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I asked, my voice bright. Leo's mask slipped back into place, his expression smooth. "Just discussing our departure," he said, his voice light. I narrowed my eyes, my gaze flicking between Leo and his grandma. "Oh?" I said, my voice questioning. Grandma's hands began to knit again, her needles clicking softly. "Leo and Lisa are leaving tomorrow," she said, her voice matter-of-fact. My face fell, my eyes clouding. "So soon?" I asked, my voice tinged with disappointment.

He scribbled his name on the document with a flourish. As soon as I took the divorce agreement back from him, I heard him warning me angrily, "You'd better think this through, Angelica. If you leave with this document, you're no longer Donna of the Cortese Famiglia. You won't even be able to leave Napango alive without me!" I didn't say a word, took the divorce agreement, and left the hall without even glancing at him.

"I heard she had her managers sign a bunch of long-term contracts and handed over some assets. I thought it was because she was preparing for marriage. I didn't realize she already planned to leave." Ethan's eyes snapped wide open. His voice rose due to anger. "Why didn't you tell me earlier?!" His mother grew incensed, too. "I should be asking you that! Why would Stella suddenly leave like that? She used to like you so much. For her to suddenly cancel the engagement and go that far away—you must've done something to her!" "I—" Ethan wanted to deny it out of instinct, but the words caught in his throat. Everything from the past few days replayed before him.

That night, fireworks for our anniversary lit up the sky above Wildrose Estate. Beneath that starry sky, the place was alive with voices and clinking glasses. But I dragged my suitcase through security and into the boarding gate without looking back. When the plane took off, the seat prepared for me in the Wildrose Estate remained empty.