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I Saved Him with My Life, but He Protected the Real Culprit
Novelix
Completed
"After the eighth time I used my life to force him into marriage, mafia godfather Lucano Moretti finally settled down. No more bars. No clubs. No women. His rivals laughed that a woman had him twisted around her finger like a dog. He just smiled. His men said I had no class, that I could never be a godfather's woman. Lucano's face went cold on the spot. Then he turned to coax me. “Milia, don't listen to their bullshit.” “We survived worse. If two gossipy comments knocked you down, then my settling down meant nothing.” I believed him. Until one day I came home early. Lucano lifted his head from a young girl's body and gave me a regretful smile. “I didn't want to hurt you.” “But I hid it so well. Why did you have to come back a day early?”"
Chapters (3)
第1章
After the eighth time I used my life to force him into marriage, mafia godfather Lucano Moretti finally settled down.
No more bars. No clubs. No women.
His rivals laughed that a woman had him twisted around her finger like a dog. He just smiled.
His men said I had no class, that I could never be a godfather’s woman.
Lucano’s face went cold on the spot. Then he turned to coax me.
“Milia, don’t listen to their bullshit.”
“We survived worse. If two gossipy comments knocked you down, then my settling down meant nothing.”
I believed him. Until one day I came home early.
Lucano lifted his head from a young girl’s body and gave me a regretful smile.
“I didn’t want to hurt you.”
“But I hid it so well. Why did you have to come back a day early?”
I looked at the mess on the bed and calmly poured myself a glass of water.
His first reaction was to shield the girl in his arms.
He said:
“Isabella is different from you. For her, I decided to settle down.”
“Either you pretend you don’t see it, or I give her a name. You choose. I’ll do as you say.”
In that moment, I finally understood.
I’d tried to die eight times and turned the city upside down. But his return wasn’t for me.
I put the glass back on the table and said softly:
“Whatever.”
“Then I’ll give her my place.”
Lucano froze.
The cigar was still in his mouth. He turned his head to look at me.
“Whatever?”
He took the cigar out and laughed.
“Milia, say that again.”
My hand was still on the glass. I didn’t look at him.
“Give Isabella a name, fine. I pretend I don’t see it, also fine.”
“You choose.”
I threw his own words back at him.
Lucano stared at me for a few seconds. Then he suddenly pushed the girl away.
“Isabella, go out first.”
The girl bit her lip, eyes full of tears, and glanced at me timidly.
Lucano was never patient.
Seeing she didn’t move, his brow twitched.
But he still couldn’t bear to use his usual temper on her.
He coaxed her instead.
“Be good. It’ll only be a moment.”
Only then did the girl walk out with red eyes.
After the door closed, only he and I were left.
And that smell that wouldn’t go away.
Lucano walked up to me and looked down at the glass in my hand.
“Really not angry?”
I lifted my eyelids. “You want me to be angry?”
He didn’t answer. He took my glass, drank, and put it back in my hand.
His thumb brushed the back of my hand.
“Milia, you can be angry. But don’t make a scene. I don’t have the energy to figure out your other face.”
I looked at the watermark he left on the rim and said nothing.
He pinched my chin.
“Before, when you made a scene, I knew how to coax you.”
“You hit walls, I stopped you. You cut your wrist, I grabbed the knife. You jumped, I pulled you back. You reacted, so I had a way.”
“Now you say whatever. What am I supposed to do with you? Hm?”
I turned my head lightly.
“Then don’t do anything with me. Do whatever you want.”
“Outwardly, you’re still a good husband. Indoors, sleep wherever you want.”
The smile at the corner of his mouth faded a little.
“Then what about you? What do you want?”
I looked up at him.
“Whatever you like me to be, I’ll be.”
He paused, a flicker of interest in his eyes.
“Sensible.”
He reached out and touched the loose hair by my ear. “No wonder I wronged Isabella back then and still married you.”
“If you really mean whatever, fine. I’ll take her to the east house. She won’t bother you.”
Before, I told him not to touch women who threw themselves at him.
He never listened.
Now I said whatever, and he listened.
I showed no expression and turned to step out.
“But I have one condition.”
I stopped and waited.
“You have dinner with me at least once a week. Just the two of us.”
“I won’t forget what I promised you. In this life, Lucano has only one wife.”
I turned my face slightly.
“When you say that, don’t you find yourself ridiculous?”
In his world, having dinner with me was all a husband needed to do.
He laughed lightly.
“Ridiculous. But I’m afraid you won’t eat.”
“The world doesn’t lack women. A wife is only one. I should put some care into it.”
So a meal was care.
I suddenly had nothing to say.
I went into the first-floor guest room.
I took out my phone.
On the screen was a text from half an hour ago:
【Miss Milia, the thing you asked about has been found.】
【Three properties under Lucano’s name, two underground businesses, were changed to gift transfers without your knowledge. Recipient is Isabella Colleone. Time: three months ago.】
Three months ago…
That was when I tried to die for the eighth time.
I stared at the screen for a long time.
Then I made a call.
“Lawyer Karl, the divorce plan I asked about last time, no need to wait.”
Silence on the other end.
“Miss Milia, are you sure? The asset division is very unfavorable to you. Mr. Lucano’s side…”
“Unfavorable doesn’t matter.”
I turned off the light and lay down in the dark.
“I’ll grant him.”
第2章
The call ended.
I closed my eyes.
Footsteps came from the master bedroom next door, then Isabella’s low crying.
And Lucano’s voice, coaxing.
“Silly, you saw it, so what. What are you afraid of?”
“But her look… it creeped me out.”
Lucano laughed.
“Relax. She’ll make things hard for me, for herself, but not for you.”
“With her methods, dealing with outside flowers is easy. Would she need to die eight times to force me?”
“She knows the crack was never with outsiders.”
“That’s the good thing about Milia. Too moral.”
I didn’t open my eyes.
My mouth moved.
I couldn’t tell if I was smiling or crying.
The next morning.
Lucano pushed the door open. My phone had just received a photo.
Isabella’s pregnancy test.
He leaned on the doorframe and watched me for a while.
“Didn’t sleep well?”
He walked over and bent close to look at me.
That face was still handsome. Even this close, there was nothing to fault.
“Your eyes are a little swollen.” He reached to touch.
I turned my head. His fingers missed.
He paused, then laughed. “Still angry?”
Just then, his gaze fell on the phone screen on my knees.
The smile froze for a moment, then melted away.
“Again like before? Investigating her with a dragnet?”
I didn’t look up. “She sent it herself.”
He looked at me for two seconds, then straightened.
“Fine. She sent it herself.”
His tone said, “Whatever you say.”
He didn’t believe I hadn’t investigated.
Nor did he believe Isabella sent it herself.
In his heart, the girl sneaking around to meet him was already wronged enough.
He couldn’t bear to add scheming to her.
I was different.
I had made scenes eight times.
The quieter I was, the more it looked like a prelude.
He loosened his collar. “I was going to tell you these two days. The baby is two months.”
When he said it, we both went silent.
After a while, I turned my face to him.
“Lucano, do you remember what you once said? If we had a child, what name?”
The smile didn’t fade.
“Boy: Lucano II. Girl: the pearl of the Moretti family.”
“Do you also remember you swore to heaven, if I don’t give birth, you won’t have children?”
He paused, elbow on his knee, looking at me.
“Milia, promises are precious. But I’ll be honest. Don’t get upset.”
“You tried to die eight times. You can’t even take care of yourself. How would I dare let you have a baby?”
He reached over. His knuckles brushed my cheek.
“Isabella is different.”
“She’s healthy, gentle. She won’t kill herself over everything. If she has the child, I don’t have to hang my heart up all day.”
“But I promise, after the baby is born, it calls you Mom. I won’t let her near your position.”
He didn’t say it like he was asking.
He was waiting for me to nod and say “okay.”
I opened my palm.
My voice was steadier than I expected.
“You thought it through.”
He smiled.
He reached out and ruffled my hair. “That’s why I’m your husband, right?”
第3章
At three in the afternoon, driver Old Tony knocked and came in.
He carried a bag of files.
“Madam, the godfather sent these. He said a few files need your glance. Routine stuff.”
“Put them on the table.”
Old Tony set them down but didn’t leave.
He rubbed his hands, hesitant.
“Madam, there’s something I should report.”
“Speak.”
“That car you had me watch. The plate ending in three sixes. I saw it parked under Emerald Bay in the west city several nights in a row.”
“I checked with the property management a few times. Then I found… Miss Isabella also lives there.”
He stepped aside after saying it.
He thought I’d smash a glass like before.
I only said, “Mm.”
“Got it. No need to watch anymore.”
Old Tony froze. “No need? Didn’t you always think the car owner was with the godfather…”
“It was a misunderstanding. Go do your work.”
Old Tony left, confused.
I opened the files he brought. Routine business material.
At the end was a blank check.
Lucano’s seal was already on it. The amount was blank.
He was always generous when spoiling me.
I pulled the check out and put it in my bag.
That night, Lucano came home early.
He saw me drinking porridge at the table and paused.
He walked over, sat across from me, chin on his hand, and watched me for a while.
“So quiet today?”
He smiled and pulled the stack of files over.
He flipped through them. When he saw the check was gone, he raised an eyebrow.
“You took it?”
“Wasn’t it for me?”
He laughed, closed the files, and tossed them aside. Then he looked at me.
“It is for you. I have a task for you.”
“Tomorrow’s territory meeting. Go in my place. Show your face, say a few words.”
He didn’t give me a chance to answer. He took a call and rushed off.
I didn’t look up.
Since his so-called settling down, rushing in and rushing out had become normal.
During that time, no one caught any gossip.
I convinced myself it was for the family business, not women.
But in the end, his settling down was just choosing one flower from the garden to bring home.
It was never about me.
The next morning, I went to the territory meeting for him.
Six or seven people sat in the room.
Several of Lucano’s councilmen were there.
There was also a young man I didn’t know well, sitting at the end.
Halfway through, a councilman suddenly aimed at the young man.
“Marco, your accounts are three days late. How do you explain to the godfather?”
The young man wasn’t anxious. “Data verification takes time. I can’t submit fake numbers.”
The councilman slapped the table.
“You think this is your accounting firm? The godfather wants results, not process.”
I didn’t speak. I looked down at my phone.
These people loved shifting blame. Lucano not coming meant he wanted me to be the target.
Lawyer Karl sent a message:
【Agreement delivered to your garage locker downstairs.】
I locked the screen.
I looked up at the young man named Marco and spoke.
“Give Marco three more days. If there’s an error, I’ll bear it.”
The councilman froze. “Madam, but the godfather…”
“I’ll talk to the godfather.”
The room went quiet for two seconds.
Marco glanced at me. It was brief. Then he lowered his head.
“Thank you, madam.”
After the meeting, I was the last to rise.
Marco waited at the door. When I came out, he said:
“I already finished the verification. I just found a loophole yesterday. I wanted to confirm before reporting.”
“Then go with your confirmation.”
I nodded at him and left without another word.
That night, I was making tea.
Lucano had just sat down. He didn’t look up.
“I heard you stood up for a young man at the meeting today?”
