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In our six years of marriage, Dante Moretti, betrayed me three times.
The first time, at an underground casino, he slept with a girl and swore he had to be responsible for her.
The second time, to make that girl happy, he locked me in a warehouse for three days while I was seven months pregnant. Then, our baby’s heartbeat stopped.
The third time, that girl fell ill and needed a kidney transplant from me. He strapped my mother, who was on a ventilator, into his sports car and sped wildly along a cliffside highway.
I knelt, begging, "I'll donate it. Just let my mom go. I'll do anything you ask..."
Dante smiled, his hand tightening on the remote control.
The next second, the car smashed through the guardrail, and I could only watch, as my mother plunged toward the lake.
"Remember this. This is the consequence of making Isabella suffer for even one more day."
"From now on, as long as you learn to be obedient, everything can go back to the way it was."
But I knew that was impossible.
Dante, there could never be a future for us.

Love Drowns In the Lake

Isabella's smug smile was instantly wiped away, her face draining of all color in terror.


The memory of the conversation she'd just had inside made her heart seize, and she stammered for a long moment before finally asking:


"Dante... what are you doing here? I was just waiting for you for so..."


But before she could finish, Dante’s hand shot out and clamped around her neck.


Dante's fingers tightened fiercely. "You have the audacity to ask me why I'm here?"


"If I hadn't come, how would I have discovered that you've been lying to me all this time!"


"Isabella, speak! Who gave you the nerve to harm Stella and her mother!"


Terrified, Isabella burst into tears, but she still adamantly denied everything:


"Dante... I didn't. I really didn't. You must have misunderstood something. My mom and I were just joking!"


"Besides, why would I ever hurt Stella? She's always the one bullying me—you've seen it with your own eyes!"


Chapter 10