The Empire I Claimed
I had been in a secret relationship with Don Vincent Russo for ten years.
The night I found out I was pregnant, he had already booked a wedding.
I thought the man who had taken me in from the orphanage was finally going to give me a home.
That was, until I saw the video of him kissing his first love, Sofia Costa.
On my way to confront him, I was hit by a car and thrown onto the pavement.
Lying in a pool of my own blood, I called him again and again. Nineteen times.
When he finally answered, he was coaxing Sofia.
"If it's too noisy, just turn off the phone, my principessa. Your mood matters most.
"Our partnership with the Costa family depends on you."
I hung up in despair.
What he did not know was that not long before that, I had learned the truth.
I was the real heir to the Costa family.
The woman he loved… was nothing more than a fake I would tear down with my own hands.