A wealthy woman slapped a pregnant waitress because she accidentally spilled wine on her dress. She had no idea that a dangerous mafia boss, who owned the restaurant, was sitting at the next table. And a minute later, the man gave an order that made every guest turn pale… 😨
“ I told you to get out of my way!” Victoria screamed, striking the waitress across the face with all her strength.
Sofia, who was eight months pregnant, stumbled and fell to her knees. Terrified, she wrapped her arms around her belly as tears streamed down her cheeks.
“Please, don’t… It was an accident!” she whispered.
“I don’t care! Do you have any idea how much my dress costs?!” Victoria was about to grab her arm again when she suddenly heard a man’s voice behind her.
“Just try touching her one more time!”
Everyone turned around. Mark Romano, the restaurant’s 35-year-old owner and a powerful mafia boss feared even by wealthy businessmen, strode quickly toward them.
He helped Sofia to her feet and gently seated her on a chair.
“Where does it hurt? Is the baby all right? A doctor! Get a doctor here immediately!”
Sofia was trembling as she tried to wipe away her tears. At that moment, an old men’s wristwatch slipped from her hand.
Mark picked it up and suddenly froze. An inscription on the back read: “To my brother, forever.”
He had given that watch to his best friend, Daniel, who had died six months earlier while saving Mark’s life.
Mark looked at the young woman’s face and couldn’t believe his eyes.
“Sofia?! Oh, my God… Is that really you?!”
She turned pale and tried to look away.
“Mark, please, don’t… Just don’t send me back!”
“Back where?! I’ve been looking for you for six months! Why are you working here? Where is the money I left for you and the baby?!”
Sofia burst into tears.
“What money? They threw me out of the house a week after the funeral! They said you were the one who ordered them never to let me in again!”
Mark felt a chill run through him. He had personally arranged for his late friend’s widow to receive everything she needed.
“Who told you that, Sofia?”
She named the person Mark trusted more than anyone else.
He stared at her for several seconds without saying a word. Then he abruptly turned to his guards.
“Lock the restaurant doors. And bring that man here immediately!”
Sofia grabbed his arm.
“Mark, wait! There’s something you don’t know… Before Daniel died, he managed to tell me who was planning to kill you. And if that man finds out you’ve found me, he won’t spare either me or my baby!”
Mark turned even paler. At last, he understood why Sofia had spent six months hiding—even from him…
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“Who is this man, Sofia?” Mark asked, crouching beside her. “Tell me the truth. I promise no one will hurt you.”
“Your assistant, Robert,” she whispered. “Daniel discovered that he was secretly meeting with your enemies. He wanted to warn you, but he never got the chance.”
Mark felt his heart tighten. Robert had worked with him for more than ten years. He was the very man Mark had entrusted with the money and the house meant for his best friend’s pregnant widow.
“Why didn’t you come to me sooner?”
“Because Robert told me that you had ordered Daniel to be eliminated! Then he threatened to kill my baby if I told anyone!”
Mark clenched his fists. Now he understood why Sofia had been so frightened when she saw him.
At that moment, Robert walked into the restaurant. When he saw Sofia standing beside Mark, he stopped abruptly.
“What is she doing here?” he asked.
“Why don’t you tell me where the money is that I gave you for Daniel’s wife?” Mark said, rising from his chair.
Robert tried to smile.
“What money? Mark, you know I did everything exactly as you asked.”
“Then why is she working as a waitress while eight months pregnant, barely managing to make ends meet?!”
Robert turned pale.
“She’s lying to you!”
“No, Robert. You’re the one who has been lying to me for ten years.”
Mark placed his phone in front of him. While Robert was on his way to the restaurant, the guards had checked the security footage from Sofia’s house. The recordings clearly showed Robert’s men forcibly evicting the pregnant woman.
Then Mark was informed that investigators had found transfers from Robert’s accounts to the people responsible for the attack in which Daniel had been killed.
Robert rushed toward the exit, but the guards stopped him.
“You betrayed me, killed my brother, and left his wife homeless!” Mark’s voice trembled with rage.
He ordered his men to hand Robert over to the police along with all the evidence.
Meanwhile, Sofia suddenly began to feel unwell. She clutched her belly and cried out.
“Mark… I think I’m going into labor!”
He immediately forgot all about Robert.
“The car! Hurry!” he shouted, carefully lifting Sofia into his arms.
At the hospital, Mark sat outside the maternity ward for several hours. He was afraid of losing his late friend’s wife as well.
Early in the morning, the doctor came out.
“Congratulations! You’ve had a healthy baby boy. The mother is doing well, too.”
Mark covered his face with his hands and cried for the first time in many years.
When he was allowed into the room, Sofia was holding the baby in her arms.
“I named him Daniel, after his father,” she said quietly.
Mark stepped closer and gently took the baby’s tiny hand.
“Your daddy saved my life, little one. And I promise that you and your mother will never be left alone again.”
A few days later, Sofia moved into the house Mark had once prepared for her. He returned all the money Robert had stolen and helped ensure that those responsible were brought to justice.
Victoria, who had slapped Sofia at the restaurant, also lost a lucrative business deal that would have benefited her family. Mark made sure that the assault on Sofia was investigated as well.
Several months later, Sofia visited Mark with little Daniel in her arms.
“Thank you for everything,” she said. “But the most important thing you’ve given back to me is the feeling that I’m no longer alone.”
Mark looked at the baby and smiled.
“You’re wrong, Sofia. Daniel gave me a family that I should have protected from the very beginning.”
