The Dons Forbidden Wife
I was discarded the moment my husband gained power.
Divorced. Humiliated. Left with nothing…while my mother lay dying.
Serena Black believed loyalty and sacrifice would be enough to secure her place beside Antonio Romano. Instead, she discovers she was only ever a stepping stone. He replaces her with a pregnant woman claiming to be the legendary Black family heiress and erases Serena from his life without mercy.
Divorced, humiliated, and stripped of everything, Serena’s world collapses… until fate throws her beneath the wheels of the most dangerous man alive.
Dante Romano is the ruthless Don of the Romano Mafia empire. Cold, commanding, untouchable. He should have walked away from the broken woman bleeding in the street. Instead, he sees a scar that awakens a memory he buried ten years ago… and a desire he was never supposed to feel.
To protect her and to uncover the truth, Dante offers Serena a contract marriage. Revenge in exchange for a ring. Power in exchange for her name.
But nothing is simple when the man you marry is your ex-husband’s father.
As lies unravel and bloodlines are questioned, Serena is forced to choose: remain a pawn in a brutal mafia game… or rise as a queen feared by all. And Dante must decide how far he’s willing to go for the woman who was never meant to be his.
Because in this world, love is forbidden.
And truth is deadly.
When secrets collide and desire defies loyalty, will Serena claim her destiny or will loving the Don cost her everything?
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Chapter: Chapter 16: the man who lost her twiceAntonio’s POV“Play it again.”My voice comes out hard, cutting through the quiet that settled after the report ended.One of the men reaches for the remote without looking at me. The screen flickers, then rewinds. The news segment starts over, the reporter’s calm tone grating against my nerves.“…Dante Romano confirmed married this morning in a closed courthouse ceremony…”My fingers dig into the edge of the table as the footage rolls. The same blurred images. The same tight formation of security. The same woman in white with her face turned away.I lean forward this time. Closer. Like distance alone is the problem.“Zoom in,” I say.The technician hesitates. “Boss, that’s the clearest feed available.”“Then slow it down,” I snap. “Frame by frame.”A woman in white. Her face turned away. Security closing in around her as cameras explode in light.I lean forward without realizing it.“That’s not her,” I say quickly.The footage sharpens for half a second before cutting away.Her shoul
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Chapter: Chapter 14: The marriage without loveSerena’s POV“Mrs. Romano.”The word snaps me fully awake.I turn my head toward the door, my heart already racing, and see a nurse standing just inside the hospital room with a clipboard held tight against her chest. Her smile is polite, careful, the kind people use when they don’t want questions.“Your driver is downstairs,” she adds. “He’s been waiting.”Waiting.I swallow and push myself upright on the bed, the movement sending a dull ache through my ribs. “Already?” I ask.The nurse nods. “Yes. Everything is ready.”Everything.I glance around the room like I might find some sign that yesterday didn’t happen, that I didn’t sign my name away with a steady hand while pretending my chest wasn’t collapsing inward. The bed. The IV stand. The window overlooking a city that kept moving while my life stopped.“What time is it?” I ask.“Eight thirty,” she replies. “They’re on a schedule.”Of course they are.I swing my legs over the side of the bed and brace myself on the mattress until t
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Chapter: Chapter 13: the signature that changes everythingSerena’s POV“I’ll do it.”The words leave my mouth before I can pull them back. They sound steady, which surprises me, because my chest feels like it’s caving in. I keep my eyes on Dante’s face, waiting for some kind of reaction, something that tells me I haven’t just crossed a line I can’t return from.He stops moving.He had been standing near the chair beside my bed, one hand resting on the back of it like he hadn’t decided whether to sit or leave. Now he straightens slowly, his attention locking onto me with sharp focus. Not relief. Not surprise. Calculation.“You’ll do what?” he asks.“I’ll sign,” I say, forcing the words out again before doubt can catch up to me. “The papers.”The silence that follows feels heavy, like the room is holding its breath. I shift slightly against the pillows, the movement pulling at sore muscles, reminding me that my body is still paying for mistakes I don’t fully remember making. My hands are folded tightly in my lap, fingers curled into the thin h
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Chapter: Chapter 12 : the reawakeningDante’s POV“She shouldn’t have survived that impact.”I stop walking.The doctor’s voice is quiet, professional, like he’s stating a statistic instead of talking about a woman lying twenty feet away behind a locked door. I turn back toward him slowly. He’s holding a clipboard against his chest, eyes flicking between me and the ICU room like he’s suddenly aware of who he’s speaking to.“She’s stable,” he adds quickly. “But the damage to the vehicle, the angle of the collision…it doesn’t line up with her outcome.”I look through the narrow glass window in the door.Serena is not fully conscious , monitors blinking steadily beside her. Her face is pale against the pillow, bruising darkening along her cheekbone and jaw. Tubes and wires surround her, machines doing the work her body nearly failed to finish.“Are you saying she’s lucky,” I ask, “or that someone made a mistake?”The doctor hesitates. “I’m saying she beat odds she shouldn’t have.”“Lucky?”The word irritates me more than it
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Chapter: Chapter 11: the choice that isn’t a choiceSerena’s POV“Ms. Romano, I need you to stay still.”The nurse adjusts the IV line at my wrist, her voice calm and professional, like this is just another room, another patient, another morning. I nod even though my head feels heavy and my ribs ache when I breathe too deeply.She checks the monitor, scribbles something on a chart, and gives me a small smile. “Your vitals are stable. That’s good.”“Can I go home?” I ask.She hesitates, and that hesitation tells me everything before she speaks. “The doctor will talk to you later.”She leaves without another word, pulling the door shut behind her.The quiet rushes back in.I stare at the ceiling, following a thin crack that runs diagonally toward the corner of the room. I don’t remember noticing it yesterday. Maybe it’s new. Or maybe I was too distracted by pain and fear to care.The machines beside the bed keep beeping, steady and unforgiving. Each sound feels like a reminder that I’m still here, still costing money I don’t have.I turn
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Chapter: Chapter 10: the price of survivalSerena’s POV“Did you just say… marry you?”The words leave my mouth slowly, like my tongue doesn’t trust them. Like if I say them too fast, they’ll become real.Marriage.The word echoes in my head, bouncing off everything that’s still bruised and raw inside me. My chest tightens, sharp and immediate, and for a second I forget about the IV in my arm, the dull ache in my ribs, the way my body still feels like it doesn’t fully belong to me.I stare at Dante.I’m certain I misheard him.I search his face desperately, scanning for something… anything that tells me this is a joke and that he is bluffing, probably this is a dark humor. A moment of insanity brought on by guilt because his car hit me.I find none of it.His expression is calm, somewhat Steadying and almost patient.He doesn’t take it back.The silence stretches, thick and unbearable, until my heart starts pounding so hard it hurts.“I…” My voice cracks. I swallow and try again. “I just escaped one marriage.”The words come
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