Dumping My Childhood Sweetheart Fiancés

The next day, after completing my job transfer application, I headed home to pack my belongings. I'd just reached my doorstep when I saw a bulldozer demolishing Spot's kennel.

"Stop!" I yelled, rushing forward to try to stop them. However, I tripped over some rocks and scraped my arm, which started to bleed.

Dante and Dario stood at the doorway, watching me coldly.

Dante, the Don, stood with his hands in his pockets. His eyes were as cold as ice. It was as if I were someone completely insignificant.

A flicker of hesitation appeared in Dario's eyes, but it was merely hesitation. He did not approach.

Anna shot me a challenging look before feigning innocence. "Julia, don't be mad—"

Before Anna could finish, Dante impatiently cut her off, "What right does she have to be angry? Your biological father died trying to save Dario and me. We should be taking care of you. She knows this, yet she triggered your asthma just to win us over. She's so selfish! How could she be the future Donna?"

He then immediately issued an order, "Clear out this area and plant the roses that Annie likes."

I felt completely numb on the inside.

Anna was cashing in on that goddamn favor owed to her father, constantly using it to provoke me.

Back when we first met, I prepared a gift for her and even arranged for a comfortable, big bedroom for her. But what had she done? That very night, she deliberately destroyed my mom's portrait.

She then leaned in close and tauntingly whispered, "I hear you're the future Donna? Now that I'm here, you should just get lost."

I was practically trembling in anger. I rushed over to push her away, but she let herself trip and fall down the stairs before crying out for help. "Julia, I know you dislike me! I'll just leave, okay?"

Dario and Dante came scurrying over when they heard it. Their expressions darkened when they saw Anna lying on the floor. "Julia, you've gone too far!"

I tried to explain, but Dante had already rushed forward to hold Anna tightly in his arms. His eyes were filled with coldness and hostility as he shoved me violently to the ground. "Julia, how could you be so petty?"

Dario also frowned, his expression one of utter displeasure. "Jules, Annie's father just died. She's already suffering enough. How could you bully her like this? I'm so disappointed in you!"

The roaring of the excavators snapped me back to reality. Spot's kennel had been demolished.

I slumped onto the ground as pain surged through me, but it couldn't compare to the despair in my heart.

The brothers had forgotten that they had once promised to keep Spot's kennel forever. They'd forgotten that they wanted Spot to be the ringbearer at our wedding. They'd forgotten that I was allergic to roses, and just being near them made me break out in hives.

But now, Anna was in Dante's arms, her expression smug. She shot me a glance, her eyes filled with defiance and triumph.

Dante looked at me. When he spoke, his voice carried the unquestionable authority of a Don. "Julia, conduct yourself properly and stop bullying Annie. Otherwise, I'll call off our engagement."

Each word he spoke felt like a dagger piercing my heart.

I held back the heartache and turned around to leave. I no longer wanted to marry Dante.