His Ruthless Redemption (Isabella and Dominic) novel Chapter 108

Chapter 108

Chapter 108

Dominic’s POV

The door slammed harder than it needed to.

Isa didn’t look back.

The sound echoed through the corridor long after she was gone, a hollow, final thing that rattled around in my chest like a warning I was too late to hear even as I told Eduardo to follow her, make sure she was safe.

I stood there, staring at the space she’d occupied seconds ago, my hands still half-raised like I could pull her back if I just moved fast enough.

But I didn’t.

Because I knew, deep down, that I had already lost something the moment I chose silence over truth.

Fuck.

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I dragged a hand down my face, breath coming shallow and sharp. My chest felt too tight, like someone had wrapped a wire around my ribs and started pulling.

I had wanted to tell her.

God, I had.

The thought replayed on a loop, useless and self-justifying, but it was true. I’d thought about it every night, lying beside her while she slept, while she breathed easier, while the nightmares slowly loosened their grip.

I’d almost told her the first time Nico’s heart rate stabilized.

Then I didn’t.

What if I told her and he died the next morning?

What if I gave her hope only to rip it away again?

I’d seen what that night had done to her. I’d felt her shaking against me, heard the way her voice broke every time she said I killed him like it was a confession she couldn’t be absolved of.

I couldn’t do that to her twice.

So I waited.

Then Nico woke up.

By then, it had been days.

Isa looked better. Not whole. Not healed. But steadier. She smiled more. She slept longer. She laughed with Mateo again.

And suddenly the truth felt heavier.

Harder to bring up.

How do you tell the woman you love that the thing she almost broke over wasn’t real anymore after you let her believe it for so long?

Fold myself I’d do it soon.

Aiter I got answers.

After Nice talked.

After I cleaned up the mess.

I thought I’d bring her here myself. Sit her down. Tell her everything slowly, carefully. She would be angry, God. I knew would, but at least the truth would come from me.

At least I wouldn’t be blindsiding her.

Now she knew.

And not because I trusted her enough to tell her, but because she was smart enough to find out on her own.

Fucking hell.

I leaned back against the wall, closing my eyes.

I had screwed up.

Again.

The fallout from Nico had been worse than I’d expected.

Luc had over compensated, too eager, too agreeable. Nico’s outburst had cracked something open, not just in Luc’s world. but mine, too. New recruits always talked too much, promised too much. But this slip up had made me question every single new recruit of mine, specially when I knew for sure that there was mole amongst my organisation. If the Vitellis had gone for new recruits in Luc’s organisation, who was to say they hadn’t done the same in mine?

And so, I’d started digging into it. We always did a thorough background check before hiring anyone new. But now, I was having every recruit followed like a hawk. It was taking a lot of my man power, but it was necessary.

The Vitellis had somehow realised that I’d moved my men, that security was a little less. So, they’d become more active, too.

Shipments sabotaged. Routes compromised. Information leaking just enough to hurt but not enough to trace.

I’d been chasing that shadow for weeks now, and Nico woke up three days back, I realised he was my fastest way in. He knew more than he’d let on. His loyalty to the Vitellis ran deeper than we’d realized.

That was why I’d decided to use him to get answers.

Strategy.

Control.

Information.

And I’d paid for it with Isabella’s trust.

My phone buzzed in my hand.

Eduardo.

“She’s home,” he said quietly. “Safe.”

My chest loosened just a fraction. “Good.”

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“You want me to stay close?”

“No,” I said after a beat. “I’ll handle it.”

I ended the call and stared at the screen, dreading what came next.

But running hadn’t helped.

It never did.

By the time I got home, it was still early.

The house smelled like warm bread. Normal. Domestic. Like nothing had fractured at all.

Mateo’s laughter drifted from the dining room.

I stepped inside and froze.

Isabella sat at the table with Mateo, a plate in front of her. She wasn’t dressed for work. But Mateo looked like he was ready for school. Isa’s eyes were red. Not noticeable at first glance, but I noticed anyway.

Because I’d put that there.

Guilt slammed into me hard enough to make my stomach twist.

“Hey,” I said carefully.

Mateo looked up. “You’re home!”

“I am,” I replied, forcing a smile. “What’re you eating?”

“Nonna made sandwiches,” he said proudly. “They’re good.”

My mother stood at the stove, watching me closely.

Isabella didn’t look up.

Not once.

I pulled out a chair. “Mind if I join you?”

Mateo shrugged. “Sure.”

Isa said nothing.

I sat anyway.

“So,” I said lightly, “did you finish that rocket book you were telling me about?”

Mateo launched into an explanation, animated and bright. I listened. Asked questions. Laughed in the right places.

I kept waiting for Isa to say something.

She didn’t.

When Mateo finished eating, she stood.

“Come on,” she said gently to him. “Let’s go get your backpack for school.”

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I rose instinctively. “I’ll take you-

She turned, her eyes finally meeting mine.

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