Chapter 1 Humiliation
I offered unlimited bidding for the jewelry that Salvatore Aiello’s beloved crush wanted at the auction.
The next day, my father’s grave was dug up, and his bones were used as stakes.
The mountain cemetery was quiet. Salvatore stood there watching me, his eyes indifferent.
“Giulia, you like unlimited bidding, don’t you? There are 999 graves here you can keep bidding.
“If you choose right, you get him back. If not, I’ll burn the bones on the spot…”
Everyone around started laughing, waiting for a show.
I stood my ground and started bidding for each one.
Yet, in the end, Salvatore still scattered my father’s ashes, saying it was all to vent his beloved’s frustration.
This time, I did not scream. I just made a call with a calm face.
“Aren’t you planning to take down the Aiello Group? I can help you.”
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I did not even react when the slap hit my face.
Salvatore stared at me coldly, like he was scolding me for being unreasonable.
He said coldly, “Giulia, don’t act crazy! Gabi said she liked the jewelry, but you gave the unlimited bidding to buy it. She’s been upset for a whole month.
“Your dad is dead anyway, so it doesn’t matter if his ashes are dug up. If I can make Gabi happy, then it’s worth something.”
Salvatore kept talking, and I started to feel completely hopeless.
In front of me were 999 tombstones, and my father’s ashes were somewhere among them.
Salvatore announced the game without emotion, “Giulia, don’t you like unlimited bidding? There are 999 graves here -you can keep bidding.
Everyone around him was his friend.
I felt like someone had ripped off my clothes and left me standing there in front of everyone with no dignity at all.
The auctioneer shouted, “First grave, starting price is 800,000 dollars!”
Everyone burst out laughing.
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“Salvatore’s really serious. Eight hundred thousand? Even if you sold Giulia, you wouldn’t get that much money, right?”
“Yeah, Giulia’s just some bumpkin. If she hadn’t tried to hook up with Salvatore for a one-night stand, he never would’ve married her.”
All those insulting words rang in my ears.
I had heard the same things over and over again during the six years I was married.
Everyone said I was lucky to land Salvatore, but they did not know what he was really like.
Salvatore was cold and distant, and he only cared about people in his own circle.
His so-called beloved crush, Gabi Sindoni, was part of that circle. Meanwhile, I, his wife, was not.
That was why Salvatore could openly humiliate me.
“I’ll bid 800,000!” Gabi clung to Salvatore’s arm and gave me a smug smile.
“Giulia, if you don’t have any money, don’t fight with me. If these ashes belong to your father, I’ll give them to you if you beg nicely.”
Salvatore just stood there watching, cold as ever.
He did not plan to get involved.
He had set up the whole thing and let Gabi take out her anger on me. I laughed quietly. So this is what it feels like to be someone Salvatore “cherishes.”
I ignored Gabi and said, “Offer unlimited bidding.”
Gabi got annoyed. “I’ll pay 1.5 million!”
I looked down with a calm face and continued bidding.
The bidding jumped to three million. Gabi looked upset and clearly did not want to give in.
“Giulia, just a friendly reminder—your assets will be checked after the auction. If you don’t have enough, it’ll be taken from you to pay your debts.”
“Yeah, Giulia, and don’t count on Salvatore to help you then.” Everyone looked like they were enjoying the show.
Without even lifting my head, I continued.
I ordered the first ten graves.
Salvatore stood off to the side, just watching. Meanwhile, Gabi looked upset, like she was about to cry.
When I was about to buy the eleventh grave for five million, Salvatore suddenly said, “Wait a second.”
“Since Gabi wants it, I’ll pay three times the price-15 million for this one.”
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My fingers dug into my palm, and I looked
up
in shock.
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Salvatore did not like being involved in women’s drama.
On our wedding day, one of his flings bullied me and pushed me into the pool.
I was drowning, barely able to breathe, and Salvatore just walked past me like nothing happened. He glanced at me and said I was being stupid.
Even last time, when some rich lady treated me like a dog in front of everyone, I put up with it because I did not want to mess up Salvatore’s business. And what did he do? He just watched coldly.
Afterward, he even scolded me and said, “Giulia, don’t you have any dignity?”
I smiled, and a tear rolled down my cheek before I could stop it.
It is not that I do not have dignity-I just love him too much.
I love Salvatore so much that I was willing to throw my pride away.
And now, the man who always claimed he would not get involved in “women’s drama” was helping his beloved crush by humiliating his own wife.
I did not have enough money left, so I could only watch as the grave went back to Gabi.
She smiled smugly and said, “Giulia, you know what Salvatore’s like. He’d never let me be treated unfairly.”
I smiled bitterly.
Gabi was Salvatore’s beloved crush-the woman he’d protect no matter what.
And as his wife, all I could do was put up with it.
Gabi pouted and said sweetly, “Salvatore, can you send someone to dig up the grave? I want to see what’s inside.”
Salvatore did not even hesitate. “Tell the bodyguard what you want. I’ve got you covered.”
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