Chapter 55

Chapter 55

Massimo shouted, "You people have no idea what's really going on..."

I cut him off directly. "Enough."

I hadn't wanted things to blow up like this.

But Massimo's behavior right now was exactly like my uncle's.

Right then and there, in front of everyone, I exposed what Massimo had done before.

Three years ago, he had secretly taken family funds.

Very few people in the family knew about this, so when I announced it, the whole room erupted!

Massimo looked at the evidence I presented, his face turning pale, unable to believe what he was seeing.

But a moment later, he pointed at me and shouted, "This is all fake, forged. If you really believe this, I..."

Luca, sitting beside me, stood up in response. "This is all true. We just never made it public. All these years, you've been doing whatever you wanted in this family, acting like you owned the place. It's time everyone knew about your misdeeds!"

Massimo's face turned red and pale by turns, and before everyone could fully react, I made another decision. "This kind of thing shouldn't happen in the Soren family, so I think I know how to handle it."

Then I said to the people nearby, "Lock him up from now on."

"Let Massimo reflect on his mistakes and not make the same ones again." After saying this, I got up and left directly, ignoring their curious or shocked looks.

The two bodyguards hesitated to touch Massimo at first.

Massimo called out to me, "Elvira, do you think you're so great now? What you have is just a little bit of power that Virio gave you. And if your family completely falls, your position with Virio will be nothing more than a pawn to be used and discarded."

Without looking back, I said, "But at least I saved his life."

"From that alone, I believe he won't betray me." After saying this, I left directly, with Luca following behind me.

After we came out, he gave me a thumbs-up. "Don't worry, Elvira, you did great with this."

But I shook my head and went straight back to Virio's room.

Looking at the man lying on the bed, I was exhausted.

Actually, I hadn't originally planned to help him like this.

But thinking about what Luca and Charles told me, I felt that abandoning Virio wasn't a smart choice under the current circumstances.

Besides, there was no turning back for me in my own family.

If I messed things up with Virio too, there really wouldn't be many places left that could take me in.

But thinking about everything I'd just been through, I couldn't help grabbing Virio's hand. "So your family has this kind of situation too. Why didn't you tell me before!"

If I'd known earlier, maybe Virio and I would have felt more like kindred spirits?

Maybe when he sent me away before, I wouldn't have been so angry, but would have chosen to understand instead.

Virio was right - in many ways, we two were actually very similar.

So looking at him, I no longer blamed him for sending me away. I knew he was just trying to protect me.

Besides, before he fell into a coma, he signed an authorization agreement for me and had me stand up as his fiancée.

The relationship between us had already changed.

I stayed by Virio's bedside, but he still showed no signs of waking up.

I knew this couldn't be rushed, and I knew that for a long time to come, I might have to do all this as his fiancée.

But with each passing day, I became less and less certain.

Especially after imprisoning Massimo in front of so many people.

But I believed this wasn't a decision I could regret.

Because Luca and Charles also told me, "Virio would consider the family's reputation. If he did this, the family elders would definitely hold him accountable and worry that he might use the same methods against them."

But it would be different if I did it.

They would only point all the blame at me, but wouldn't think it was Virio's decision.

So when they comforted me like this, I really appreciated it.

I said, "Having you guys with me during this time, I'm very grateful. If it were just me, I probably couldn't have done it."

But Luca smiled and said to me, "Since Virio has acknowledged your position here, of course, we'll help you."

I could tell that Luca was indeed Virio's good friend. I asked about Luca's family situation.

Luca said his family wasn't anything to worry about, just a small family.

As for Charles, he came from the slums.

He had been helped by Virio by chance before, and later wanted to stay by Virio's side to repay him.

Although he was very talented, he didn't know how to protect Virio.

Instead, all these years, Virio had been protecting him, never being wary of him, but trying hard to lift him to higher positions.

Now, Charles was someone who could make many decisions on Virio's behalf.

The nurse came as usual to change Virio's dressing.

I thought back to my previous conversations with Virio and felt very regretful.

Why didn't I say more to him that day when he sent me away?

I held Virio's hand, my heart full of remorse.

After a while, someone called me from outside, and it seemed to be Luca.

I walked out the door and sure enough saw Luca talking to the doctor.

At the same time, a nurse went in to change Virio's dressing.

I stood at the door with Luca and asked the doctor together, "How is Virio doing now?"

Virio's residence had been sealed off during this time. Outsiders only knew that people were coming and going, but didn't know that Virio was in a coma.

And Virio's doctors and nurses were also selected by Luca to live in the house and serve him, so this news hadn't leaked out yet.

Including at today's family meeting, many of the elders actually didn't know about this. Massimo probably guessed it, but he couldn't make it public.

Because once he said it, everyone else would know that everything he was doing now was to seize power, not out of concern for Virio.

The doctor told us, "Virio's condition isn't really good right now, because the wound is on his chest, and it almost reached his heart."

He sighed, "At the moment, there's no better option. We can only treat him conservatively like this. We can't operate because we already checked before - there are no loose bullet fragments near his heart."

"But now that he's been unconscious, we don't know what to do either."

We had already brought in the most advanced doctors, but even they could only give this answer. Everyone was helpless.

But just then, the doctor said something that gave me new hope.