Too Late, My Regretful Don Chapter 04
She was eighteen, but she’d walk around without a bra, hugging him and asking for kisses, calling him “Renato” in this sweet, clingy voice.
I could see it clearly, the way she looked at him. Those subtle, flirtatious signals.
But when I casually mentioned it, Renato was absolutely shocked. He got angry at me for the first time.
“Are you insane?”
“Rosa just sees me as her big brother. She’s still a kid!”
Again and again, he indulged her inappropriate behavior. He started growing cold and distant with me.
And I turned into a paranoid wreck because of him.
No one understood me. Even Renato’s mother, Viviana Ferrante, looked at me with disgust, like I was some sick pervert.
I went from being a cherished Donna to being trampled in the mud.
Heartbroken, I moved out of the Valenti villa. I lost interest in everything and just slept all day.
After a month of rotting away, I pulled myself together and threw myself back into my work.
I was at a critical stage in cancer research, moving into phase two clinical trials.
If it worked, it would bring hope to countless people.
But Renato wanted me to accept Rosa. He arranged for her to intern under me.
I hated the idea, but I still did my duty as her mentor.
Until one day, she came running in, panicked, shouting, “Giulia, what do I do? I messed up!”
My heart dropped. She’d insisted on operating on a patient and cut the patient’s artery.
She was playing with someone’s life.
I rushed into the ER. I worked for three days and three nights, barely saving the patient.
My own heart stopped twice during that time. I almost died.
When I finally walked out of the ER, I collapsed on the floor. And then I saw a group of furious family members charging at me with kitchen knives.
Rosa’s face went white. She pointed at me, trembling.
“She’s the one who deliberately cut your kid’s artery! If you want revenge, go after her. Don’t drag innocent people into this!”
I couldn’t believe my eyes. “Rosa, you…”
She ran away in a panic, leaving me surrounded by the family.
They grabbed my collar, their eyes bloodshot, and slapped me hard.
“You animal! You call yourself a doctor?”
“Our kid was fine when we brought him in! How’d he almost die in your hospital?”
“Her boyfriend’s a mobster! She’s this young and already running the department, who knows how many guys she’s slept with? Die, bitch!”
In the chaos, a knife slashed across my back. Blood poured out instantly.
My vision blurred. I started to fade.
The family spat and ran off.
When I woke up, I’d been fired. The internet was tearing me apart.
My mother hated me for ruining the family name. She slapped me across the face and said coldly,
“From today on, we are done.”
I was a zombie.
Then I heard that Rosa had stolen my research results, won a national award, and become the department head.
I felt like I’d been struck by lightning.
The research data was encrypted and saved on my computer. There was no way it could have leaked.
And the only person who knew my password was Renato.
I ran home like a madwoman, desperate to figure it out.
But when I got there, I saw something I would never forget for the rest of my life.
The master bedroom was a mess.
Rosa’s face was flushed in an unnatural way. She was grinding against Renato’s body, touching him like she’d done it a hundred times.
Renato had been drugged. He was lying there unconscious, not moving.
The girl moaned and panted.
“Renato, we grew up together. We’ve been family for fifteen years. Why did you marry that bitch?”
“You know I’m the one you really love…”
I felt like I’d been electrocuted. All the blood drained from my body.
“What the hell are you doing?!”
I tried to pull her off, but her eyes turned vicious. She grabbed my wrist and squeezed.
“Bitch! This is all your fault!”
“If it weren’t for you, Renato would be mine forever. And you had the nerve to get pregnant with his baby!”
Then she shoved me hard. I slammed into the corner of the table.
