Chapter 4Reborn to Walk Away

I woke up from the pain, and the searing agony from my arms blew my eyes wide open.

The nurse looked distressed. After much hesitation, she said, “Please bear with the pain. Don Colombo called the doctors away. We don’t have an anesthesiologist available to administer anesthesia, so I have to extract the glass shards directly.”

My chest tightened.

All of Alessandro’s attention was on Anna.

He was so anxious about Anna to even notice me.

I tried to speak, but my body was drained. I couldn’t even move my fingers.

At the tug of the nurse’s tweezers, I shook violently in pain. Cold sweat drenched my back as tears rolled down my cheeks.

The glass shard was removed a piece at a time until finally, my arms were wrapped in gauze.

Out of the surgery room, I was ready to go home when I spotted Alessandro.

Holding Anna with one arm, Alessandro examined the medical report.

He frowned, assuming my tears were nothing more than a jealous fit.

“Why are you here? Anna nearly got hurt, so I took her here for a check-up. Don’t you try anything.”

“No.” I forced down the lump in my throat and raised my arm slightly. “I came here to get patched up. You pushed me, nearly getting me hit by the chandelier. Did you forget?”

Spotting the blood seeping through the gauze, Alessandro realized what he had done.

He released Anna, his eyes reflecting guilt and heartache.

“No… I didn’t see you… I’m sorry. I’ll make it up to you—”

“Alessandro, I’m next.” Anna cut him off and pointed at the examination room, her tone vulnerable. “Can you go in with me? I’m scared…”

Alessandro walked toward her while looking back to say, “You should head on back home. Let the household staff take good care of you. I’ll be back soon.”

He then helped Anna into the examination room.

Before, Alessandro would be there for a full-body examination even for the tiniest scratch on me, fearing the worst.

Yet now, he didn’t bother to ask about my blood-stained arms.

I stared at their receding figures.

Inches before the door came to a full close, Anna looked back and winked at me with a defiant smile.

My gaze held steady as Anna disappeared from my sight.

Well, it didn’t matter anymore. Today was the day my divorce from Alessandro was finalized.

Back in the manor, I started packing my things.

I took all my things with me, and the ones I couldn’t carry were dumped.

After packing my bags, I sorted out everything related to Alessandro.

They were every picture we took together, the collectible jewelry and designer bags he had gifted me, and the oil painting on the walls he had painted.

These were proof that he once loved me, and now, I would throw them into the burning fireplace.

The flames devoured everything, reducing it to nothing, just as my bond with Alessandro.

…

While keeping Anna company for her prenatal check-up, Alessandro couldn’t shake off something stirring within.

He got a gnawing feeling that he was about to lose something forever.

Anna’s vitals came back positive. Fighting back the unsettled sensation, he took Anna home.

He stepped into the manor, only to find the place had been turned upside down.

On the table sat the blood-diamond necklace of the Colombo Donna, along with my wedding ring from Alessandro. A note beside them read, “For Anna.”

With her eyes sparkling, Anna grabbed the necklace and held it against her neck in joy.

However, Alessandro was furious. “Put it down. That belongs to Amora.”

He called his underboss over. “What’s going on?”

“Don Colombo, Donna is missing. She left this…”

Alessandro read the document, color draining from his face.

It was a certificate of divorce.