22. Biggest Regret

Once satisfied, Leonardo left Caterina alone. He walked out of the room without saying a word. The expression on his face was unpredictable. No one knew what exactly was in Leonardo's heart and mind, apart from himself.

Caterina could only cry with her weak body lying on the floor. Some parts of her body were bruised and swollen, a sign that Leonardo had done it very roughly. She felt extreme pain and soreness in her groin. In her heart now there was only anger and hatred. The man she had been in love with for a dozen years had done something so hurtful to her. Not even Marco had done that to him.

“Kate!” Dante ran into the room after Leonardo disappeared from there. The man ran over. His world seemed to collapse when he saw his daughter lying on the floor without clothes. His heart sank when he saw his daughter's body covered in wounds, as well as love juices. Even Caterina's inner thighs were stained with the blood of her hymen.

Dante hugged his daughter with a trembling body. He wanted to cry, but it was as if the tears didn't want to come out. All this time he was afraid of Leonardo, because Leonardo had power and strength. He was worried that his daughter would be harmed. However, seeing what happened tonight, her fear had turned into hatred. The only daughter she had was treated so disgustingly by a man.

“I'm sorry that I couldn't take care of you.” Dante said in a hoarse voice, holding back tears. His embrace on Caterina's body grew tighter.

Caterina did not answer. She was silent, but her tears continued to flow. Her face looked battered.

“Honey, you have to be strong.” Dante released the hug. He looked at his daughter's face intently. He framed Caterina's face with his palms.

Caterina looked into her father's face. Instantly her tears broke out again; she hugged Dante's body very tightly. Dante could feel what Caterina felt. He returned his daughter's embrace gently; he rubbed Caterina's back to calm her.

“Please take me away from here.” Caterina sobbed. The images of Leonardo's cruelty continued to haunt her mind. She did not want it to happen again. If she stayed here, there was a chance Leonardo would do it again.

However, Dante knew that their lives would be in danger if they left here. No one could leave La Vendetta without Leonardo's permission. Moreover, that person was Dante; Dante knew too much about La Vendetta's secrets. If he was captured by the enemy, it was a great threat to Leonardo.

“Dad, please take me away.” Caterina repeated her request. Her voice was hoarse and trembling; there was a lot of pain in her tone.

"Yes, dear. I will take you away from here, but after your condition improves.” Dante promised.

“I want to go now.” Caterina was a little pushy.

Dante let go of Caterina's arms around him. He looked at his daughter very seriously. “We can't leave here if your condition is still like this. I'm afraid that bastard will give the order to arrest us. It will be difficult for us to escape if you can't run yourself. At least wait until you recover; I promise I will get me out of this hell.” The man spoke with great emphasis. His facial expression showed firmness.

Caterina was silent.

"Now we focus on your recovery first." Dante spoke softly.

Caterina nodded.

Dante took off the shirt that was attached to his body. He put the shirt on his daughter's body to cover Caterina's naked body. Dante's jaw tightened; he clenched his fists very tightly as he brought destruction to his daughter's world. He should never have brought Caterina to live there. He should have left La Vendetta first so he could focus on taking care of his daughter and planning a good future for her.

There are many regrets that reside in Dante's chest. Caterina is the only legacy of his late wife. Even Caterina never knew what her mother looked like, because her mother had died when she gave birth to her.

Dante carried his daughter's weak body. His muscles still looked so strong even though he was no longer young. He took Caterina out of the room and carried her through the corridor to Caterina's room on the second floor.

“Kate! What happened to her?” Several people approached when they saw Caterina's miserable condition. Caterina hugged her father's body as the men approached. She hid her face behind her father's chest. From the reaction she gave, it showed that she was afraid.

“Who would dare do this to your daughter? I will pay for what he did to Kate!” A man who was Dante's close friend looked very angry when he found Caterina's condition like that.

“Right, tell us. Who dares bother Kate?!” The crowd was getting busier.

"Mr. Bianchi." Dante said that name with hatred. The look in his eyes, the look on his face, and the fire burning in his chest showed that he would never forgive what Leonardo had done.

Hearing Leonardo's name mentioned, the people fell silent. How could they dare to fight Leonardo? Fighting that man was the same as courting death.

“I can't blame Mr. Bianchi. We all know that Kate has always been chasing him. Mr. Bianchi has rejected her; she should be aware that she is not the woman Mr. Bianchi wants." A man made a comment.

“That's right, Kate was wrong. A man's patience has its limits; she will definitely come back to seduce Mr. Bianchi again."

“Did he make love to you? You should be grateful that you are the first woman to make love to him."

"Correct. You're actually lucky because Mr. Bianchi wants to fuck you. He was very rough; maybe that was his style of making love. You always bother him; he didn't kill you; you're lucky."

The people who had been worried about Caterina now turned to blame her after they found out who the perpetrator was.

Hearing those sentences, Caterina cried again. She had saved their lives many times, but in conditions like this only her father cared.

Caterina's sobs sounded so heartbreaking.

“Sorry, Kate. We want to help you, it's just that you've been dealing with the wrong people. We don't mean to blame you for what happened to you." A black man said sympathetically. "We know you love Mr. Bianchi very much and this incident will definitely be very painful for you."

“Thank you for making her mood even worse.” Dante said sharply, then continued his steps towards the room.