Dangerous Secrets: My Mafia Stepbrother

“But if I had washed the food more thoroughly, cleaned it better, maybe there wouldn’t have been a problem,” Lilly kept muttering, “If Isabella finds out, she’ll definitely hate me. It’s all my fault. Food that goes into the mouth should be strictly controlled.”

Listening to Lilly constantly blaming herself, Isabella sighed and hugged Lilly. “Lilly, our biggest enemy is William. It’s because of William that Isabella’s daughter left. We should blame ourselves, but we should know who our real enemy is. Without finding the enemy, we’ll only destroy ourselves with self-blame. When William finds out, he’ll only mock us. So, Lilly, we should both be strong and not let ourselves be crushed.”

“What are you talking about?” At this moment, Isabella’s voice came from behind Elisa.Content © NôvelDrama.Org.

Isabella had come out without anyone noticing, her eyes were red and her nose was flushed, as if she had been crying, but at this moment, her eyes held a look of disbelief.

“We weren’t saying anything, just having a normal chat,” Elisa said.

“No, you were saying something. You were just talking about how the food issue caused my daughter to leave,” Isabella said, having caught snippets of the conversation but not fully understanding.

Was it not as Emanuele had said, that it was due to a miscarriage, but rather intentional?

At that moment, Isabella’s hand, hanging by her side, clenched into a fist, her nails digging into her palm. Her palm was already cut from the pressure, but she didn’t feel the pain. The pain in her heart was much stronger at that moment. She felt a twist in her stomach, and icy blood flowed slowly through her veins, making her body grow cold.

Cold sweat broke out on her body, and she couldn’t stop trembling.

All this time, she had thought that she had lost her daughter due to an accident. She had felt immense guilt, blaming herself for not taking better care of her body and not going for regular check-ups. She had been consumed by self-blame during this time.

But now, from Lilly and Elisa’s conversation, it seemed that the departure of her child was not just an accident. Someone deliberately caused her child’s death?

“Isabella, you’ve heard it wrong. Lilly and I were just discussing food matters,” Elisa hurriedly walked towards Isabella, wanting to embrace her and calm her down.

But Isabella pushed Elisa away.

“Elisa, you’ve betrayed my trust! I’ve always considered you a friend. Why did you deceive me? What is the truth? My daughter has left me, I can’t be a mother anymore. Are you going to keep this from me?” Isabella shouted, her emotions reaching a breaking point.

Seeing Isabella in such a state, Elisa was also scared. She quickly said to Isabella, “Isabella, calm down first, and then we’ll tell you.”

She knew she had made a mistake. She had only meant to comfort Lilly and hadn’t expected Isabella to overhear.

Lilly also felt guilty. She shouldn’t have said these things. Who knew Isabella would hear?

Lilly was already feeling guilty, and now, she felt even more so.

“Isabella, calm down first, and then we can talk properly, okay?” Elisa immediately tried to soothe Isabella, leading her to her room.

Isabella let Elisa lead her into the bedroom and sat down on the sofa. At this moment, she only had one thought: she wanted to know the truth.

After Isabella sat down, Elisa asked Lilly to pour Isabella a cup of tea and told her, “Isabella, have a sip of tea first, then I’ll explain.”

Isabella took a sip of the tea, which was warm and gradually warmed her body, stabilizing her emotions somewhat.

She could guess what it was about, but why did it happen like this?

“Isabella, do you remember the day when you suddenly had stomach pains?” Isabella nodded.

“It’s because there were abortion-inducing ingredients in your food. We weren’t pregnant, so it didn’t affect us, but it affected you…”

So all of this was not an accident. It could have been an accident, but because they had never considered that someone would poison the food. This kind of accident was preventable.

Tears instantly fell from Isabella’s eyes, and she didn’t bother to wipe them. She just looked at Elisa with a very calm expression.

“And then? Who poisoned the food?” she asked.

“William.”

Elisa said, trying to wipe Isabella’s tears, but Isabella pushed her hand away.

“Why? Why couldn’t any of you protect my child? If it was because of a natural occurrence, leading to the loss of this child, I could understand. But this kind of accident could have been avoided! Ireally don’t know how you all protected me. Emanuele also couldn’t protect me and the child. I regret it. If only I could have hidden the pregnancy completely, it would have been so much better.”

She should have stuck to her own opinion from the beginning and not let anyone know. When her belly started to show, she could have made an excuse to go to the countryside for a while, living in the rural areas would have been much better than living in this luxurious cage.

But because Elisa had threatened her, she had to tell Emanuele about it early. Later, she was kidnapped, and William found out she was pregnant. Now, William had poisoned her.

If there were a regret medicine in this world, it would be so good. If there really was, she might not have married Emanuele or had a child.

Indeed, as Emanuele had said, she shouldn’t have gotten pregnant at that time. She should have waited until he was forty and everything was stable. That would have been the best.

She regretted it.

Isabella cried so much that her whole body was shaking, and she couldn’t catch her breath.

Elisa was scared and hugged Isabella, repeatedly saying, “Isabella, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I didn’t protect you. Isabella, I hope you can forgive me.”

Isabella wanted to push Elisa away. At this moment, she didn’t need anyone’s comfort. She just wanted to be alone in peace.

She felt like the whole thing was like a chain reaction. A small event triggered a chain reaction.

If only she hadn’t been discovered when she was pregnant.

Elisa felt as much regret as Isabella did.

If she hadn’t forced Isabella to tell Emanuele, would the situation have been different?

No, it would have been the same. Later, William would have kidnapped Isabella, and knowing she was pregnant, he would have found ways to make her have an abortion.

Unless, at that time, Isabella had left Chicago and gone somewhere else.

As Isabella cried, she began to struggle to breathe, her face turned red, which startled Elisa, who quickly told Lilly to call for help.

Soon, a doctor arrived and gave Isabella a sedative, allowing her to sleep well.

Elisa called Emanuele to tell him what had happened.

“Boss, the truth about the child leaving is out. I couldn’t keep it from her. I feel like I couldn’t protect her. Can I go to the front line to fight? I can’t stay by her side and protect her.”

Elisa felt she couldn’t stay in the apartment anymore. Isabella would hate her, so she had to leave.

On the other end of the phone, Emanuele took a deep breath, his brow furrowed tightly.

This was too heart-wrenching!