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01:00A few yards away stood Enzo Falcone.
01:02He had beaten me to the shore.
01:04He had already handed the drowning Lucia over to the syndicate's combat medics.
01:07He looked up, our eyes locked.
01:09His footsteps faltered for a second.
01:11He snatched a heavy towel from a passing enforcer.
01:13The enforcer was already racking his submachine gun, scanning the dark waters for assassins.
01:17I dodged Enzo's hand.
01:19Don't catch a cold.
01:21Thanks.
01:21The scar on my palm from our blood packed, suddenly burning.
01:25I stood up on my own.
01:26The rest of the mob bosses from the yacht were gathering around, their bodyguards forming
01:30a human shield.
01:31My head was spinning.
01:33But I remembered this exact moment with crystal clarity.
01:36Today was supposed to be a summit.
01:37The Falcone family had organized a yacht trip for the allied syndicate to divide the city's
01:42weapons smuggling route.
01:43No one expected the sudden ambush.
01:45The hull was blown open by a rival cartel's C4 charge.
01:49I was standing on the deck.
01:51The violent jolt threw me into the dark water.
01:53In my past life, I didn't know how to swim.
01:55Instinct made me cling to Enzo when he dove in to save me.
01:58I dragged him down.
01:59He smashed into the rocks and shattered his legs.
02:02He spent the rest of his life confined to a wheelchair, stripped of his right to ever
02:06lead the family.
02:07That delay cost Lucia her life.
02:09She drowned in the cold depths.
02:10It ruined Enzo's older brother.
02:12He lost the woman he was supposed to marry.
02:14And I paid the price.
02:15I married Enzo and endured a lifetime of his coldness and humiliation.
02:20I refused to let that tragedy replay.
02:22I had learned how to swim.
02:23Thank God.
02:24In this life, both Enzo and Lucia survived.
02:26And I no longer had to marry him.
02:28I turned toward Don Falcone to break the blood pact.
02:31Ready to face the wrath of La Cosa Nostra.
02:33A dark figure stepped in front of me.
02:35Papa, Pearl Costello is soaking wet in front of all our men.
02:39She might as well be naked.
02:41If I marry her, the Falcone family will be a laughing stock.
02:44Call the Costellis and cancel the union.
02:45The ocean breeze carried his words.
02:47They made me shiver.
02:48He was reborn too.
02:49Just like me.
02:50He wanted out of this cursed marriage.
02:52But it is such a poor excuse.
02:54You drag Pearl's name through the mud and break the pact?
02:58Do you know what the commission will do to her reputation?
03:01A broken blood pact means a blood debt.
03:04Don Falcone, I don't care about the whispers of made men.
03:06If reputation matters so much, the sinners are the ones running their mouths, not the victims.
03:10Since the young Falcone thinks I'm unworthy of his name, I won't force his hand.
03:14I will return the territory you offered as a dowry.
03:16I ask you to bless this separation without bloodshed.
03:19Enzo froze.
03:20He tilted his head and stared at me.
03:22He looked shocked.
03:23It was as if he was looking right through me, seeing a ghost.
03:26Lucia had said something very similar in our past life.
03:29Who would have thought?
03:30Enzo Falcone coveted his brother's future wife.
03:33In the past life, his brother loved Lucia.
03:35Enzo didn't want a blood war with his own flesh and blood.
03:39So he settled for me.
03:40I lowered my eyes.
03:41I avoided his intense gaits.
03:43Don Falcone let out a heavy sigh.
03:45You two used to ride horses and shoot at the range together.
03:49You were inseparable.
03:51I thought this union was good for both of you.
03:53I never knew you hated each other.
03:55Fine, I'll speak with the Costello boss.
03:57The pact is broken.
03:59I turned to leave.
04:00Thank you, Don Falcone.
04:01I was about to step into the armored SUV heading back to the hotel.
04:05Ms. Costello.
04:06Lucia had regained her color.
04:08She was wrapped in a towel.
04:09Her pale, delicate face peeked out.
04:12Do you remember me, Ms. Costello?
04:13We met at St. Jude's Orphanage in the Narrows.
04:17Five years ago, I accompanied my grandmother to the orphanage for charity work.
04:21I heard a girl crying in the alley.
04:23The caretakers told me she was the newly discovered bastard child of the Shelby family.
04:28She was framed for stealing.
04:29They dumped her back at the orphanage as punishment.
04:32She didn't even have a real name.
04:34Everyone just called her Lucky Seven.
04:36She was the seventh illegitimate child of a fading mob boss.
04:40She was painfully thin.
04:41She wore a flimsy dress in the dead of winter.
04:44Her head was always bowed.
04:45She was timid and broken.
04:47I took pity on her.
04:48So I sneaked her warm clothes and decent food.
04:51The orphanage was close to my family's private estate.
04:54I took her to our stables to ride horses.
04:57Teaching her how to read.
04:58Teaching her how to shoot a gun.
05:00Then my grandmother felt low.
05:02We had to rush back to the city for a specialist.
05:05I didn't even get to say goodbye to the girl.
05:07Who would have thought?
05:08She was Enzo's future sister-in-law, Lucia.
05:11She had changed completely.
05:13No wonder I didn't recognize her.
05:15Lucia offered a shy smile.
05:18Back at the orphanage, you told me something.
05:21You said in this life you have to fight for what's yours.
05:23So I fought for my innocence.
05:25I fought for my rightful place in the Shelby family.
05:27I wanted to find you in the city, but I never had the chance.
05:30I heard you were on this yacht trip, so I begged to come.
05:33I've been trying so hard to become just like you, Miss Costello.
05:36Her eyes were bright.
05:37They were filled with admiration and pure joy.
05:40Then it hit me.
05:41Lucia was wearing my favorite shade of dark red.
05:44Her hairpiece and makeup matched my signature style.
05:47No wonder Enzo said we looked alike in the past life.
05:50She was wearing my shadow.
05:52Suddenly, my view was blocked.
05:54Enzo stepped between us.
05:55Miss Lucia is in shock from the water.
05:57She needs rest.
05:59I'll escort her back.
06:00He shielded Lucia as if I were a threat.
06:02Lucia looked confused.
06:03Miss Costello fell in the water too.
06:05You're her fiancé.
06:07Shouldn't you take care of her?
06:08Why are you escorting an outsider?
06:10At this point in time, Lucia wasn't engaged to Enzo's brother yet.
06:13I couldn't see Enzo's expression.
06:14Enzo and I have broken the pact.
06:16He is no longer my fiancé.
06:18With that, I got into the SUV.
06:20As the heavy door slammed shut, I caught a glimpse of Enzo.
06:23His back was straight.
06:24He stood tall like a dark pine tree.
06:26Unlike the broken man in the wheelchair from my past life, I let out a long breath.
06:30In this life, I was no longer a sinner.
06:33I always knew the truth.
06:35Enzo never wanted to marry me.
06:36The day the syndicate announced our union, he was at the tracks.
06:39He rode his black stallion straight into my family's courtyard.
06:42Are you Pearl Costello?
06:43He held the reins with one hand.
06:44He glared down at me.
06:46I will never marry a spoiled mafia princess like you.
06:49I was arrogant back then.
06:50I snatched his riding crop.
06:52I yanked him right off the saddle.
06:53I vaulted onto his horse.
06:55I rode circles around him, mocking him.
06:57I wouldn't marry a useless brat like you either.
07:01You can't even hold onto your own horse.
07:04Enzo didn't get angry.
07:05Instead, he stared at me for a long time.
07:08He looked mesmerized.
07:09He finally asked,
07:10What else can you do?
07:11As the eldest daughter of the Costello family, I was bred for perfection.
07:17Golf, skydiving, marksmanship.
07:20Too many things to count.
07:21Whether it was academics or blood sport, I had to be the best.
07:25Enzo didn't say a word.
07:26But after that day, he started asking me out.
07:28He would just sit there, watching me with a smirk.
07:30What are you staring at?
07:34I'm looking at my future wife.
07:36My heart betrayed me and skipped a beat.
07:38It was the first time my hands trembled while holding a sniper rifle.
07:43Smooth talker.
07:45Only for my wife.
07:47He smiled and helped me load the magazine.
07:49He glanced at my hands.
07:51Most people shoot right-handed.
07:53You remind me of a friend of mine.
07:55You both shoot left-handed.
07:58I thought she was the only one.
07:59There are millions of people in the world.
08:01Similarities happen.
08:01I didn't think much of Enzo's words.
08:03We spent every day together.
08:04We even planned to travel the world after the wedding.
08:07But then the accident happened.
08:08Enzo, who loved riding and shooting, could never mount a horse again.
08:12The underworld mocked him as a cripple.
08:14My parents wanted to break the engagement.
08:16But I stubbornly married him anyway.
08:18I ruined him.
08:19I couldn't just abandon him.
08:21But the accident turned Enzo into a monster.
08:24His smiles vanished.
08:26His eyes turned dead and vicious.
08:28On our wedding night, he sat in his wheelchair.
08:30His voice was iced.
08:31I'm a cripple.
08:32I can't perform in the bedroom.
08:36The Falcone family, king of the city's underworld, needs an heir.
08:40You look exactly like his dead fiancé.
08:43It will ease his grief.
08:44You owe him this.
08:45That was the moment the truth shattered my world.
08:48I finally learned who else fell into the ocean that was Lucia.
08:51The friend Enzo had mentioned.
08:53His older brother Julian's fiancé.
08:55Thunder roared outside the window.
08:57My mind went completely blank.
08:58I had destroyed three lives.
09:00That night, still wearing my wedding dress, I walked like a ghost to Julian's bedroom.
09:06My brother is out of his mind.
09:10Don't listen to him.
09:11I'll sleep in the guest room.
09:13You rest here.
09:14Before he left, Julian poured me a cup of hot tea.
09:16The steam blurred my vision.
09:18I opened my mouth.
09:19My throat was too dry to speak.
09:21The words, I'm sorry, felt entirely useless.
09:24Consumed by guilt, I accepted Enzo's hatred.
09:26I took care of him with everything I had.
09:28I woke up at dawn to cook him special meals.
09:30I brought them to him while they were hot.
09:32The doctor said you need to recover.
09:34I learned some new recipes.
09:36Try them.
09:38Don't bother cooking lunch.
09:39I have no appetite.
09:40He didn't hear me.
09:41He didn't even look at me.
09:43I stepped closer, carefully.
09:45It won't taste good cold.
09:47It has medicinal herbs.
09:49Enzo frowned.
09:50When did you get here?
09:52Just now.
09:53He didn't reply.
09:54He drank his water in silence.
09:55He treated me like thin air.
09:57Suddenly, a loud noise erupted from outside.
10:00It was muffled, so I couldn't hear it clearly.
10:03Let them shoot off their fireworks.
10:06Tell them not to worry about waking me.
10:09He wasn't deaf to my voice.
10:11He just chose not to hear it.
10:13A bitter taste flooded my mouth.
10:15But what right did I have to complain?
10:17Sometimes, Enzo would look at me with an expression I couldn't decipher.
10:21It was a mix of nostalgia and bitter resentment.
10:24My sister-in-law loved wearing vintage dresses with pearls.
10:27She never got to wear the new dress my brother ordered for her.
10:30I bought these pearls at an auction for her.
10:32My sister-in-law used to put hawthorn in her ginger tea.
10:35She said the sweet, sour, and spicy flavors mixed together perfectly.
10:39Stop copying her to get my attention, Pearl.
10:43But I had been doing those things long before I met Enzo.
10:46Now, I was accused of being a cheap knockoff.
10:49I choked back my tears.
10:51I threw away everything I loved.
10:53Why did I have to be the sinner?
10:55Then came the night Enzo got red drunk.
11:01He bit my lip until it bled.
11:04He groaned against my mouth.
11:07Lucia.
11:08That was when the ugly truth finally clicked.
11:11I understood why he hated me for copying Lucia.
11:14He coveted his brother's woman.
11:16He only agreed to marry me because I looked like her.
11:19The night wind was freezing.
11:21It chilled me to the bone.
11:22I turned into a second Enzo.
11:24Silent.
11:25Dead inside.
11:26The only time I smiled was on my first birthday after the wedding.
11:29My parents came to the Falcone estate.
11:31The table was full of my favorite dishes.
11:33My mother made me a bowl of traditional pasta.
11:36I finally smiled.
11:37Enzo rolled his wheelchair past the dining room.
11:41Tomorrow is the anniversary of her death.
11:43How do you have the nerve to smile?
11:44It was like a bucket of ice water over my head.
11:47It extinguished the last spark of life in me.
11:49The food turned to ashes in my mouth.
11:51I thought to myself,
11:53If God is real,
11:54let me do this over.
11:55Let me save Lucia.
11:57I don't want to be the villain anymore.
11:59I never expected my prayer to be answered.
12:02When I opened my eyes,
12:03the nightmare was over.
12:04Enzo and I were both reborn.
12:06In the past life,
12:07he didn't dare approach Lucia because of his brother.
12:10Now,
12:10Lucia wasn't bound to Julian yet.
12:13Enzo had his chance.
12:14Let him fight his brother for her.
12:16In this life,
12:17we walk our separate paths.
12:18I walked back into the luxury hotel.
12:21Someone was waiting for me in the hallway.
12:23He was holding a bowl of ginger tea with Hawthorne.
12:25Miss Costello,
12:26Mr. Enzo sent this.
12:29He said you caught a chill and need to warm up.
12:31He demands you drink this and stay in your room.
12:33No wandering around.
12:34Was Enzo warning me to stay away from Lucia?
12:37When did I ever have a problem with her?
12:39I let out a tired laugh.
12:42Throw it away.
12:43I hate the smell of ginger.
12:46I stopped chasing after Enzo like I did in my past life.
12:49He didn't come looking for me either.
12:51He spent every day on Lucia's floor.
12:53I heard he personally cooked for her yesterday.
12:56This morning,
12:56he ordered a massive bouquet of imported roses.
13:00In my four years of suffering,
13:02I never even knew Enzo could cook.
13:04Good for him.
13:05He gets to chase the woman he truly wants.
13:07The next day,
13:08the Don hosted a shooting competition
13:10to test the young soldiers and solidify alliances.
13:13Lucia arrived early.
13:14Her eyes lit up when she saw me.
13:16Miss Costello,
13:17I cleaned this Beretta 92FF just for you.
13:19I even filed the serial numbers off.
13:23Lately,
13:24Enzo keeps coming to my room.
13:26I don't know what he wants.
13:28I tell him to leave,
13:29but he ignores me.
13:31Enzo and I were just a business arrangement.
13:34There's no love there.
13:35The pact is broken,
13:37and I feel completely free.
13:39If you like him,
13:40accept his advances.
13:41If he crosses a line,
13:43put a bullet in his leg.
13:44You're a mob boss's daughter now.
13:47As long as you don't hate me,
13:49Miss Costello.
13:50We haven't shot together in a long time.
13:52You go first.
13:54All right.
13:59I racked the slide,
14:01aimed at the silhouette target's head,
14:03and fired three rounds in tight succession.
14:06A perfect kill box.
14:08A dark chuckle sounded behind me.
14:10Enzo stepped up to my side,
14:12his holster visibly strapped to his chest.
14:14Even in a second life,
14:15you're still a copycat.
14:16Everyone shoots right-handed.
14:18Only Lucia shoots with her left.
14:20You even have to copy that
14:22just to get my attention.
14:24Lucia heard him.
14:25Her brow furrowed in anger.
14:27What do you mean copying me?
14:31Lucia looked at me with pure reverence.
14:34Miss Costello taught me how to shoot.
14:36She's my mentor.
14:38Enzo froze.
14:39His lips parted.
14:40He looked like he wanted to ask a question.
14:42Someone interrupted.
14:43Lunch is ready in the main dining hall.
14:46The don is waiting.
14:48Julianne Falcone walked over.
14:50Unlike the reckless, arrogant Enzo,
14:51the older brother was cold and calculating.
14:54I remembered the past life.
14:55Julianne got severely sick
14:57as soon as we hit the island.
14:58He didn't even make it onto the yacht.
15:00The first time he left his room
15:01was to receive news of Lucia's death.
15:04He had to watch them
15:04pull the white sheet over her face.
15:07Now, Julianne was healthy.
15:08But his own brother
15:09was stalking his future wife.
15:11I looked at Julianne with a trace of pity.
15:14A hand gripped my wrist.
15:15Let's go, Miss Costello.
15:16We'll shoot more after we eat.
15:18Before we could take a step,
15:19we were separated.
15:20Enzo shoved himself
15:21between me and Lucia.
15:23He offered her his expensive jacket.
15:25The wind is picking up.
15:27Put this on.
15:30No, I'm fine.
15:32Miss Costello is the one
15:33who needs to stay warm.
15:34Lucia tried to take the jacket
15:36and drape it over me.
15:37I stepped back on instinct.
15:39I refused to touch anything
15:40belonging to Enzo.
15:41Suddenly, a pair of strong arms
15:43caught me from behind.
15:44Careful.
15:45There are steps right behind you.
15:49Thank you.
15:49I pulled away from Julianne
15:51and steadied myself.
15:52The jacket ended up
15:52back in Enzo's hands.
15:54His face was dark with fury.
15:55Julianne didn't look
15:56too pleased either.
15:57Only Lucia remained oblivious.
15:59She kept chattering away in my ear.
16:01She had no idea
16:02that two lethal men
16:03were losing their minds over her.
16:05I let her talk as we walked.
16:07We entered the opulent dining hall,
16:09which guarded by men
16:10with assault rifles
16:11at every entrance.
16:12She sat right next to me.
16:14Julianne and Enzo
16:15sat across from us,
16:16surrounded by other syndicate heirs.
16:18The Falcone family
16:19ruled the city's underworld.
16:21It didn't take long
16:22for a young capo
16:23to approach the dawn.
16:24He asked for a blessing
16:25to marry one of the girls.
16:26Papa,
16:27I've been in love with Lucia
16:29for a long time.
16:30Talk to the Shelby family.
16:31Let me marry her.
16:33Enzo stood up too.
16:34I wasn't surprised.
16:35He was reborn.
16:36Lucia stared at him in shock.
16:38Then, Julianne stood up.
16:39Papa,
16:40I am begging you.
16:42I want to marry
16:43Pearl Costello.
16:46No!
16:47He roared.
16:50You can't marry her!
16:55Why can't your brother
16:56marry Pearl?
17:01She...
17:01Her reputation is ruined.
17:03She's rough
17:04and acts like a cartel hitman,
17:05not a woman.
17:06My brother is the future
17:07capo of the family.
17:08He needs a wife
17:09who matches his status.
17:11I am begging, Papa.
17:13I am not asking
17:14for your permission.
17:15I am staking my claim
17:16as the future dawn.
17:18The word beg
17:18established the absolute
17:20difference between them.
17:21Enzo choked.
17:22He couldn't find
17:22another excuse
17:23to tear me down.
17:24My head started to pound.
17:25Was Julian doing this
17:26to punish Enzo?
17:27Did he think Enzo
17:28and I still had feelings
17:29and wanted to use me
17:31for revenge?
17:32Julian always seemed detached,
17:33but he was
17:34notoriously vindictive.
17:35In the past life,
17:36Enzo threw a fit
17:37because I dressed like Lucia.
17:39He smashed the breakfast
17:40I made onto the floor.
17:41Julian happened to walk in.
17:43The hot coffee splashed
17:44all over his custom suit.
17:45It was brand new.
17:47Julian didn't say
17:47a single word,
17:48but for the next seven days,
17:50Enzo never had
17:51a clean shirt to wear.
17:52Every single piece
17:53of his clothing
17:54was accidentally ruined
17:55by Julian's coffee.
17:57I'll be more careful
17:58next time.
17:58Julian would say smoothly.
18:00I didn't want to be caught
18:01in their crossfire.
18:02I forced myself
18:04to stand up.
18:04I'm still young.
18:05I don't want to marry yet.
18:08Today you want to marry
18:09this one,
18:09tomorrow you want that one.
18:10Do you think
18:11I'm playing house
18:11with you brats?
18:12The entire dining hall
18:13went dead silent.
18:15No one dared to breathe.
18:16One word from the Falcone Don
18:18could wipe their bloodlines
18:19off the map.
18:20The tension only broke
18:21when the Don's wife
18:22walked in,
18:23but the blood packs
18:24were sealed.
18:24Lucia was given to Enzo.
18:26I was given to Julian.
18:27My past life sister-in-law
18:29was now my sister-in-law,
18:30and I was marrying
18:31my past life brother-in-law.
18:32What kind of sick joke
18:34was this?
18:34My headache worsened.
18:35I walked out to the terrace
18:37for some air.
18:38Julian followed me out
18:39into the dark.
18:40Enzo is reckless
18:41and doesn't care
18:42who he destroys.
18:43He dragged your name
18:43through the mud
18:44and broke the pact.
18:45I didn't want the city
18:46mocking you when we return.
18:48That's why I asked
18:48Papa for the marriage.
18:50The sins of the younger brother
18:51must be paid by the older.
18:52But I'd rather be mocked
18:53by the whole city
18:54than marry into
18:55the Falcone family again.
18:57I rubbed my temples.
18:58Enzo walked out
18:59onto the terrace too.
19:00He glared at me
19:00and sneered.
19:01A double wedding.
19:02How wonderful.
19:04Just make sure you
19:05stop copying Lucia
19:06to get my attention.
19:07Before I could snap back,
19:09Julian's voice
19:09turned lethal.
19:10Show some respect
19:11to your future sister-in-law.
19:13Enzo choked
19:13on his own breath.
19:14His face turned ashen,
19:16calling his former wife
19:17sister-in-law.
19:18If rebirth
19:19wasn't such a crazy concept,
19:20he would have screamed
19:21the truth.
19:22He glared at Julian.
19:24Are you seriously
19:25going to marry her?
19:26You know how Papa is.
19:27Once he gives an order
19:28in anger,
19:28it's absolute law.
19:30Just focus on
19:31marrying Lucia.
19:32Keep your nose
19:32out of my business.
19:33The Don stayed behind
19:34on the island.
19:35The rest of us
19:35took an armored convoy
19:36back to the city.
19:37Miss Costella,
19:38I've been thinking
19:39about this for days.
19:40I need to talk
19:41to you about Enzo.
19:42During a stop
19:42at a secure safe house,
19:44Lucia came to find me.
19:45He used to be yours.
19:46Now he's mine.
19:46And I-
19:46Lucia looked miserable.
19:48She couldn't finish
19:48her sentence.
19:49But I understood her fear.
19:50I don't care, Lucia.
19:52I told you my stance
19:53back at the firing range.
19:54But I hesitated.
19:55In the past life,
19:56they were the true couple.
19:57Do you have feelings
19:58for Julian?
19:58Seeing her separated
19:59from Julian in this life
20:00made my chest tight.
20:01I barely know
20:02the young Don.
20:03She shook her head.
20:03I definitely don't love him.
20:05So Julian's love
20:06was completely one-sided.
20:07I was lost in thought.
20:09A familiar face appeared.
20:10Julian walked over.
20:11I heard you like moose cake.
20:13I had my men
20:14find some to hold you over.
20:15Carrying a box
20:16from a high-end bakery.
20:17I just ate.
20:18It was a lie.
20:19I'm not hungry.
20:20Over the last two days
20:21on the road,
20:21Julian kept finding excuses
20:23to bring me things.
20:24I didn't want anything
20:24to do with the Falcone men.
20:26I rejected him every time
20:27to keep my distance.
20:28Julian seemed used to it.
20:29He slowly pulled his hand back.
20:31He lowered his eyes,
20:32looking genuinely hurt.
20:33I ignored the pang
20:34in my chest
20:34and walked away.
20:35That night,
20:36a massive thunderstorm
20:37hit the highway.
20:38Everyone scrambled
20:39out of the diner
20:40and ran for the armored cars.
20:41I was about to make a run
20:42for it in the pouring rain.
20:44A dark shadow
20:45stepped into my vision.
20:46Julian held
20:47a large black umbrella
20:48over my head.
20:49Half of his tailored suit
20:50was already soaked.
20:52Raindrops clung
20:53to his dark eyelashes.
20:54No need to rush.
20:58I grabbed an umbrella
20:59for you.
20:59The rain was too violent
21:00to argue.
21:01For the first time,
21:02I didn't reject him.
21:03I whispered a quiet.
21:04Thank you.
21:05I walked with him
21:06to my luxury RV.
21:07When I stepped inside,
21:08I realized Julian's back
21:10was completely drenched.
21:11He was much taller than me.
21:13He had to tilt the umbrella
21:14entirely over me
21:16to keep me dry.
21:17While I was staring at him,
21:18his enforcer
21:19ran up to the door.
21:20He handed Julian
21:21a silver thermos
21:22he had been sheltering
21:23under his coat.
21:24I had them boil
21:24some ginger tea for you.
21:27He popped the lid open.
21:28Drink it
21:29so you don't get sick.
21:30Slices of red hawthorn
21:31floated in the dark liquid.
21:32I froze.
21:33I love hawthorn
21:34and my ginger tea.
21:35But Julian shouldn't
21:36know that right now.
21:37He only learned that detail
21:38after I married
21:39into his family
21:39in the past life.
21:40Julian was reborn too?
21:42Then why the hell
21:42did he ask to marry me?
21:44My mind was a chaotic mess.
21:45Julian didn't leave.
21:47He stood in the doorway
21:48of the RV
21:48waiting for me to drink.
21:50I stepped aside.
21:52I can't finish all this.
21:54Come inside
21:55and have a cup.
21:59Wait out the worst
22:00of the storm.
22:01Pardon the intrusion.
22:02He stepped into the RV.
22:04At that exact moment
22:05Enzo walked past
22:06with his own umbrella.
22:07His eyes darkened instantly.
22:09He didn't say a word.
22:10He just turned
22:11and walked into the rain.
22:12I vaguely heard
22:13one of his men yell out.
22:15Boss!
22:16Where are you going
22:16in this storm?
22:18There's a bird
22:19with a broken wing.
22:21Lucia felt bad for it.
22:23I'm moving it
22:24out of the rain.
22:25Come on, Tony.
22:26I didn't hear the rest.
22:27Julian pulled
22:28the heavy door shut.
22:29It cut off
22:30Enzo's voice completely.
22:33The rain was getting in.
22:36The door will keep
22:37the cold out.
22:38Ever since I let him
22:39into my RV,
22:40Julian visited me
22:42constantly.
22:43He brought me
22:43a fresh-caught fish
22:44his men grilled.
22:45He brought me
22:46a wild rabbit
22:47he caught
22:47to cure my boredom.
22:48I couldn't figure out
22:49his endgame.
22:50I refused to accept
22:51any of it.
22:52But Enzo seemed
22:53to take it as a challenge.
22:55Whatever Julian brought me,
22:56Enzo brought the exact
22:57same thing to Lucia.
22:59But Lucia wasn't happy.
23:00She came to my RV'd event.
23:02She let out
23:03a heavy sigh.
23:04Miss Costello,
23:05do you think Enzo
23:06actually loves me?
23:08Everyone else
23:08seems to think so.
23:10But when I look
23:11in his eyes,
23:12I see nothing.
23:13I feel like
23:14he doesn't like me
23:15at all.
23:16Every time he gives
23:17me a gift,
23:17he looks angry.
23:18Like he's trying
23:19to prove a point.
23:21There's this cold
23:22distance between us.
23:24I poured her a drink.
23:25Maybe he just
23:26doesn't know
23:26how to show it.
23:27After all,
23:28in the past life,
23:28Enzo was obsessed
23:29with Lucia.
23:30He muttered her name
23:31in his sleep.
23:31When he was awake,
23:32every other word
23:33out of his mouth
23:33was about her.
23:35Even if he does
23:36like me,
23:36he likes the fake me.
23:37The confident,
23:38radiant Lucia.
23:39The Lucia you created.
23:40He doesn't want
23:41the real me.
23:42The coward.
23:42The paranoid,
23:43broken girl.
23:44The first time
23:45I complained
23:45about the bumpy ride,
23:46he snapped at me.
23:47He said someone
23:48with my personality
23:49shouldn't complain.
23:51In his mind,
23:52I'm supposed to be
23:52fearless and always smiling.
23:54Just like you,
23:54Miss Costello.
23:55But that's not who I am.
23:56My hand froze
23:57over the glass.
23:58I had never
23:59considered this.
24:00Did Enzo love
24:01the shadow I cast
24:02on Lucia?
24:03Or did he love
24:03Lucia herself?
24:05Lucia suddenly
24:05looked at me
24:06with burning curiosity.
24:07I heard you
24:09and Enzo
24:09knew each other
24:10for six months.
24:11You were always
24:12together in the city.
24:16Did you ever
24:17love him even
24:17for a second?
24:19Never.
24:19I said flatly,
24:21crash.
24:21A loud noise
24:22came from right
24:23outside the door.
24:24I yanked the door
24:25open.
24:26Enzo stood in the rain.
24:27His face was pale
24:28and terrifying.
24:29He was picking up
24:30a shattered fruit platter
24:31from the pavement.
24:41It slipped.
24:43I'll go get another one.
24:44He turned
24:45and walked away
24:46fast.
24:47Lucia offered
24:48a bitter smile.
24:49I absolutely
24:50hate fruit,
24:51but he thinks
24:52I love it.
24:54So he brings me
24:55a mountain of it
24:56every few days.
24:56I hate fruit too.
24:58It looks beautiful,
24:59but it tastes sour
25:00and leaves
25:00a bitter aftertaste.
25:01Just like my past
25:03life marriage to Enzo,
25:04thinking about it
25:05only left a sickening
25:06taste in my mouth.
25:07It wasn't worth
25:08remembering.
25:09We returned to the city.
25:11Lucia and I
25:12parted ways.
25:12I told my parents
25:13the blood pact
25:14with Enzo was broken.
25:16My mother
25:16didn't understand.
25:17You two were fine
25:18before you left.
25:20You were planning
25:21your honeymoon.
25:22What happened?
25:24The kid made her choice.
25:25Leave it be.
25:26Julian Falcone
25:27is a better catch anyway.
25:28Harvard educated,
25:29the undisputed heir
25:30to the syndicate.
25:31He keeps his hands
25:32clean in public.
25:33I've dealt with him before.
25:34He's cold but reliable.
25:36Ten times the man
25:37his brother is.
25:37But I refused
25:38to repeat my past mistakes.
25:40I wouldn't marry a man
25:41who had another woman
25:42in his heart.
25:43But the Falcone Dawn's
25:44word was absolute law.
25:46Defying it meant
25:47an all-out mob war
25:48that would bankrupt
25:49my family.
25:49I had no choice.
25:51I ordered my doctor
25:52to say I had a severe illness.
25:53I needed to delay the wedding.
25:55I counted the days.
25:56Once this illness passed,
25:57I'd invent another one
25:59and lock myself
26:00in the estate.
26:01Word on the street
26:01was that Enzo
26:02was already ordering
26:03custom wedding suits
26:04and seizing diamond shipments
26:06for Lucia's ring.
26:07Julian and I
26:08hadn't seen each other
26:09since we got back.
26:10I was enjoying my peace.
26:12Half a month passed.
26:13My mother brought me
26:14breakfast inside.
26:18Why are you faking this?
26:20If Julian finds out,
26:22he'll think you're
26:22disrespecting his family.
26:26Your life will be hell
26:28when you finally marry him.
26:30He's the underboss, Pearl.
26:32He makes people disappear for less.
26:35I won't make her life hell.
26:37A cold, sharp voice
26:38cut through the room.
26:39I snapped my head up.
26:41Julian Falcone stood in the doorway.
26:43He offered a polite, apologetic smile.
26:45I heard Pearl had a severe,
26:47allergic reaction.
26:49I had my best smagglers
26:51run a barricade
26:51to bring in a specialized serum
26:53from Europe.
26:53I was in a rush,
26:55so I bypassed the guards
26:56by silently disarming them
26:57at the gate.
26:58My apologies to the Costello security.
27:00My mother exchanged
27:01a few nervous pleasantries
27:02and practically ran out.
27:04She left me alone
27:05with a lethal underboss.
27:06I sat up straight,
27:07my heart pounding.
27:08Getting caught faking an illness
27:09by a mafia heir
27:10was a dangerous game.
27:11It was a violation of Omerta,
27:13lying to the boss.
27:14But Julian didn't mention
27:15what he overheard.
27:16He set the unmarked vial
27:17on my nightstand.
27:18I've used this for my own reactions
27:19after surviving a poison attempt
27:20in Naples.
27:22It works perfectly.
27:24No side effects.
27:25Then,
27:26the room fell dead silent.
27:27I didn't know what to say.
27:29He finally looked up
27:30and met my eyes.
27:31His gaze was burning
27:32with a dark intensity.
27:34Pearl,
27:35we both came back.
27:37Why won't you give me a chance?
27:38Let me prove it.
27:40I am better than Enzo.
27:43He laid his cards on the table.
27:44He admitted to the rebirth.
27:46I took a deep breath.
27:47No more playing games.
27:48You love Lucia?
27:50I refuse to share a bed
27:52with a husband dreaming
27:53of another woman.
27:54Julian froze.
27:56Confusion flashed
27:57across his cold features.
28:00Who told you I love Lucia?
28:02The only woman I have ever loved
28:04is you.
28:07The timing was just wrong.
28:10I couldn't claim you.
28:11I stared at him in shock.
28:12Julian told me the truth.
28:14Years ago,
28:15he went to St. Jude's Orphanage
28:16to drop off dirty money.
28:18He saw me walking by
28:19and fell instantly.
28:20He planned to finalize his business
28:22and approach my father
28:23for a pact.
28:24But when he called his father,
28:26the dawn told him the news.
28:27I was already promised
28:28to his younger brother Enzo.
28:30Julian had to back off.
28:31But his refusal to take a wife
28:33raised suspicions in the syndicate.
28:35Enzo started prying,
28:36asking if Julian had a secret lover.
28:38Julian panicked.
28:39He couldn't say my name.
28:41He saw Lucia in the background.
28:42He pointed at her,
28:43just to get Enzo off his back.
28:45But Enzo took matters
28:46into his own hands.
28:47He went to the Shelby family
28:48behind Julian's back
28:49and arranged the union.
28:51Brother,
28:51it's good you finally want someone.
28:53You're too stiff.
28:54I'll handle the negotiations for you.
28:55Consider it a favor.
28:57Julian hated him for it,
28:58but he couldn't speak the truth.
28:59He couldn't admit
28:59he coveted his brother's wife.
29:00Before he could figure out
29:02how to destroy the engagement,
29:03the accident happened.
29:04Enzo was crippled.
29:06Lucia drowned.
29:07Julian offered a bitter,
29:08self-deprecating smile.
29:09If I had just dragged you away
29:11from that orphanage
29:12and claimed you then,
29:13maybe none of this
29:14would have happened.
29:15In the last life,
29:16you were my brother's wife.
29:18I had to keep my distance.
29:20I couldn't let the underworld
29:21whisper dirty rumors about you.
29:23The pieces finally fell into place.
29:24I finally understood.
29:26In the past life,
29:27Julian never blamed me
29:28for his fiancé's death.
29:31He protected me from the shadows.
29:32He remembered I liked Hawthorne
29:34in my ginger tea.
29:35I thought he was just
29:36a decent man.
29:37I never knew I was the one
29:39he was dying for.
29:40I suddenly remembered
29:41Julian's ruined suit
29:42from the past life.
29:44It was a gift from me,
29:45right before the new year.
29:46I bought one for Enzo
29:48and one for Julian.
29:49Enzo threw his in the trash.
29:51Julian kept his in a glass case
29:52for a month
29:53before he finally wore it.
29:55He wasn't angry
29:55because Enzo ruined a new suit.
29:57He was murderous
29:58because Enzo ruined
29:59a gift from me.
30:01While I was paralyzed
30:01by the revelation,
30:03heavy footsteps
30:04pounded up the stairs.
30:05Pearl Costello!
30:08I found the cure for you!
30:09Take this and you'll be fine!
30:11Enzo burst into the room.
30:12His voice died in his throat.
30:14He stared at his older brother
30:15sitting by my bed.
30:16What the fuck
30:16are you doing in her room?
30:18Julian looked at Enzo
30:19like he was a stray dog.
30:21Pearl is my promised wife.
30:23Why shouldn't I be here?
30:24The real question is
30:25why are you kicking down her door?
30:27Enzo choked.
30:29I brought her medicine.
30:31Even if she's your promised wife,
30:33you can't just be in her bedroom.
30:34You're not married yet!
30:35If the family finds out,
30:36they'll call her a whore!
30:37Julian's voice dropped
30:38to a lethal whisper.
30:39You didn't seem to care
30:40about her reputation
30:41when you trashed her name
30:42on the island.
30:43Enzo was rendered speechless.
30:45He wanted to argue,
30:46but he had no ammunition left.
30:49He smashed the medicine box
30:51onto the floor
30:51and stormed out.
30:52Julian stood up
30:53to leave as well.
30:54Before he walked out the door,
30:56he looked back at me.
30:58Pearl,
30:59I lost you for a whole lifetime.
31:02Everything I do in this life
31:03is to make sure
31:04I never lose you again.
31:08My mind was a war zone.
31:10I couldn't define how I felt
31:11about the ruthless Falcone heir.
31:13I decided to send
31:14his expensive medicine back.
31:16I didn't want to owe
31:16the Falcone family anything,
31:18but when I walked out
31:19of the Costello gates,
31:20a shadow detached
31:21from the trees.
31:22Enzo hadn't left.
31:23He turned his face away,
31:25his voice thick
31:26with suppressed rage.
31:27You are not allowed
31:28to marry my brother.
31:29I let out a harsh laugh.
31:31You get to marry
31:32whoever you want.
31:32Why can't I?
31:34Just because I married you once,
31:36am I chained to you
31:37for eternity?
31:38The blood drained
31:38from his face.
31:39He stood there
31:40for a long time.
31:41He finally forced
31:42the words out.
31:42My brother loves Lucia.
31:44Didn't you learn that
31:45in the last life?
31:46He wasted away
31:47because of her death.
31:48But Julian didn't waste away
31:49from grief over Lucia.
31:51He wasted away
31:52because Enzo made our lives
31:53a living hell.
31:54In the past life,
31:55Enzo's phantom pain
31:56kept him screaming all night.
31:58During the day,
31:59he smashed
31:59his state to pieces.
32:01Forget Julian.
32:01I was practically
32:02a skeleton by the end of it.
32:04And besides,
32:04the woman Julian loved
32:06was me.
32:06For the first time,
32:07I looked at Enzo
32:08like he was a complete idiot.
32:10I ordered my enforcers
32:12to drag him off my property.
32:14I wanted to keep
32:14delaying the wedding,
32:16but Don Falcone sent his
32:17top hit men
32:18to demand a date.
32:19I couldn't stall anymore.
32:20I announced my recovery.
32:23For a brief second,
32:24I hesitated.
32:25Maybe I should give Julian
32:26a real chance.
32:27But the day Julian and I
32:28went to the syndicate's
32:29consigliere
32:30to pick a wedding date,
32:32Enzo struck.
32:33Before a mafia wedding,
32:34a date must be blessed
32:35to avoid days
32:37of past family massacres.
32:39Enzo kicked the door
32:40open.
32:41The date for me
32:41and Lucia is cursed.
32:43Find me a new one.
32:44He dragged the old man away.
32:46He rejected
32:47every single date
32:48the man offered.
32:50The 10th sounds
32:51like a death sentence.
32:52No.
32:54The 15th?
32:55My capos are out of town
32:57collecting blood money.
32:58No.
32:59This one is garbage too.
33:00Try again.
33:01Julian told me to go home.
33:02He said he would
33:03handle his brother.
33:04I agreed.
33:05The next day,
33:06I heard Enzo kept
33:07the consigliere hostage
33:08until midnight.
33:09Julian finally had to drag
33:11another seer out of bed
33:13to lock in our date.
33:14I thought Enzo was just
33:15being a petty child,
33:16but when it came time
33:17to order the blood red
33:19carpets for the ceremony,
33:20a mafia tradition
33:21symbolizing the blood
33:22spilled to build the family,
33:24he struck again.
33:26He bought out
33:26the entire city's supply.
33:28I went to a different supplier.
33:30Enzo bought them out too,
33:31threatening to burn
33:32their warehouses
33:33if they sold to me.
33:34He knew I was furious.
33:36He smirked at me.
33:37I want to roll out
33:38the red carpet
33:39from Lucia's doorstep
33:40all the way to the cathedral.
33:42Is that a crime?
33:43I sneered at him.
33:45You're working awfully hard
33:46just to stop me
33:47from getting married.
33:48Enzo's fists clenched
33:50so hard his knuckles
33:51turned white.
33:52A moment passed.
33:53He let out a hollow laugh.
33:55You flatter yourself.
33:57I just want to give
33:58Lucinia the best.
34:00I want her to marry me
34:02like a mafia queen.
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