Is Donna Ludwig Still Alive の小説・ストーリー

A slow, sharp smile curved my lips as I reread the words. The audacity of that woman. She had the nerve to invite us—me— to discuss honoring the woman whose place I now occupied, especially when she was the one who had orchestrated the death of Cassian’s beloved Donna and their unborn son. Yet here she was, playing the devoted dowager, so concerned with memorials and propriety. What game are you playing, Claudia? I wondered, folding the letter neatly. Do you really think parading Donna’s ghost will unsettle me? Or are you trying to remind Cassian of what he lost?

I couldn't sleep all night, and as dawn broke, I noticed that Leone's temperature had spiked to a terrifying degree. "Leone's burning up, Dante!" I cried out again and again, but the only response was a haunting silence. I threw the door open, only to find the room empty—Dante was gone. It was then that the bodyguard stated flatly, "Don Moretti has escorted Ms. Sofia to the private hospital before dawn, Donna Moretti. Ms. Lucia felt unwell in the middle of the night, and Don Moretti was frantic with worry." I suddenly felt my surroundings going dark for a second. "Get the car ready—I'm heading to the hospital now!"

"Dona is our former mistress before you. She's beautiful, ambitious, and knows how to manipulate. She made us break up a few times. But in the end, she just left." "Then why is she contacting you now?" I asked. Adrian sighed. "She wants to talk about Lucas." I frowned. "Lucas? Your son? What does Dona have to do with Lucas?" "Dona feels she has the right to be part of Lucas's life." Leon crossed his arms. "Dona never carried Adrian's child. She never carried anyone's child from us. But she feels close to Lucas because she used to play with him often when he was a baby."

Xavier pushed Adina forward. Adina put on a relaxed and calm smile. “Uncle Richard, Aunt Morganna, Uncle Henry, Aunt Maple…” She greeted all of her elders. And the living room sank into pin-drop silence. “Addy? Adina Daugherty?” Sophia was in disbelief. “Didn’t you die four years ago?” “What nonsense!” Mdm. Xavier schooled her face. “Adina just didn’t want to attract a lot of attention, so I never told you about her being alive.”