I Called the Don My Future Brother-in-Law. He Called Me His Chapter 10

I Called the Don My Future Brother-in-Law. He Called Me His Chapter 10

Celeste screamed herself hoarse.

But from beginning to end, Rafe did not spare her a single glance.

His eyes were fixed only on me.

That gaze was too deep, and for a moment, I could not understand it.

Suddenly, I lost interest.

I had originally wanted Celeste to apologize to my mother in person, but now, it seemed that was

impossible.

No matter whether Rafe still had feelings for me, I knew he would always protect Celeste first.

I glanced at him, then turned and left.

When I passed him, he did not stop me.

The Executioner, however, stepped to the side and made way for me.

I did not look back.

When I drove to the new hospital, Elias was already waiting for us at the entrance.

He was wearing a dark overcoat. The moment he saw the car stop, he walked over at once.

When my mother saw him, she asked me softly, “Are you and Elias still together?”

“Yes.”

Then she asked, “His mother…”

I unbuckled my seat belt, turned back, and looked into my mother’s eyes.

“He asked me to give him a little time.”

“It’s okay, Mom. Even if Margaret still refuses in the end, it doesn’t matter.”

“You like him, don’t you? It’s his own family, so he can handle it himself.”

“If he can handle it well, of course that would be best.”

“If he can’t, then it only means he and I weren’t meant to be.”

I knew she was worried about me.

Her health was poor, and she was always afraid that one day she would suddenly be gone,

me all alone in this world.

That was why she kept urging me to date and marry.

Before she left, she wanted to see with her own eyes that someone would stay by my side.

My mother looked at me for a long time. In the end, she still said nothing.

Elias was an upperclassman from my college days.

He had pursued me for six years, starting when I was a freshman.

When my mother was most worried about me, I agreed to be with him.

When he saw us get out of the car, Elias immediately came forward to help.

leaving

My mother was sitting in her wheelchair. Just as I was about to push her inside, Elias naturally took

the handles.

“I’ll do it.”

He spoke quietly.

I did not refuse.

In fact, right in front of the black Vittori car parked not far away, I raised my hand and straightened Elias’s collar, which had been ruffled by the wind.

Elías froze slightly.

I acted as if nothing had happened. My fingertips brushed lightly over his neck, and I leaned a little closer to blow away a loose strand of hair from his skin.

Elias’s ears instantly turned red.

This was the most intimate gesture between us.

For a moment, I even had the urge to leave a hickey on his neck because I knew Rafe was watching

But I stopped myself.

“It’s cold outside.”

My voice was very soft.

“Don’t catch a cold.”

Elias looked at me, and his gaze slowly softened.

He reached out and held my waist. The movement was restrained, but intimate enough.

“Okay.”

I knew Rafe was watching.

And I knew he had seen everything clearly.

Sure enough, in the next second, the heavy slam of a car door sounded behind us.

Before I could turn around, Rafe had already walked up to us.

He grabbed Elias by the collar and slammed him hard against the car door.

“What do you think you’re doing?”

Elias frowned and adjusted his glasses.

“Rafe, I should be the one asking you that.”

“What do you think you’re doing?”

A crazed darkness shadowed Rafe’s eyes.

“Don’t pretend.”

“You knew about Sera and me. Why did you still approach her?”

My mother and I looked at Elias at the same time.

In that instant, my heart sank.

Even when I suddenly found out at the engagement dinner that Elias and Rafe were half-brothers, I had never suspected that Elias had known about Rafe and me all along.

I thought it was only fate being absurd, just another cruel joke from God.

Elias looked at me immediately, his voice anxious.

“Sera, listen to me. At first, I…”

The moment he opened his mouth, I had already guessed the whole story.

I sighed softly.

“Elias, I’m taking my mother inside first.”

Rafe had never truly done anything to hurt me.

But deep down, I had always rejected him.

In high school, because of one careless joke from him, Celeste bullied me for three years.

Now, just when I was finally about to enter a marriage, everything had been destroyed in public

because of his appearance.

Aside from my parents, he was the person in this world who had treated me best.

But all my misfortune was tied to him too.

I pushed my mother into the hospital.

Behind me, Rafe and Elias were still standing at the entrance.

They were two half-brothers.

One was the publicly acknowledged heir of the Vittori Family.

The other was an outsider on the edge, a man who could never bear the Vittori name.

The tension between them had long since stopped being only about me.

And now, I had become the spark that made them tear off the last pretense of civility.