Rebirth Vows: Choosing the Don Instead
At my formal betrothal announcement ceremony, Carmelo Conti, the old Don of the Conti Famiglia places the ring that symbolizes the authority as a Don before me and tells me to choose my groom.
Whoever I choose shall become the heir.
I don't hesitate to pass the ring to Aldo Conti, Simone Conti's uncle.
The atmosphere in the hall goes eerily silent. Everyone knows that Simone and I are childhood friends.
I've taken a bullet from a rival aimed at Simone before. Till now, I still have the scar to prove it.
Meanwhile, Aldo is Carmelo's youngest brother. He's also known as the most cold-blooded and blood-thirsty assassin in the family. No one dares to provoke him at all.
What everyone doesn't know is that I've made a completely different choice in my previous lifetime. At that time, I had chosen Simone.
On the same night after we held our wedding at the cathedral, Simone and my stepsister, Clodia Moretti, slept together.
All the elders in both families were enraged, to say the least. They had Clodia flown to Novarria, and she was never to return ever again.
Simone pinned the blame on my possessiveness. Since then, he traveled everywhere with young women who looked like Clodia. He often flirted with them right in front of me, too.
Later on, I was hunted down by the assassins. Before I died, I managed to dial Simone's number so that I could call for help. All I heard were his low panting and Clodia's loud moans.
Just like that, I breathed my last with immense hatred in my eyes.
Now, I've gotten reborn. In this lifetime, I shall grant Simone's wish by letting him be with Clodia.
But he has the nerve to regret everything he's done to me.