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Chapter 5

Author: Echo
Just as the Don was about to say my name.

“Wait! Father!”

Lucia’s shriek cut through the air, sharp and desperate.

She threw herself at Vincenzo and Emma’s feet.

Her perfect curls were a mess, her makeup smudged by tears. She looked fragile, helpless.

“It was all an accident!” Lucia cried, clutching Emma’s dress. Her whole body shook, her voice choked with desperation and begging. “I can’t accept this, I just can’t…”

She slowly looked up, her face—a face that was a near-perfect echo of Emma’s ow
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    A month later, I got an update on Lucia.During another beating from the old bum, she finally fought back. She grabbed a bottle and smashed it over his head.The bum died. Lucia was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to ten years in prison.The day of the sentencing, a torrential rain fell over New York.Inside the Moretti manor, Vincenzo and Emma heard the news without a flicker of emotion.“She got what she deserved,” Emma said, gently stroking my hair, her tone soft but cold. “The way she tormented you, how she tried to break you… there’s justice in this world, my dear.”Vincenzo nodded in agreement, his eyes full of affection for me.Looking at their loving faces, my heart was a block of ice.I knew better than anyone how fragile and unreliable this "family love," bought with schemes and deception, truly was.Today, they could cast Lucia aside like trash for her "sins." Tomorrow, if I lost my value or crossed one of their lines, they would discard me just as easily.In this br

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    Faced with their flattery, I maintained a perfect balance of humility and grace, smiling and responding to each one.Watching me, Vincenzo and Emma’s eyes were overflowing with pride and affection.They rushed to my side. Vincenzo placed a heavy hand on my shoulder and declared to the entire room:“Everyone, today, I am making it official—Olivia is the one and only, rightful heir to the Moretti family!”Emma pulled me into a hug, her voice thick with emotion. “My child, my good child… you’ve suffered so much all these years. From now on, we will leverage the full power of this family to make it up to you. We will never let you suffer another moment of hardship.”“Your plan was perfect. Ask for any reward you want, it’s yours.”Leaning into Emma’s warm embrace, hearing Vincenzo’s powerful promise, my own heart was cold and clear.Make it up to me?If I hadn’t plotted and schemed to expose Lucia’s true colors, they would still be treating her like their precious treasure, and I would be

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    I didn’t answer right away.Every eye in the room was on me.Lucia, still on the floor, was looking at me with a pleading expression, but underneath it, I saw a flicker of resentment.She thought that if she acted pathetic enough, if she offered to back down, I would let her go, let her run off to Europe to lick her wounds.“Send her to Europe?” I repeated softly, a cold, mocking smile touching my lips.I walked slowly towards her until I was looking down at her.“Lucia,” I leaned in, my voice an icy whisper, “when you locked me in that damp, black basement to let the rats gnaw at my skin, did you ever think about letting me go?”A collective gasp went through the hall.Vincenzo and Emma’s faces changed instantly. Emma stared at me in disbelief. “Olivia, what are you talking about? What basement?”“And,” I ignored Emma, my eyes still locked on Lucia’s rapidly paling face, “when you had the staff pour ice water on my blankets in the dead of winter, forcing me to shiver in a corner; when

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    [Beep—Host command received.][Trade target locked: Lucia.][Forcibly stripping familial affection. Targets: Vincenzo Moretti, Emma Moretti.][Trade successful.]The moment the System’s cold, mechanical voice faded in my mind, the three of them—Vincenzo, Emma, and Lucia, locked in their tight embrace—froze.Lucia was about to sweet-talk her parents some more when she felt the two pairs of warm arms holding her go limp.Emma’s eyes, which had been full of pity and tears, went blank for a second.When she refocused, the deep affection for Lucia in her gaze vanished, draining away as if a plug had been pulled. It was replaced by an icy distance, the same way she used to look at me.“Mother?” Lucia sensed something was wrong. “What’s the matter…”But Emma didn’t answer with her usual warmth.The Don, Vincenzo, was the same.The hand that had been on Lucia’s shoulder slowly pulled back. His brow furrowed, and he looked at Lucia with a cold, appraising stare, as if she were a stranger.Then,

  • The Unloved Heir Takes Everything   Chapter 5

    Just as the Don was about to say my name.“Wait! Father!”Lucia’s shriek cut through the air, sharp and desperate.She threw herself at Vincenzo and Emma’s feet.Her perfect curls were a mess, her makeup smudged by tears. She looked fragile, helpless.“It was all an accident!” Lucia cried, clutching Emma’s dress. Her whole body shook, her voice choked with desperation and begging. “I can’t accept this, I just can’t…”She slowly looked up, her face—a face that was a near-perfect echo of Emma’s own late daughter—streaked with tears.“If I lose my place as heir, what am I in this family? Am I… am I supposed to live in Olivia’s shadow from now on, kissing her ring? If that’s the case, I’d rather leave right now. I’d rather be dead in a ditch!”Seeing that face, so much like her own daughter’s, twisted in such pain, Emma’s heart broke.“Oh, my baby, get up. Don’t say such things!” Emma’s eyes instantly turned red. She threw her poise to the wind, pulling Lucia into a tight hug as her own te

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    Everyone was seated. Soon, the Don's aide, Marcus, collected the portfolios from both me and Lucia.During the long wait before the results were announced, the atmosphere in the hall grew tense.The room was filled with Moretti capos, leaders of allied crews, and even representatives from the Five F

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