The Billionaire Mafia's Rejected Wife
“I am betrothed to marry you…” Esmé mumbled, shivering from her shoulders down her spine. Maybe it was because her clothes were soaked from the rain or the cold stare that the man was grazing towards her—piercing, cold, and judging.
"You’re sexy underneath those already-drenched clothes. I could understand if you wanted to tempt me. But you’re crazy enough to tell me you’re marrying me,” he said with a smirk.
She never thought she’d be on her knees in front of any man, crying and begging for him to take her in. Left with no options but to beg for shelter at the hands of the most dangerous mafia in their city, Esmé lets go of shame and pride just to talk to the man who is promised to her. With no parents to support her claim that she is betrothed to the billionaire mafia praised by many, she only has her words which he labeled as lies. But Esmé won’t give up that easily, especially when she has dedicated her life to honor her parent’s words before they were assassinated. It was then that Esmé knew she had to stay alive to avenge her parent’s death. But nothing comes easy, especially when it’s a forced marriage to a man who doesn’t want her. By virtue of courage, trust, and seduction—Esmé will go to the depths of hell just so she’ll get his attention, devotion, love... and never let her go.
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Chapter: EPILOGUEGrowing up, I have had a sense of good and bad in the world. I learned that people make choices and sometimes they make bad actions, which makes other people label them bad. Yet, there’s more to people being and choosing to do bad things. I had never seen people do the most brutal bad things until I saw men barge into our house and fired bullets at my father’s already dead body. And my mother—which wounded my soul to the point of not even knowing if I could ever get back on my feet once again, only to discover that I have been betrayed by my own mother. She’s already dead. For real this time. I have not forgiven her, but I have learned to move forward. But the sudden turn of events of my life allowed me to grow in ways I wouldn’t have imagined and led me to the arms of the man that I could trust, fight, and grow old with. And today’s our 5th wedding anniversary. Even if we had to go through hell and fight for our lives, it led us to this paradise that I wouldn’t trade for anyth
Last Updated: 2024-04-30
Chapter: 95. BUILD A FAMILYTWO MONTHS after staying in our new house in Chicago, I have grown much closer to my husband. Our routine was basically waking up and preparing meals for us both. On some days, he’ll be joining me in the chicken, and on other days, he’ll still be there but will be doing work on his laptop. Callan had been hands-on in collecting real estate properties in our area as part of the expansion project of Chevalier Holdings. I love staring at Callan as he gets lost in his work, conducting meetings with his colleagues. While I cook in the kitchen and prepare snacks for him. Then I would get lost in doing my own tasks as well. On these days, I have seen Callan in every mundane moment that I could think of and I have loved him more. The way we lay in each other’s arms around evening after all our tasks are accomplished it certainly felt like home. Ever since I lost my family, I have learned that life must go on even if you feel like the world has just collapsed on your shoulders. A significan
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Chapter: 94. STARTING A NEWI COULDN’T believe that a day like this would still arrive in our lives. I was standing in the middle of the airport with people roaming around. While Callan had just paid our travel tax and was smiling widely raising our first-class plane tickets up in the air. He looked better than he did weeks ago, I must say. He could smile now. Joke things with me. His face has more color time, and the dark circles under his eyes start to fade away. As for me, I still wake up in the middle of the night from nightmares of the chaos we experienced. I remember there were nights when I dreamed of the people I killed. That night when I shot Aldo Cato. Things haven’t been easy for us to return to living our normal lives. We had been deeply affected by the loss, battle, and exhaustion that we had gone through just to sort out the mess in the mafia world, at least in our lives that involved dealing with the Cato clan and resolving things regarding the order and structure in the ravij organization. We
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Chapter: 93. WHAT'S LEFT OF THE TRUTH“Esmé you wanted to know why I did this? I wanted my daddy to prioritize me. I should have been the heir to the ravij organization! I was his eldest daughter! It wasn’t fair!”As she said that, Callan took a shot from the revolver she got from me, the shot left a dent on her chest as she looked upward towards me muttering soft voices leaving a faint fake smile on her face as if she was grateful.I then hugged Callan, replaced my face on started crying Callan patted my head and he tried to calm me down, “It is over, my wife. It is over.”Immediately afterward, someone spoke from the black boxes in the room, “What a great show this was. It is certainly not over. Definitely not. Please move upstairs.”Callan shouted, “Bastard, I will kill you for killing my men and for hurting me and I will break your limbs for hurting Don Thoron.”Callan laughed, “Whoa, well, you should be very careful what to say next. Move upstairs. I am right here waiting.’“It must be a trap. Husband, let us go bac
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Chapter: 92. WORSE THAN TORTUREFURIOUS, I RAISED my face upright in the eyes of the man who was holding a sniper on the 3rd floor looking at us, and then one by one other men from other floors looked below from the balconies of that building and some started shooting from the windows. We covered ourselves and I aimed precisely, even though many of my bullets were not hitting the target, I managed to take down quite a few from the sight. The abandoned building was a 12 storey high and there were soldiers of the Cato clan inside and outside. The men that spotted us first were the ones on the balcony. As instructed, twenty of our men started running to the gate to enter the building. As they were running, one fell down and got shot. Another soldier tried to lift him up on his back but ended up getting shot as well. The others ran for their lives and got inside. As they went inside, they took down all the men of the Cato Clan on the first floor and started walking upstairs. I could only hear bullet after bullet, no
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Chapter: 91. PLEDGE TO THE RAVIJMAYBE IT IS true that when love finds you, the fear of losing it is greater than the risk of dying itself just so you can fight for the person you love.Is rescuing someone worth it? I do not know about anyone but for Callan, I will do everything.“Hey, Esmé. We are ready. It is only logical if you lead this mission in the absence of the underboss.”I cleared my throat and thought of the words he just said.I looked around; I don’t think whoever leads the troop will matter at this point. We are all marching towards a similar purpose.But if I were to judge the situation, Aakil should be the one to lead instead in the absence of my husband. Or maybe Capo Mariano.“Hmm… maybe Capo Mariano could be the leader. Or Aakil?”Aakil cleared his throat and then spoke, “The consigliere mentioned your courage and we saw it too. That gave us determination. This is what the organization needs. I cannot take Callan’s place. I am not a descendant of Ravij's head. They won’t accept me as their leader
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Chapter: CHAPTER 5: The Alpha Is BackSELENE“SELENE, GET UP.” I woke up the next morning with Anya sitting on my bed gently shaking my arm.I was still groggy from sleep and her voice was loud. She looked tired with a hint of worry in her eyes.“You’re back from the trip?”“And Madam Beatrice too! Come on, get up now! We must prepare. The alpha and his soldiers are heading back to the mansion.”“Huh? When?” I mumbled as I clutched my head.“Right now!”“What?!”I pushed myself off the bed and tied my hair into a messy up do. Anya had already dressed into her uniform while me? Still wearing my pajama.“Wait I need a few minutes.”She nodded. “Just make sure you’ll be ready fast; we need to greet them at the entrance.” Anya, the kind and bubbly person that I once knew became agitated. “The alpha and beta have been wounded from the battle. We must aid to them as soon as they arrive. We were only able to provide food and help to the other middle rank wolves because they were closest to us when we found them. The alpha had be
Last Updated: 2025-11-10
Chapter: CHAPTER 4: Wolf On PatrolSELENEI WOKE UP the next day then went on with my duties. Washing the dishes, scrubbing the floors, and dusting the windows.But as I go through the day, I couldn’t help but thinking of that man on the call. Days passed by and I stayed indoors.Anya was nowhere to be seen; some said several maids went with the pack’s soldiers to aid the wounded from the recent battle that occurred from the highland. Territorial disputes again that weren’t solved in proper discussions and only by shedding blood.If I was invited to come, I would have agreed. Maybe then this man in my head would have a face and I can finally meet him in person.But wait? How did I become this curious about a guy at all?I remember Lukas, he had been courting me for years and I only have appreciation for him as a friend… but that guy on the telephone has an alluring voice that I couldn’t just shake off my system.Days passed by and I was… silently hoping the telephone will ring again.One Friday evening, it rang again,
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Chapter: CHAPTER 3: The TelephoneSELENETHE OLD TELEPHONE felt cold and heavy when I gripped it with my hands and brought it near my ear. “Hello?” I mumbled, then waited for a response.“May I know who this is?” I spoke again, innocently asking who could be calling at this hour. I tapped my feet on the floor when there was still no answer as I stared at the golden wall clock right at the center of the mansion’s massive living room. It says 12 AM. I had been tired from doing chores all day and couldn’t stop myself from yawning. That’s when I remember I was still holding the telephone near my ears. “Oh, pardon me.” I cleared my throat and did my best to fight the urge to cut the call and drag myself to sleep. “What do you need help with?”My brows burrowed between each other as I started feeling the unease and impatience.Someone had called our line and decided not to speak? Is this a prank call?“Alright, the person on the call who hasn’t spoken a word. Maybe you just like my voice a little too much. I swear you’ll
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Chapter: CHAPTER 2: No Turning BackSELENEI crashed through our house’s back door; I was a mess of fur and panicked breath. My lungs burned.Someone saw me beyond the border. And… and… he saw my naked body before transforming into a wolf.I shifted back behind the woodpile, my bones popping, my human skin appearing slick with river water and cold sweat.“Selene?” my grandmother’s voice called from inside our house.I grabbed an old grain sack to cover myself, my hands shaking too hard to tie it properly.I stumbled into the kitchen.“What is it? What’s wrong?” my grandmother spoke, her hand flying to her mouth.Lukas shot up from his chair. “Who did this? Were you attacked?”“I have to go,” I gasped, the words tumbling out.“Go where?” he demanded, his eyes scanning me for injuries.“To the Alpha’s mansion.”“What?” he snarled. “After everything we said? You want to go?”They don’t understand. They can’t.“I have to go now,” I insisted, my voice rising with hysteria.“Selene, calm down,” my grandmother pleaded, trying
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Chapter: CHAPTER 1: The Sudden EncounterSELENETHE SINGLE FLAME on my cake flickered, dancing in the dim light of our small home.I just turned twenty-one today.I should be happy. I should be celebrating.I blew the candle and the flame died, taking my last wish with it.I looked at my family. There was my grandmother, my uncles, my cousins.They were all smiling.Or trying to.Their eyes gave them away, full of a worry so deep it felt like a heavy blanket in the room.Our house sat on the edge of the pack’s land, closer to the next territory than our own Alpha’s mansion.We were outsiders, even at home.“Selene,” my grandmother began, her voice thin, like old paper.“Yes, Grandma?” I asked, my own voice gave away my shivering hands.Here it comes. The bad news.“The council… our dues…” she spoke, unable to look me in the eye.“We couldn’t pay,” my Uncle Luis finished for her, his jaw tight.“For years, child,” she added.“I don’t understand please,” I pleaded. “What does that mean?”My grandma inhaled deeply, and in a des
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