The Betrayed Donna

On the day of my prenatal checkup, I found out my husband Don had booked me a termination surgery instead of a postpartum care package.

I thought he had placed the wrong order and was about to tease him, but Vincenzo spoke flatly.

"I didn't book it wrong. I need to come clean with you about something."

"I've been keeping another woman. She's a good girl. She doesn't want a title or to take your place as Donna."

"But she got pregnant recently. I've already made her suffer enough. I can't let her child suffer too. I have to give the child the Moretti family name."

I froze on the exam table, my voice shaking uncontrollably.

"Then why did you abort my child?"

He wiped the ultrasound gel off my belly and smiled.

"I just want you to adopt Giuliana's child. I'm having yours terminated because I'm afraid you'll play favorites and treat her kid differently."

He handed me the consent form, calm and composed.

"I promise you will always be Donna. No one will ever take your place."

I gave him a long, hard look, then was wheeled into the operating room.

"Never mind."

"Vincenzo Moretti, you're going to regret this every single day for the rest of your life."

He didn't know it, but I was the only woman in the world who could ever give him a child.

Three days later, I woke up.

The first thing I heard was the family doctor reporting.

"Don Moretti, that was too risky. Forcing a termination at eight months and removing her uterus at the same time... we almost lost the Donna."

Vincenzo's voice was indifferent.

"I promised Giuliana that I would only have one child in this lifetime, and that's hers. The safest way was to have Elena's uterus removed. No more kids, no more risk. "

His eyes swept over and met mine.

Vincenzo didn't panic at all. He reached over and tucked the blanket around me.

"You heard that? I have no choice. Giuliana said the only way she'd agree to an adoption was if you couldn't have kids. So I figured I'd take the uterus out at the same time. Save you another cut."

He saw the tears in my eyes and gently wiped them away.

"I didn't expect a hysterectomy during pregnancy to cause that much bleeding. Lucky for you, the private doctors I hired for Giuliana were all staying at the estate. You should thank Giuliana for saving your life. "

I was shaking all over. I gathered every ounce of strength and swung my hand at his face.

"Vincenzo Moretti, you are not human."

Vincenzo dodged it.

Then a small figure came running in screaming and slapped me across the face.

I fell back onto the bed and looked at the woman in front of me.

A young girl stood in front of Vincenzo, tears in her eyes, shouting at me.

"How dare you! Do you even know he waited outside your room