Goodbye, Mafia Prince No More Tears Chapter 05
Before I could make up my mind, Bianca showed up in our department.
My manager put her on my team. She was supposed to be my support.
It was the first time I’d seen her up close.
She was calmer than I expected.
No nerves, no showboating. She walked in and made everything look easy.
My coworkers practically sighed with relief the day she started.
But I knew what she was really there for. My job.
The promotion was slipping through my fingers, and I could feel it.
I went to Romeo myself. To the rest of the world, he was the CEO of Cavallo Holdings.
“Why is she at our company?”
Her family had their own enterprises. She could’ve gone anywhere.
Romeo leaned back in his chair. “Because she’s qualified.”
“But with her here, where does that leave me when I come back? I’ve been on this project for months…”
“Nobody told you to get pregnant right now.” His expression didn’t change.
“Why shouldn’t someone else step up?”
My throat locked up. When I spoke, my voice cracked.
“I didn’t make this baby by myself. You’re my husband, and you brought your ex into my company, into my role, while I’m carrying your baby. How is that fair?”
He didn’t budge. His eyes went cold.
“Life isn’t fair.”
“You didn’t have the degree or the experience, and you still walked right in. The only reason you got hired was because your dad called in a life debt. He saved my grandfather’s life, and he used that to get you through the door.”
I couldn’t move. He wasn’t done.
“Was that fair to everyone who was more qualified than you?”
I went cold all over.
Not just because he’d wiped out everything I’d worked for with a single sentence.
But because I finally saw the whole picture, He was clearing the road for Bianca.
Everything he’d just said was designed to make me shut up and step aside.
He must have seen the color drain from my face, because his
voice dropped. “Are you okay? I can have them start your maternity leave early.”
I pressed my hand to my stomach and looked him straight in the eye.
“No. I don’t need it.”