The Mafia's Bride
Receiving a glass of wine from her sister on the night before her wedding was the worst mistake Annalisa could have ever made. Unknown to her, the drink had been spiked, setting her up into having a one night stand with a stranger.
But the stranger had been none other than Cristiano Morano, a powerful and ruthless man who controlled half of the city's underworld. To make matters worse, he was also the sworn enemy of her fiancé.
Annalisa thought she was going to lose it all, her career and her life, when a scandal about her unfaithfulness broke out. Not only that, she found out her fiancé had been cheating with her blood sister. As her family were about to announce their disowning in a press conference, a dashing man from the audience had come out and said he was going to take responsibility for Anna. They got married, but Cristiano had stated a condition in the contract she signed; He would have full control over her life and career.
Would a timid girl like Annalisa survive in Cristiano's world?
“You’re mine now, Annalisa. And I always get what's mine.”
“W-what do you mean?”
“I mean I'll break you,” Cristiano said, a dangerous glint in his eyes. “And then, I'll put you back together again, my way.”
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Chapter: EPILOGUEEPILOGUEGiovanni's Story Before every villain, there was always a hero.Once upon a time, I was that hero.I was the man with loyalty, with honor, with a love so deep it could burn the fucking world down. Daniella was my world. She was mine. Until Cristiano Morano decided she wasn’t.He was my brother in arms, the man I trusted with my life. And yet, one drunken night was all it took for him to betray me. He didn’t hesitate. He didn’t even think about how I would feel. He just took her like she was a slut. And Daniella? She chose him.That was the day I buried my soul six feet under and became something else.Revenge became my heartbeat. My every breath. My reason for waking up each morning. It started with his uncle—Armando, the man who dared to stand in my way when I reported Cristiano to him. A bullet between the eyes took care of that. Of course, I made sure someone else took the fall. That was the easy part.Then there was Annalisa.The woman he couldn’t resist growing up.I wa
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Chapter: Chapter 97Chapter 97- GRAND FINALE Cristiano“You are staring at me again.”Annalisa’s voice was soft, teasing, but I didn’t miss the way her fingers traced small circles over the curve of her belly. Like she was just as mesmerized as I was.I smirked, leaning against the armrest of the couch, my gaze drinking her in. “Can you blame me? You look like a literal goddess right now.”She rolled her eyes, but the corners of her lips twitched, betraying her. “I look like a woman who has been eating way too many croissants.”I shook my head, shifting closer until our knees touched. “Nah, you look like my wife carrying our baby. That’s hot as hell.”She let out a short laugh, shaking her head at me, but I saw the way her eyes softened.God, she was beautiful.The soft glow of the chandelier cast a golden hue over her skin, making her look almost unreal, like something out of a dream I never thought I deserved. But she was here. She was real. And for the first time in my life, I felt… whole. Like every
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Chapter: Chapter 96Chapter 96Annalisa“You know, if you keep staring at him like that, you might as well put up a neon sign that says ‘I have unresolved issues with this man.’”Grace snapped her head toward me, her eyes narrowing when she realized I was referring to her. “Ma’am?”“Drop the formalities, please since you'll soon no longer be our housekeeper.” I smirked, folding my arms as I leaned back in my seat. “And yes, you heard me right.”The wedding was over, and the guests were slowly trickling out, leaving behind the soft hum of conversations and the scent of roses still hanging in the air. The fairy lights twinkled above us, casting a warm glow over the entire setup, but none of that was as interesting as the way Grace kept stealing glances at Ricardo.I mean, she wasn’t even trying to be subtle about it. One second, she would sip her drink, the next, her gaze would flicker toward him like a damn magnet. And the tension? Whew. You could cut it with a butter knife.Grace let out a deep sigh, slu
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Chapter: Chapter 95Chapter 95Annalisa“You do realize you’re talking to your stomach, right?”I blinked and turned my head to see Grace smirking at me, her arms crossed as she leaned against the back of the white wedding chair.“I wasn’t talking to my stomach,” I lied, quickly dropping my hand from my slightly rounded belly.Grace raised an eyebrow. “Mhm. Sure, ma'am. You totally weren’t whispering, ‘Are you going to behave today, little one?’ like some possessed mother-to-be.”I huffed, crossing my arms. “First of all, I was only exhibiting good behavior. And second, I am a mother-to-be. So, yeah, I talk to my baby. Got a problem with that?”Grace grinned, plopping down into the seat beside me. “Not at all, ma'am. It’s actually kinda cute. Like, disturbingly cute.”I rolled my eyes but couldn’t help the small smile tugging at my lips. The wedding was about to start, and Buddy and Bree’s guests had all settled into their seats. I smoothed out the silky blue dress draped over my growing bump, adjusting
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Chapter: Chapter 94Chapter 94Cristiano“You keep staring at me like you're in a dream.” Annalisa’s voice was soft, teasing me, but I could hear the nervous emotions beneath it. She stood in front of the window, wrapped in nothing but the white silk robe that matched the sheets on our honeymoon bed. The street lights outside cast a soft glow against her skin, and for a second, I really did wonder if this was real.I leaned back against the pillows, my shirt unbuttoned, my tie long gone. “Maybe I am.”She turned, raising an eyebrow. “So you think you’re dreaming?”I smirked. “I’m pretty sure I died back there when you walked down the aisle. This is just heaven.”She rolled her eyes, but I caught the way her lips twitched, fighting back a smile. She stepped closer, sitting on the edge of the bed. Her fingers played with the fabric of my sleeve, tracing slow patterns.“We went through so much as a couple,” she whispered.The tone in her voice hit me like a punch to the gut. Because she was right. Every da
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Chapter: Chapter 93Chapter 93Annalisa“Breathe, Annalisa. Just breathe.” I whispered the words to myself, staring at my reflection in the grand mirror.The dress—my dress—was a masterpiece. Snow-white satin hugged my body perfectly, the delicate lace trailing down like poetry. My veil cascaded over my shoulders, soft and weightless, and my makeup was flawless. I looked like a bride. I was a bride.So why did my heart feel like it was trying to punch its way out of my chest?My hands trembled as I gripped the dressing table, trying to steady myself. This was happening. This was real. In a few minutes, I would walk down that aisle, and Cristiano would be there, waiting for me.“Annaliisa, are you good?” Bree peeked in, holding a glass of champagne. “Because you kinda look like you might pass out.”I exhaled shakily. “I’m fine.”She arched her brow, sizing me up with her eyes. “Yeah, no. Try again.”“I said I’m fine.”Bree wasn’t buying it. She walked over, set the champagne down, and placed both hands on
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Chapter: The beginning of our little worldChapter Sixty-OneAndrea’s POVI grin at him, almost unable to believe he actually agreed.“I've decided,” I announce, still sitting on his lap. “This is officially our week of doing absolutely nothing responsible.”His eyebrow lifts. “So I apparently pay you to ruin my schedule.”“You agreed.”“I'm already regretting it.”The words are dry, but the small smile tugging at his lips ruins the effect.I narrow my eyes at him. “You work too much. You should cut yourself some slack sometimes.”“Slack?”“Yes. You're allowed to relax, you know.”He looks at me for a moment before that familiar smirk appears. His hands settle comfortably around my waist, drawing me a little closer until our faces are only inches apart.“You may be right, but…” He pauses deliberately. “I need to finish my call with Daniel first.”Before he can reach for the phone resting on the chair beside him, I'm already moving. I grab it, and jump off his lap.Tristan stares at me, I smile back at him sweetly.“Don't do th
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Chapter: The good side of the bedChapter SixtyAndrea’s POV“Andrea.”I groan and turn onto my other side, dragging the blanket higher over my shoulder.Please. Just five more minutes. Or four, I can compromise. Three is fine too.As long as I get to finish this very important dream where I'm ridiculously rich and completely self-made.“Andrea.”I squeeze my eyes tighter.I am just getting to the part where I am about to buy a private island.Why does this man have such terrible timing?A quiet chuckle comes from behind me.The mattress shifts, and a moment later, I feel his fingers gently move the hair away from my face. Then his lips brush my forehead.“Come on, baby. You have to wake up.”I open one eye.Tristan is looking down at me with an annoyingly calm expression.“Why?” “Come and eat.”I close my eye again. “I'm not hungry.”I hear him sigh softly, and then his fingers move over my cheek.“You didn't eat much last night.”I open my eyes again.His thumb brushes my cheek gently.“And I don't like my women sk
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Chapter: The things we inheritChapter Fifty-NineAndrea's POV“But this is not the way home, Tristan.”My voice breaks through the silence that has been sitting between us for almost twenty minutes.Tristan doesn't take his eyes off the road. “I'm aware.”I glance out the window at the unfamiliar route. “Then where are we going?”His grip tightens slightly around the steering wheel. “You'll see.”The flatness of his voice tells me everything I need to know.He isn't in the mood to talk yet.The dinner at the Hale mansion ended almost an hour ago, but it's obvious he's still carrying it with him. His brows have been pulled together the entire drive, his jaw locked so tightly I'm surprised his teeth haven't cracked.I've never seen him this angry before.Not angry in the explosive sense.Angry in the quiet way.The more dangerous way.So I take the hint and stop asking questions.The rest of the drive passes in silence. Eventually, city lights disappear behind us. Buildings become fewer. Roads become emptier. Then s
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Chapter: Dinner with the HalesChapter Fifty-EightAndrea's POVAll I did was agree.Maybe I should have asked more questions.Maybe I should have asked why Tristan looked so tense after bringing it up. Maybe I should have asked why he spent the entire drive oddly quiet, his fingers tapping against the steering wheel every few minutes.Instead, I just said yes and now I was staring at a mansion that somehow made Tristan's house look modest.“Oh my God.” The words slipped out before I could stop them.The gates alone looked expensive enough to pay off a hundred people's monthly salary and I'm not exaggerating.Tristan glanced at me from the driver's seat.“That bad?”“Your family lives here?”His mouth twitched slightly. “Unfortunately.”The car continued down the long driveway.The mansion seemed to grow bigger the closer we got. Massive white columns framed the entrance. Perfect gardens stretched across the property. Fountains sparkled beneath the evening sun.Everything screamed money.Old money.My stomach tight
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Chapter: The promiseChapter Fifty-SevenTristan’s POVNot once in my life has a woman ever slapped me across the face. Not once. And somehow the craziest part of this entire situation is that I’m not even angry about it.I probably should be.Three months ago, if anyone had asked me how I’d react to being hit, I would’ve said exactly what everybody expects from Tristan Hale.Cold rage, distance, punishment.But standing here now, looking at Andrea panicking in front of me with tears already gathering in her eyes…All I feel is guilt.Because I pushed her there.I know I did.The slap barely even registered compared to the look on her face afterward. Immediate regret, immediate fear and honestly? That part bothers me more than the slap itself.“Tristan…” Her voice shakes badly. “I'm so sorry.”I finally move but not toward her. Just one step away.Because right now my thoughts are too loud and I need one second to get them under control before I say something stupid.Andrea notices immediately and the fea
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Chapter: Don't touch meChapter Fifty-SixAndrea’s POVIt’s been a week.An entire week.Seven full days since Tristan decided to disappear from my life while somehow still living in the same house as me.At first, I genuinely thought something was wrong.The second morning, I woke up confused when his side of the bed was empty again. The third morning, I started getting annoyed. By the fourth, I was checking news articles to make sure he hadn’t secretly died in some dramatic billionaire accident.But no, he was alive. Very alive apparently, just avoiding me like I personally ruined his life.Every text I sent never got a response. Every single one. And the worst part? He read them.I knew he did because those stupid little read receipts would appear under my messages like tiny acts of violence.Meanwhile the man continued haunting the house like some emotionally unavailable ghost. He’d leave before I woke up and somehow return after I’d fallen asleep.At least… that’s what I assumed.Until the couch inciden
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Chapter: A secret built in liesChapter 04.Evelyn's POV "Baby, are you okay?"Angelo's voice cut through the ringing in my ears, and I forced my spine straight before the silence could stretch into something he'd start asking real questions about."Oh, yeah, baby, I'm fine," I said, already crouching to gather the shattered porcelain scattered across the floor. "Don't mind me. Clumsy hands tonight."My fingers trembled as I picked up each shard, my mind racing far faster than my hands could move.Silverlake.Why was he going back to Silverlake? Nothing about this made sense, and the nonsense of it terrified me more than if it had made perfect, predictable sense.I swept the broken pieces into a small bag, stood, smoothed my hair back into place, and turned to face them both with a smile stitched carefully across my mouth."I'm so sorry," I said. "When I heard Silverlake, I just remembered a friend of mine who went through something terrible there. It caught me off guard for a second."Angelo smiled, easy and unsu
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Chapter: Silver lakeChapter 03Evelyn's POV.The question hung in the air like a blade suspended above my throat.If Ethan walked upstairs and brought that drawing down, it wouldn't just be a sketch of a lake and a boat that Miguel would be holding in his hands. It would be us. My drawings had never been simple lines and shading. They told stories, captured faces in a right way that left no room for misinterpretation, and if Miguel stared at that page, he would see exactly what I had spent ten years trying to hide."No," I said quickly, my voice was sharper than I intended. "Ethan, go back to your room. Stay there, and let the adults talk."The whole table seemed to freeze at once.Angelo set his fork down slowly, his eyes moving toward me with quiet confusion, while Miguel's brows lifted, clearly caught off guard by the sudden chill in my voice."It's fine," Miguel said smoothly. "He can stay, I don't mind explaining whatever he wants explained.""No," I repeated, my tone leaving no room for conside
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Chapter: Ten years of lyingChapter 02Evelyn's POV Miguel Hawkins.He was older now, sharper somehow, but unmistakably him.My heart slammed against my ribs and I was certain he could hear it from where he stood. I opened my mouth, and only a whisper escaped. "Miguel..."He moved his head, and for one suspended second I let myself believe he remembered, that something in him recognized the woman standing in front of him.Then he smiled, easy and polite, the smile of a stranger meeting another stranger for the very first time."Hello, Miss. I don't know if I have the wrong address, but is this Angelo Morgan's apartment?" he asked.The disappointment that crashed through me was almost embarrassing one.What had I expected? Tears?A confession? This was exactly how men like him operated, men who built entire empires on the art of hiding what they didn't want the world to see. This was the same man who had taught himself to float because I refused to let him drown in that lake. The same man who braided ribbo
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Chapter: The last guestChapter 01Evelyn POV"My friend, Miguel Hawkins, is coming for dinner tonight. I need you to get ready."Angelo's words landed in the kitchen like glass shattering against tile, and for a moment I convinced myself I had misheard him entirely.Ten years.Ten years since that name had touched my ears, and I had built an entire life out of the silence that followed it.I stared at my fiancé, waiting for him to laugh, to tell me he was only testing whether I still listened when he spoke.He didn't laugh.He stood there in his crisp white shirt, completely unaware that he had just dropped a body into the middle of our living room."I don't understand," I said slowly. "Who is coming for dinner?"Angelo crossed the room, reading my hesitation as exhaustion rather than terror. "I know you're tired of my friends parading through here lately," he said, his voice gentle, "but this one has a purpose. We have business to discuss, and I promise you, he's the last person I'll ever ask this of. He'
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