After My Father Was Murdered, I Thought He Was My Savior Chapter 07

After My Father Was Murdered, I Thought He Was My Savior Chapter 07

Rinaldo rubbed his temples and returned to the 

Sicilian estate. 

Everything in the estate was as usual. 

All of Valentina’s things were still there, as if 

nothing had changed. 

He collapsed onto the leather sofa and stared at their wedding portrait on the wall. 

In the photo, the two of them stood before the church’s stained–glass windows, exchanging. 

rings. 

But if one looked closely, one would notice a deep, 

unresolved sadness hidden in both their eyes. 

Now he finally understood what that sadness 

meant. 

Because his heart had belonged to someone else. 

At first, they had been like two unrelated souls, 

polite and distant. 

Until that late night, when a drunk Rinaldo pressed her beneath him, reeking of liquor, and kept calling her name. 

He took off that cold mask. 

For the first time, their hearts pressed close 

together. 

From then on, they became the model couple of 

the mafia family. 

Rinaldo began to care about her without realizing 

1. it. 

Aside from taking care of Noemi, he also took 

bullets for Valentina and prepared surprises for 

her. 

He remembered one time when Valentina was 

badly wounded in an assassination attempt. 

He carried her through ten streets and broke 

through countless mafia blockades. 

He had always thought that was only 

responsibility and guilt. 

Only now did he realize he had fallen in love with 

her long ago. 

Years in the mafia had taught him to hide his 

emotions. 

But through day after day of companionship, hel 

had unknowingly fallen in love with the daughter 

of the man he had wronged. 

Rinaldo closed his eyes in agony. 

Valentina’s smiling face filled his mind. 

Thinking of her breaking down, he suddenly 

opened his eyes and gasped for breath. 

He looked at the medical report in his hand. 

His heart felt as if someone had torn it open. 

His child. 

His and Valentina’s child. 

Just like that, the child was gone. 

“Don Rinaldo, don’t be too sad. I’ll always stay with 

you.” 

A familiar voice sounded, and a pair of soft arms 

wrapped around his neck. 

Rinaldo trembled all over, instinctively thinking 

Valentina had returned. 

He turned and pulled the woman tightly into his 

arms. 

“Valentina… you’re back… Don’t dissolve our 

marriage… I was a bastard before… Let me spend 

the rest of my life making it up to you, okay?” 

Hatred almost spilled from Noemi’s eyes. 

She had not expected Rinaldo to mistake her for 

another woman. 

She could not believe Valentina held such an 

important place in the Don’s heart. 

Feeling the man tremble, Noemi did not dare make 

a sound. 

She simply let him hold her. 

Suddenly, Rinaldo shoved her away. 

His eyes were cold as ice. 

“You’re not Valentina. What are you doing at the estate?” 

Noemi suppressed the jealousy in her heart, lowered her head, and said pitifully, “Godfather, I was worried about you. You haven’t had a drop of wine these past few days. I believe Valentina will definitely come back.” 

At the sound of Valentina’s name, Rinaldo’s eyes grew even darker. 

“Don’t come here again. It will cause 

misunderstandings.” 

Noemi’s eyes widened in disbelief. 

“Godfather, we grew up together in Sicily. How can you cut me off just like that?” 

Rinaldo did not look at her. 

His gaze remained fixed on the wedding portrait. 

“We both have our own places where we belong. We should have cut this off long ago. I only love Valentina now. I can’t hurt her again.” 

Hearing Rinaldo say those words with her own ears, Noemi completely lost control. 

She shrieked, “Impossible! Rinaldo, the person you love is me! For all these years, I was the only one in your heart, wasn’t I? How could you possibly fall in love with Valentina? You just feel guilty toward her! She doesn’t love you. She wants you dead! You just can’t stand that she left you. You’ll forget 

her soon!” 

Noemi lunged forward again and hugged Rinaldo 

tightly. 

It was the first time Rinaldo had seen Noemi lose 

control like this. 

He frowned. 

Did Noemi love him? 

Then why had she chosen another family back then? 

For all these years, he had protected her humbly, and Noemi had been accustomed to standing above him and enjoying his protection. 

But now, Rinaldo suddenly realized he no longer 

understood Noemi.