Part 3My Fiancé Betrayed Me, I Became Mafia Queen

After what happened at the funeral, I worried Matteo's family might blame me for the leak and come after me. I asked Luca to station two men at the farm.

Luca agreed immediately. But when I returned from the vineyard, no one was at the gate.

When I called, I learned that Sofia had been followed by an unfamiliar car on her way back to town. Luca feared someone was after her, so even though she already had bodyguards, he'd pulled both men from the farm and sent them to protect her.

Again, he hadn't told me. He'd chosen Sofia without a moment's hesitation.

Headlights suddenly swept past the window. I thought the two guards had returned, but before I could look up, a burst of gunfire shattered the living room window.

I dove aside on instinct, but the second bullet struck my right arm, sending searing pain into my shoulder.

I slammed into the wall, and my right arm went limp.

Blood quickly soaked through my sleeve and dripped from my fingertips.

I tried to reach my phone, but Dino kicked in the front door and charged inside.

He was still wearing the black clothes from the funeral. His eyes were bloodshot, and I could smell alcohol on him from several steps away. He aimed his gun at me. "My brother is dead because of you!"

I clutched my wounded arm and backed away. "I had nothing to do with the leak. The families already searched my winery!"

He acted as if he hadn't heard me. He rushed forward and grabbed my collar. "Luca said it himself. You're the one who leaked it!"

He slammed me into the wine cabinet. My back struck the wooden shelves, making the glasses rattle.

He kicked my phone away, then pressed the gun's muzzle to my forehead. Any hope of calling for help vanished.

"If you want revenge for your brother, at least find out who really leaked it first!"

"Find out what? My brother's already dead!" His fury only grew, and the gun remained pressed to my forehead.

Then tires screeched outside the gate. The two men assigned to guard the farm had returned.

After a chaotic exchange of gunfire, I was finally safe.

By the time the doctor finished bandaging my wound, I was close to passing out from the pain.

When Luca arrived, no one had cleaned the living room. Broken glass covered the floor, blood streaked the wall, and the bullet removed from my arm sat on the doctor's tray.

He rushed to my bedside. "I'm sorry. Sofia was still trembling when she got back this afternoon. We couldn't figure out who owned the car that had followed her, and I was afraid they might come after her again. That's why I pulled the guards from the farm. I never thought anyone would come after you here."

"You promised me you'd leave them here. Luca, you lied to me again."

Luca opened his mouth, but no words came out.

I didn't let him explain. Maybe he truly hadn't expected Dino to show up with a gun. But Sofia would always come first.

Before leaving, the doctor told Luca that someone needed to stay with me that night. A bullet had just been removed from my arm, and the wound could start bleeding again.

Luca immediately said he would.

I didn't object. What had happened had shaken me. Angry as I was, I still needed someone with me that night.

But he let me down again.

It wasn't long before Luca was called away.

Sofia had woken up from a nightmare and couldn't stop crying. Nothing anyone said could calm her down. She only wanted to see Luca.

Before leaving, Luca stationed the two guards at the farm again and told the doctor to call him immediately if anything happened.

I lay in bed and listened to his car fade into the distance. This time, even disappointment felt pointless. A man who kept breaking his promises wasn't worth my heartbreak.