Ten Years Loving the Wrong One
Everyone in Ieplad knows Leopoldo Vece, the Don of the Vece family, loves guns but not women—until me.
Ten years into our marriage, my adoptive father, Raffaello Conti, lies dying of kidney failure. Leopoldo launches a global hunt for a donor, sparing no expense to save him.
He finds her—a young, fragile woman—and spends millions solving her every problem to ensure she is ready for the transplant.
On the day of the surgery, she vanishes.
I rush to her home in a panic, only to find my husband holding her gently in his arms, soothing her in a soft voice.
"If you're afraid of the pain, don't donate then. I'll find another donor."
"Is there time?" she asks quietly. "I heard Lucia's adop