Chapter 6 - THE WOMAN WHO CHOSE REDEMPTIONVictoria survived surgery.
When Alessandro visited her, she expected hatred.
Instead, he sat quietly beside her.
“You saved Clara.”
Victoria looked away.
“I helped put her in danger.”
“But you saved her.”
“Too late.”
Alessandro shook his head.
“Not too late.”
Victoria cried.
“I was jealous.”
“Of Clara?”
“Of everything.”
She admitted that after Alessandro inherited the empire, she felt discarded.
Matteo manipulated that pain.
He convinced her that Clara was stealing Alessandro from the family.
So Victoria became obsessed.
She helped plan the poisoning.
She hired Nadia.
She manipulated security footage.
She planted evidence.
But when Matteo revealed his true plan—to kill Alessandro after the wedding—Victoria finally broke.
She had wanted power.
She had never wanted Alessandro dead.
That difference saved his life.
Meanwhile, Nadia received a new apartment.
Alessandro personally signed the lease.
She cried when he gave her the keys.
“I don't know what to say.”
“Say you'll use the chance.”
“I will.”
She eventually enrolled in culinary school.
The restaurant offered her a scholarship.
And years later, she became one of the most talented pastry chefs in the Moretti organization.
The same girl who had once been paid to point at a cake eventually became the woman responsible for designing every wedding cake at the restaurant chain.
Alessandro joked about it.
“You've come full circle.”
Nadia laughed.
“Hopefully without poisoning anyone.”
Clara laughed.
It was the first time the three of them laughed together.
The nightmare was finally beginning to fade.
But one problem remained.
Alessandro still controlled a criminal organization.
He wanted out.
He wanted Clara safe.
So he made a decision that shocked everyone.
He dismantled the illegal operations.
Piece by piece.
Some men resisted.
Some threatened him.
Others disappeared.
But Alessandro refused to continue.
He sold legitimate businesses.
Closed illegal operations.
Paid debts.
Turned evidence over to investigators.
And walked away from the life his father had created.
For the first time, the Moretti name became associated with restaurants, hotels, and charities instead of violence.
Clara watched him change.
“You really did it.”
He smiled.
“I promised you a future.”
She touched the phoenix pendant.
“You kept your promise.”
He kissed her forehead.
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But there was still one final obstacle.
Matteo had escaped custody.
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