cecilia didn't care about any of it. She gave it a passing glance and went straight down to the cells.Before she even reached his cell, she could hear Salvatore screaming himself hoarse. "Cecilia, have you lost your mind?! Don't you know betraying the Moretti family is a death sentence?!"Cecilia gave a scornful laugh. "Of course I know.""Then why did you do it?!" Salvatore was shaking all over. "You

By the time Bianca got back to the estate, the tears were gone from her face.Her maid was waiting at the end of the long hallway, and when she saw the blood at Bianca's temple, she hurried to meet her."Ms. Conti, you made it out safely. Do you still want those things sent?"Bianca stopped."You? Be her?" Lucas's words kept ringing in her ears.If Lucas would rather lose everything than stop protecting Cecilia, then she would corner him herself and leave him no way out."Send them."The maid hesitated. "But the Don already let you go."Bianca wiped the blood from her temple, and her eyes went hard with hate."I want every photo and every record delivered to the council.""Every last one.""I want to see who he picks. Cecilia, or the Don's seat."Early the next morning, Lucas had barely walked into the council room when more than ten guns swung toward him at once.Capos filled both sides of the long table.Vito, the most senior of the capos, threw a stack of photos down on the table.E