Don's Regret Came Too Late is an emotional mafia romance short drama filled with betrayal, heartbreak, revenge, and second chances. A ruthless mafia boss sacrifices the woman who loved him most for ambition and loyalty to his criminal empire. By the time he uncovers the truth behind the lies and conspiracies that drove them apart, she has already walked away, determined never to return. The drama has recently been released as a full-length vertical series on multiple streaming platforms.
As old enemies resurface and dangerous secrets threaten the underworld, the Don risks everything to earn forgiveness. But some wounds run too deep, and he must learn that regret cannot always rewrite the past.
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As old enemies resurface and dangerous secrets threaten the underworld, the Don risks everything to earn forgiveness. But some wounds run too deep, and he must learn that regret cannot always rewrite the past.
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00:00My husband's late brother's widow posted a photo of a pregnancy report on Instagram.
00:04The caption read,
00:05Thank you for your sperm. For giving me the most precious gift.
00:08Under the father column on the report.
00:10Printed in black and white.
00:11Dominic Valenti.
00:12My husband.
00:13I left a single question mark in the comments.
00:15Less than 40 seconds later, Dominic's call came through.
00:18Serena, what do you think you're doing?
00:20What exactly are you being snide about?
00:22Vivian has been a widow for three years.
00:23She wants a child for company. What's wrong with that?
00:26Lucian died for me. He took that bullet in my place.
00:29Taking care of the woman he left behind is the least I can do.
00:32It's a blood debt I owe and you have no right to question it.
00:35The line went dead. I didn't even get a single word in.
00:38Twenty minutes later, Vivian's account updated again.
00:41This time, it was a series of photos of an apartment.
00:43Floor to ceiling windows overlooking the city skyline.
00:46And in the open plan kitchen, the back of a man busy at the counter.
00:49I recognized the property. It was registered under the Valenti name.
00:52I recognized the man too.
00:53I pressed the phone screen dark and sat in blackness for a long time.
00:57On the desk in front of me, lay a pregnancy test report.
01:00Two days ago, I found out I was two months pregnant.
01:03I'd planned to tell him on our wedding anniversary.
01:05A surprise. Five years of marriage, and we'd never been able to conceive.
01:08I thought this child would be a new hope for us.
01:10Now, it seemed he no longer needed that kind of surprise.
01:13When dawn broke, I dialed the hospital.
01:16Hello. I'd like to schedule an abortion for today.
01:19That was when Dominic walked through the door.
01:21Serena, who are you on the phone with?
01:25He came in carrying a paper bag.
01:28Brought you clam chowder from that place you like. Drink it while it's hot.
01:31I opened the container inside the bag. The soup had already congealed.
01:34Lumpy grains and broth that looked like something regurgitated.
01:38He reached out to put his arm around my shoulder. I shifted away.
01:41Not hungry.
01:42Dominic frowned, but poured the soup into a bowl.
01:44Then set it in front of me anyway.
01:46The smell of it hit me, briny and sharp, and my stomach lurched.
01:50I bolted to the bathroom and hunched over the toilet, dry heaving.
01:54He followed and tried to rub my back and knocked his hand away.
01:58Don't touch me!
01:59Dominic's expression darkened.
02:01A flash of impatience crossed those deep brown eyes.
02:04What do you want from me?
02:06I'm already trying my best to manage your feelings, Serena.
02:09What more do you want? For me to get on my knees and apologize?
02:13Then what do you think I should do?
02:14Send her my congratulations?
02:16Tell her how happy I am she's carrying my husband's child?
02:19Lucian died for me. Taking care of Vivian is my responsibility, my obligation.
02:24Nothing happened between us. It was just a sperm donation.
02:27Can you stop making everything so soldered?
02:29Honestly, Serena, right now you look like nothing but a jealous, irrational shrew.
02:33I went still. In those early days after Lucian died, I was the one who took the initiative,
02:38bringing Dominic along to visit her. Whenever something broke in her apartment,
02:42the two of us went together to fix it. It was only later that things began to shift.
02:45At some point, I couldn't pinpoint exactly when, Dominic started going alone to buy her groceries.
02:50Alone to assemble her new furniture. He'd get a call from her in the middle of the night,
02:54throw on his coat, and walk out the door. Every time I confronted him, he'd say the same thing.
02:58She's Lucian's widow.
02:59Then he'd shake me off and leave. But I never imagined he'd go so far as to give her a
03:03child.
03:04Take a good look at yourself.
03:05He flung the words at me and slammed the door behind him. Again.
03:11Soon enough, Vivian's social media updated once more. In the photo, Dominic's hand rested on her
03:15gently swelling belly, the light warm and intimate. The caption,
03:19Baby's daddy came to be with us. He said,
03:21This is where home really feels warm. I laughed, laughed until the tears came.
03:28At three in the afternoon, I arrived at the hospital. After paying for the procedure,
03:32I sat in the general waiting area for my number to be called. At the far end of the corridor,
03:36the VIP wing had been entirely cleared out. Several bodyguards in black suits stood at attention on
03:42either side. I recognized the Valenti crest on their tie pins. The door to the VIP consultation
03:47room opened, and Dominic walked out with one hand firmly on Vivian's waist. She wore a cream-colored
03:52loose dress and leaned into his arms, her face a portrait of bliss and devotion. They sat down in the
03:57lounge area, heads close together as they talked. I turned, intending to slip away in the other
04:01direction, but Dominic had already looked up and spotted me. Serena? His brow furrowed,
04:05his gaze cold and heavy. Are you following me? I kept my voice as flat as I could. I'm just
04:10here
04:10to see a doctor. For what? Dominic, don't give Serena a hard time. Maybe it's just a routine
04:16checkup? Let me go talk to her. I don't want you two fighting because of me. You're pregnant,
04:20sit still. The doctor said you need to rest during the first trimester. Don't move around. I'll handle
04:25this. I turned to leave again. Dominic stepped forward and grabbed my wrist. The yank sent me
04:29stumbling backward and nearly fell. I'm still talking to you, Serena. What are you doing at
04:34the hospital? And I already answered. I'm here to see a doctor. I'm not so idle that I'd waste my
04:40time stalking the two of you. Dominic frowned, seeming about to snatch the receipt from my hand
04:44to check for himself. Serena, I know you're angry, but after Lucy was gone, I was all alone in that
04:50house so lonely. I just had a little life of my own to keep me company. I never meant to
04:55hurt you
04:55and Dom. I calmly withdrew my hand. The next second, Vivian let out a cry, her body pitching sharply
05:00backward. Dominic shoved me aside and caught her in his arms. Are you okay? Does anything hurt?
05:07I'm fine. My legs just went weak. Dom, don't blame Serena. She didn't mean to.
05:12Are you really that vicious, Serena? I didn't touch her. I saw it with my own eyes. If anything
05:19happens to her or the baby, I will never forgive you. Dominic, he paused mid-motion as he was
05:25soothing Vivian. What if I told you I'm pregnant and I came here today for an abortion? At that
05:31moment, Vivian tilted her face up close to his, her lips grazing the shell of his ear. Serena,
05:37don't try to manipulate me with tricks like that. No matter what, I'm not leaving Vivianna.
05:44Serena Valente, are you here? Are you still going through with the procedure?
05:48I don't know how long I stood there, not until the nurse called my name from the doorway.
05:52Yes, I want this pregnancy terminated. Before long, I was wheeled into the operating room,
05:57the blinding surgical light directly overhead, then darkness. That evening, when I returned to the
06:03townhouse, the place was pitch black, no calls, no texts, nothing. But when I opened my
06:07phone, there he was again on Vivianne's feed. A set of maternity photos. Dominic in a white dress
06:12shirt, wearing a pink cartoon headband for the shoot, their hands layered together on her gently
06:16rounded belly, gazing tenderly at each other. I liked the post. For an entire week after that,
06:21Dominic didn't come home. I took the antibiotics alone, pressed a hot water bottle to my abdomen
06:25alone, and reviewed the terms of the divorce agreement alone. The day the faxed divorce papers
06:30arrived, Dominic called. Dinner at the family estate tonight. Fine. When I pushed open the dining
06:37room doors, I saw that the chair beside the head of the table, the one that had always been mine,
06:41was occupied by someone else. Vivianne, Dominic's mother, Helena, was smiling warmly and holding her
06:46hand. Oh, Serena, you're here. Serena, after Helena found out I was pregnant, she insisted I move
06:51into the estate for my prenatal care. She said it would be easier to look after me here. Please don't
06:55overthink. That's enough, Viviana. Serena, you and Dominic have been married five years without
06:59producing a child. The baby in Vivianne's stomach is the sole velalty heir. It's only natural she lives here.
07:03As for you, starting tomorrow, you'll move in and learn from the housekeeper
07:06how to take proper care of a pregnant woman. If Vivianne is satisfied with you in any way,
07:10I'll have Dominic divorce you. Instantly, every servant in the dining room wore a smirk. They
07:14were all waiting for me to become the jealous shrew, waiting for me to lose my mind, to scream,
07:18to beg. Instead, I laughed. Well, that works out perfectly. Helena's brow furrowed. What's that
07:24supposed to mean? Helena, I came here tonight for one reason. To divorce Dominic. The dining room
07:31went silent for a few seconds. You, Serena, don't forget where you came from. The fact that you're
07:37even sitting at this table is a privilege the Velocci family granted you. Then it's settled.
07:42I don't want your privilege anymore and was about to pull the divorce agreement from my bag. And
07:46Vivianne dropped to her knees without warning. Serena, I'm begging you, don't do this to my baby.
07:52The child is innocent. This is all my fault. You can't just live a life.
07:57Stop. Serena, you're actually trying to force her to abort the baby? I'm not.
08:05The next instant, before I could finish, he charged across the room and drove his shoe into my lower
08:10abdomen. The force was savage. No restraint. You vicious bitch! Haven't I taught you enough of a
08:16lesson already? My vision was blurring, but I braced myself and dragged my body upright inch by inch.
08:21Then, with the last of my strength, I pulled the divorce agreement from my bag and hurled it in
08:25his face. My voice sounded far away and hollow. Dominic Valenstie, we're done. The rage on his face
08:31froze. Then I turned and walked toward the door. One step, two steps. My vision collapsed into blackness.
08:37My knees buckled and I went down. Something warm surged from inside me, soaking through my skirt.
08:42God! Her legs! There's blood everywhere! Don kicked her in the stomach! Is she- is she
08:47mismarrying? Call an ambulance! Hurry! She's passed out! Serena! Serena! Serena, look at me! Don't
08:55close your eyes! Look at me! I tried to open my mouth and say something, but nothing came out. The
08:59blood pooled beneath me, spreading, and the darkness swallowed me whole. When I opened my eyes again,
09:06I saw a white ceiling, an IV line, and a tear-streaked face at my bedside. Mom was sitting there,
09:12gripping my hand tightly, tears falling harder, but forced to smile. Sweetheart,
09:18you're awake. How do you feel? Tell mama where it hurts. Mom. Mom's here. Mommy's right here.
09:28Cry it out, baby. Just let it all out.
09:31I cried for a long time, until my throat gave out, until my eyes were swollen and raw. Dad came
09:37in
09:37after I'd mostly calmed down. He looked at my pale face, and for just a flicker his eyes went red.
09:43You've suffered, sweetheart. I should never have let you marry into that family.
09:51Back then, Dominic had dimples when he smiled. He liked eating hot dogs with way too much mustard at
09:56late night street stalls. He'd get misty-eyed over the ending of an old movie.
10:02The first time Dad met him, he said, I don't trust anyone in the mob.
10:08Dominic stood on our front porch, in the rain, for three days, on the morning of the third day.
10:14Dominic collapsed on the steps, and Dad finally opened the door, that evening in the living room,
10:19still running a fever. I will spend the rest of my life being good to her.
10:23Dad was silent for a long time.
10:30But three years later, Dominic knelt in a pool of blood, clutching his brother's body,
10:35and never smiled like that again.
10:39Mom touched my face, and frowned slightly.
10:41Dominic is outside.
10:43Let me see her.
10:46Let me see her. Please. Just let me see her.
10:51I closed my eyes briefly.
10:53Let him in.
10:56Serena.
10:57Let him in, Mom.
10:58You two wait outside. I need to talk to him alone.
11:01My parents exchanged a look, then reluctantly rose and left the room.
11:08The door opened. Dominic stood there. His complexion was gray, his jaw locked,
11:12his eyes threaded with red. He walked to the bedside.
11:15Serena, I didn't know you were pregnant. I didn't know you'd miscarried it.
11:19That day, I just thought you were trying to force Vivian to-
11:21I've already signed the divorce papers. Sign them.
11:26No!
11:29Serena, I won't sign. I love you.
11:34You say you just didn't know I was pregnant. Fine.
11:37Then let me ask you something.
11:40You'd get a call from her in the dead of night and walk out the door,
11:43sometimes at two or three in the morning, and you called that taking care of her, right?
11:47You bought her an apartment, a Velati property titled in her name,
11:51and you called that making arrangements, right?
11:56You gave her a child, and you called that helping her fulfill a wish, right?
12:01Then let me tell you, if a man has no feelings for a woman, he doesn't leave his house at
12:073am
12:08because she called. He doesn't buy her a home and put her name on the deed.
12:13And she certainly doesn't let her carry his child. Dominic, you can lie to me.
12:18You can lie to yourself, but you can't lie to the facts.
12:22Everything you did for Vivian tells me and tells everyone that you love her.
12:28You're the dawn, you control everything, but you don't get to control whether I stay or go.
12:33That's not Serena. I was just, I only...
12:40Sign the papers, Dominic. There's nothing left to say.
12:44His head snapped up, and in his eyes, I saw a kind of panic I'd never seen before.
12:51Serena?
12:52Dad. Mom.
12:55You've said what you came to say. Now get out!
12:58No. Serena, give me one more chance.
13:01Get out!
13:03You're not welcome here.
13:05Dominic didn't move. He stared at me, unblinking. Dominic was finally pushed out of the room.
13:13I looked away, blocked him on every platform and phone number, and sent Helena a single message.
13:19Please, have your son sign the papers. It'll free up a spot for the woman he actually wants to protect.
13:27A few days later, when I went downstairs for a walk, I found Dominic outside the building entrance.
13:31He was leaning against a black sedan. No bodyguards. No driver.
13:35The moment he saw me come out, he straightened and took a few steps in my direction.
13:45Serena.
13:48His voice was wrecked.
13:50How are you feeling? Any better?
13:53I was carrying a bag of fruit. My tone was distant. Much better. If there's nothing else, I'm heading back
13:59up.
14:00He reached out to stop me. Carefully. Tentatively. Same design Dominic and I had created together for our wedding band.
14:07No matter what happens, I'll never take it off.
14:08But I also hadn't forgotten what he'd said to me later.
14:11Viv gets upset when she sees my wedding ring. It reminds her of Lucien. Why can't you be more considerate
14:17of other people's feelings?
14:18I glanced instinctively at my own left ring finger. Pushed the box back toward him.
14:23The rings are new. But what's broken can't be fixed.
14:29After a few seconds of silence, he erupted.
14:32Serena, why can't you cut me off some slack just once?
14:35You're the one who didn't tell me about the pregnancy. If you had just said something, I never would have
14:38walked away at the hospital that day.
14:40I've explained the situation with Vivian. I don't love her.
14:42I was only looking after her for Lucien, helping her fulfill a wish. Why can't you understand that?
14:48At the hospital that day, your exact words were, no matter what, you would not leave her.
14:55And the anger froze on his face. If you won't sign the papers, then stop coming to find me.
15:01No.
15:02I don't want to see you again.
15:04I turned and walked straight back through the building entrance.
15:06Serena?
15:10But that night, I received a text from Vivian. Tomorrow, a cafe. I have something to say.
15:19There you are.
15:22Serena, since things have come this far, I'm not going to beat around the brush.
15:27Dominic loves me. Just sign the divorce papers and stop holding us up.
15:31I think you have it backwards. The one who won't agree to the divorce is Dominic. Not me.
15:37That's impossible. I'm carrying his child. Why would he not want me?
15:41You must be the one clinging to him, refusing to let go. I didn't respond. The silence seemed to
15:46infuriate her. I bet you don't know yet. This baby wasn't conceived the way Dominic told you.
15:52No providing a sample. No artificial insermination.
15:57Dominic and I slept together. More than once. The air went still for a beat.
16:02Is that so?
16:21I stood. I picked up the still, half-full Americana and threw it squarely in her face.
16:31I grabbed my bag and walked out. After leaving the cafe, I went straight to the law office and
16:44handed the voice recorder I'd been carrying to my attorney.
16:50Three days later, at the hearing, the old men poured over the evidence.
16:54Finally, one of them struck the gavel. Some frightened. Some gave thin, knowing smiles.
17:00By ruling of the family joint council, the infidelity is substantiated. The marriage of
17:04Dominic Veloto and Serena Veloto shall be automatically dissolved in one month.
17:08Dominic's shoulders collapsed.
17:11And walking out through the council hall doors, Dominic was standing at the bottom of the steps.
17:16Serena,
17:19do you hate me that much? You really won't leave any room at all.
17:23I took out my phone, pulled up the recording, and pressed play. Vivian's voice poured for
17:27time. Dominic and I slept together, more than once.
17:31I can explain. That day, I helped her move some things back to her place, and she said she wanted
17:34to cook dinner to thank me. We had some wine, and then, and I don't know how it just...
17:37Dominic, Lucien took a bullet for you, and you turned around and took care of his wife all the way
17:43into her bed. If he could crawl out of that grave, the first person he'd put down is you.
17:51Serena, but I only love you. It was only that one time with her.
17:55I don't need love that cheap. Perhaps out of guilt, Dominic transferred a substantial sum
18:02into my account during the divorce proceedings. I accepted every cent. It was enough to live
18:08comfortably for a long time, so I bought a one-way ticket to Barcelona and set off traveling alone.
18:20From Las Ramblas to the Charles Bridge in Prague.
18:27From the black sand beaches of Iceland to a stargazing camp in New Zealand.
18:32At every stop, I mailed my parents a postcard and logged my experiences on a blog.
18:38When I came home after a long stretch of travel,
18:41Mom eagerly filled me in over dinner on the aftermath of Dominic and Vivian.
18:49After our divorce, Vivian, belly and all, staged a coup. Dominic refused to marry her. He said he'd
18:54only ever looked after her out of guilt toward Lucien, that there had never been any real feeling.
18:58Vivian dropped every pretense and weaponized the baby. Marry her, or she'd get an abortion. Helena,
19:04desperate for an heir, couldn't stomach that kind of threat. She strong-armed Dominic into a wedding,
19:08but married life was nothing like what Vivian had envisioned. Dominic was glacially cold to her.
19:13He never came back to the estate, never ate dinner with her, wouldn't even sit at the same table.
19:17He shut himself in his downtown apartment to work, the way he used to shut me out. No,
19:21worse than he'd ever been with me. Vivian had no sense of security. She probably understood better
19:26than anyone how she'd clawed her way to the top. That made her all the more paranoid. When Dominic
19:30didn't come home, she'd hunt him down at the office, making scenes in the lobby, demanding he
19:35come back with her. She started crashing business functions. There was one occasion when Dominic was
19:41at a critical juncture in a joint deal with several other families, and Vivian somehow got hold of the
19:46restaurant address. She burst into the private dining room, and demanded to know why he hadn't
19:52answered his phone. Every person at that table was a power player from one of the branch families.
20:00For the Don's wife to throw a tantrum in that setting, loss of face doesn't begin to cover it.
20:05The deal nearly fell apart. Afterward, the straw that finally broke everything came a month later.
20:10Dominic was out at an evening function and hadn't come home. Vivian tracked him to the venue.
20:15She spotted a young woman seated beside Dominic, pouring his wine. Nothing more than a liaison from
20:20the other party's PR team. She stormed over and slapped the woman across the face.
20:24The kind of people who circulate in those rooms are not the kind you provoke. The woman hit back
20:28immediately. In the scuffle, Vivian's belly struck the edge of a table. The child was rushed to the
20:33ICU, put on a ventilator, a tiny life bristling with tubes, fighting inside an incubator for nearly three
20:39weeks. In the end, the baby didn't make it. With the child gone, Dominic initiated the joint council's
20:46arbitration that very same day. On the grounds that Vivian had gravely damaged the family's
20:51reputation and commercial interests, the marriage was forcibly dissolved. Vivian must have known it
20:57was over. She took a severance payout and vanished from the city. Helena was now back to working every
21:02connection she had, scouting for a new daughter-in-law. But the Valenti circus of the past two years had
21:08already made the rounds through every drawing room in their circle. Serves him right. If he treated you
21:16the way he should have, would any of this have happened? I smiled but offered no comment. They
21:20had nothing to do with me anymore. I went back to packing my bags. The ticket for my next trip
21:24was
21:25already booked. Go on then. Send me lots of pretty photos. I zipped my backpack shut, stood up,
21:35and flashed her an okay sign. Don't worry. I thought my life was finally about to settle into real peace
21:42and quiet. What I didn't expect was to run into Dominic one more time before I left. When he appeared,
21:48I flinched. His face was ashen, his hair a mess. Nothing like the commanding dawn he'd once been.
21:55Serena, Vivian and I are divorced. The baby's gone too.
21:58And? It was the baby that bothered you, wasn't it? The baby's gone now. We can start over.
22:05Dominic, there is no starting over. We're done.
22:12No. Serena, you loved me so much once. I know it was all because of Viviana and the baby that
22:17you
22:17left me. There's nothing standing between us anymore. Give me one more chance. I'll love you
22:22right this time. Better than before. He grabbed my hand, practically begging. But Dominic, I don't
22:28love you anymore. It's over. Move forward. He shook his head, unable to believe what he was hearing.
22:37In the end, he walked away with red-rimmed eyes. Serena doesn't love me anymore. Doesn't love me.
22:43So utterly wrecked, he almost looked pitiable. I watched his unsteady figure retreat into the
22:47distance. The once untouchable godfather, reduced to this. When I boarded the flight to Copenhagen,
22:54I slid open the window shade. Outside, the morning sky was on fire with dawn. Blazing,
23:01breathtaking. I was moving forward, and I wouldn't look back.
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