A Genius Once Fell into the Don’s Orbit Chapter 11

A Genius Once Fell into the Don’s Orbit Chapter 11

**Enzo’s POV**

The Hawthorne family went bankrupt before the month was over.

The Hawthorne couple cried and begged me for help.

I felt nothing.

Every time I thought about how they treated Valentina…

my heart hurt so much that I could barely breathe.

As for Alessia…

I reported her for a crime she committed in Europe.

She was arrested immediately.

She received a sentence of more than ten years.

I made sure she would pay for everything she had done.

I sent the Hawthorne family’s remaining assets to Valentina.

But she didn’t even want them.

The Samuel beside her…

was the most beloved youngest son of the Hartwell family.

A family powerful enough to stand equal with mine.

I was no longer worthy of her.

She was too brilliant.

She shined brightly in the academic world.

I watched their happiness with trembling eyes.

My leg hurt from time to time.

This leg would never fully recover.

Just like Valentina and me…

we would never be together again.

Every month, I went to England to see her.

I only wanted to look at her from a distance.

Several times, she angrily came over and told me to leave.

She said she never wanted to see me again.

But I couldn’t let go.

I missed her too much.

I watched the video of the reality show accident.

I watched myself rushing toward Alessia without hesitation.

I watched my wife looking at me desperately from the water.

And I watched myself carry Alessia away without even turning back.

Why did I forget about her?

I watched Valentina sink beneath the water.

My heart tightened with pain.

No one saved her.

How desperate must she have felt?

That was why she left me without hesitation.

She was right.

If I were her…

I wouldn’t forgive me either.

I tortured myself by watching that video again and again.

Watching Valentina disappear beneath the lake.

Watching the lifeless expression on her face when she was finally rescued.

The next day…

I didn’t even think about her.

I only cared about Alessia.

I was so despicable back then.

I mistook a worthless stone for a priceless jewel.

And I lost her forever.

Back then, I even said it was just a small matter.

“Haha…”

How shameless I was.

I committed an unforgivable mistake.

Yet I blamed everything on something so insignificant.

My Valentina almost died in that lake.

And she asked me for a divorce.

She was right.

It was my punishment.

I hated myself.

I had people deal with Alessia again.

It was all because of that woman.

That damn woman.

I wanted her to suffer for the rest of her life.

The Hawthorne couple died not long after.

They died in a filthy alley.

Yes.

That was exactly where they belonged.

One year later, I saw the news online.

Valentina’s research had succeeded.

She became the center of attention.

Everyone praised her.

She was a true Oxford genius.

I never remarried.

My parents later had another son.

I waited until Valentina got married.

I waited until she gave birth to a beautiful daughter.

Deep inside, I had a selfish and ugly thought.

If Samuel ever cheated on her…

I would immediately take her back.

But they were so happy.

Samuel’s eyes were always filled with love.

They never left Valentina for even a second.

He openly showed his love for her.

He wished he could tell the whole world how much he loved Valentina.

Even I could feel the weight of that love.

Could I ever compare?

How wonderful.

Valentina…

This was the kind of love you wanted.

My study was filled with Valentina’s photos.

I even found pictures of her from childhood.

She wore worn-out clothes.

She even had a runny nose.

But she was smiling so brightly.

The more I looked…

the more I cried.

I had never truly tried to understand her.

I wasn’t stupid.

Why didn’t I spend more time getting to know my wife when we still had those beautiful moments together?

A girl who had suffered so much.

A girl who had been so lonely.

She came into my life carrying nothing but love.

But I…

I destroyed it with my own hands.

Countless times, I woke up from dreams.

I prayed that everything had only been a nightmare.

I dreamed that Valentina and I became happier and happier.

I dreamed that when Alessia returned, I ignored her completely.

The most painful dream was always that lake.

The lake that almost took Valentina away from me.

Everyone told me there were countless women in the world.

Without Valentina or Alessia, there would always be someone else who could love me.

But I didn’t want anyone else.

I could never forget Valentina.

I remembered the first year of our marriage.

Every day, Valentina massaged my leg.

She told me that her technique could help rebuild my muscles and bones.

During those three years…

I went from walking with a limp…

to slowly walking like a normal person again.

Love could create miracles.

It could give life back to something broken.

But I was the one who destroyed it with my own hands.

From now on…

I would never be able to love anyone again.