Synopsis：The night before graduation, Ethan Luciano pulled me into his room and took everything I’d been secretly saving for him through ten years of silent love. Afterwards, with his arm around me, he promised that once he inherited the Luciano family empire, he’d marry me and make me the most cherished woman in the family. The next morning, he casually mentioned us to my foster brother, Lucas, then switched to Italian mid-conversation. Lucas chuckled, asking if he should call me his little sister or future sister‑in‑law. Ethan’s grip on my waist tightened, then loosened as he laughed softly: “She’s just practice. My real target is the cheer captain, Sylvia.” They didn’t know I’d spent months secretly learning Italian, dreaming of the life he’d painted for us. That afternoon, I quietly withdrew my early admission to Caltech and applied to MIT instead—erasing myself from the future he’d never truly planned to share.