I Slapped the Villain and Claimed I Was His Future Wife Chapter 12

I Slapped the Villain and Claimed I Was His Future Wife Chapter 12

It just never expected the reader comments to push Luca and me back together.

Celia’s system said the reader comments probably came from the collective will of the readers.

They wanted Luca and me to have the ending we deserved.

So they kept pushing us toward each other.

“Luca still had his memories. When you slapped him that first time, I had just finished talking to him and begging him not to interfere with my redemption mission anymore.”

“But he hid it from you and played along with your lie.”

“Honestly, he saw through you from the very beginning.”

Luca finished handling the Family business and came home.

He took off his suit jacket, pulled off his tie, and rolled up the sleeves of his white shirt.

The first thing he did was kiss me.

I covered my mouth and refused to let him near.

Luca raised an eyebrow. “What’s wrong?”

I glared at him hard.

He smiled and kissed the back of my hand.

“Did I make you angry?”

I nodded firmly.

“Give me a hint.”

I poked his chest. “You lied to me. You played me. You toyed with me.”

“I know everything now. I remember everything.”

Luca’s expression shifted slightly.

“See? You look guilty!”

He asked quietly, “What do you know?”

I told him about meeting Celia and how the memories came back.

Luca listened carefully, his face returning to normal.

He merely chuckled at my accusations.

“It was pretty interesting. You were especially cute like that.”

I bit him hard on the neck. “Your acting skills are wasted. You should’ve become an actor.”

“Do you have any idea how nervous I was whenever I was around you back then!”

Luca let me vent, gently stroking my hair. “It was my fault.”

After a few bites, I wasn’t angry anymore.

I hugged him and said in a muffled voice, “Luca, thank you.”

Thank you for doing everything for me.

I had been given a healthy body.

I gained the courage to love and fight back.

“I’m the one who should thank you. Thank you for choosing me and loving me from the very beginning.”

“Because of you, I learned what it feels like to be loved. I finally believe someone can love me forever.”

Luca lowered his head and kissed my hair gently.

“Ivy, being loved by you is the greatest blessing of my life.”

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**Luca’s POV**

Ivy, those letters you wrote and the little gifts you sent were the only warmth I had during those years.

I thought about throwing them away, but I kept every single one.

You didn’t know that in the year your letters suddenly stopped, I started investigating who you were.

What I found was your death record.

Fate played a cruel, vicious joke on me.

When you were lying in St. Clare Medical Center, the Vescari convoy was ambushed. I lost my sight because of it.

Your corneas were transplanted into me.

We were in the same hospital. Your corneas restored my sight, but the transplant cost you your life.

You could have finished that final letter.

To hasten its heir’s recovery, the Vescari Family made the hospital withdraw your life support early.

The villain who showed no mercy and kept his heart cold had destroyed, with his own hands, the one bit of kindness he had carried for years.

When your medical records finally revealed the truth, it felt as though fate had driven a dagger straight into my heart.

Hatred and pain tore my soul apart.

Why did it have to be you?

It shouldn’t have been you.

But it was you.

The moment I saw your photo, countless fragments of memories involving you flooded back.

We had crossed paths so many times. I remembered you, but I didn’t know you.

After countless collapses and resets, I finally awakened during the seventh loop.

This time, I would walk toward you.

I would hold onto you tightly.

If fate wanted to take you from me, then I would destroy this world.

After all, I was the villain. What else did fate expect?

It owed us the ending it stole.

Only if you live a healthy, peaceful life will I keep the monster inside me locked away.

I will never tell you this secret.