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BETROTHED TO THE CRAZY DON chapter 54
The Woman From His PastFor the first time in weeks, Valentina woke up without someone telling her where she was going.No guards stood outside her bedroom door.No urgent phone calls echoed through the estate.No one was waiting downstairs with another piece of bad news.The quiet felt strange.Almost suspicious.She stood in front of her wardrobe, staring at clothes she hadn't touched in what felt like forever.Alessandro had already left for a meeting.Before leaving, he'd paused at the bedroom door.“You're going out?”She had nodded.“Shopping.”His eyes had narrowed slightly.“With who?”Valentina had smiled.“Alessandro.”He'd sighed.“I know. I'm being difficult.”“You are.”He'd walked back toward her, kissed her forehead, and murmured,“Take the car.”“I can drive myself.”“I know.”“Then why the car?”“Because I said so.”She'd stared at him.He'd stared back.Then, finally, the corner of his mouth lifted.“Fine. Drive yourself.”That was how Valentina ended up at the bo
BETROTHED TO THE CRAZY DON Chapter 55
The TruthMorning came quietly to the De Luca estate.For the first time in days, there were no alarms.No hurried footsteps.No shouted orders from the guards.Just the soft sound of rain against the windows.Valentina sat alone in the library, her mother's letter resting on the table in front of her.She had read it so many times that she knew every word.Still, she couldn't stop looking at it.Her mother was alive.Twenty-three years of believing she had been abandoned had collapsed in a single night.The door opened.Alessandro walked inside.He had changed out of his funeral clothes, but the exhaustion remained in his face.He stopped when he saw her.“You haven't slept.”“Neither have you.”He came closer.Valentina looked up.“I need the whole truth.”Alessandro pulled out the chair beside her.“So do I.”She slid the letter toward him.“This says my mother knew something people were willing to kill for.”“I know.”“And the contract was created to protect me.”“Yes.”“But from
BETROTHED TO THE CRAZY DON Chapter 54
The Hidden VaultThe rain followed them all the way back to the estate.By the time Alessandro stepped through the front doors, the house was already awake.Guards moved quietly through the corridors. Phones rang in distant rooms. Doors opened and closed as Alessandro's men began preparing for what everyone now understood was coming.War.But Alessandro barely noticed any of it.His mind was still inside that meeting.Lorenzo's death.The photograph.His father's name.And the voice on the phone.Your father lied to all of you.Alessandro removed his coat.“Where's Valentina?”“The library, Don.”He nodded.Then looked toward Luca.“Come with me.”Luca followed without asking questions.They found Valentina standing beside the library window.She turned the moment they entered.Her eyes searched Alessandro's face.“What happened?”Alessandro stopped in front of her.For a moment, he said nothing.Then....“Your mother is alive.”"I know she's alive,but where?....".The room seemed to
BETROTHED TO THE CRAZY DON Chapter 53
War DeclaredThe bells were still ringing when Alessandro left the church.Lorenzo's funeral had ended.But the grief had barely begun.Rain slid down the black windows of the waiting cars, blurring the city into streaks of gray and silver.Valentina stood beside Alessandro beneath the church steps.Neither of them spoke.She could still feel the weight of his hand around hers.Still see the emptiness in his eyes when he had looked at Lorenzo's coffin.Then his phone vibrated.He glanced at the screen.The families are gathering.His jaw tightened.He slipped the phone into his pocket.“Where are you going?” Valentina asked.“To end this.”She caught his arm.“Alessandro.”He turned.“You said this ends now.”“It does.”“Then don't go alone.”His expression softened.“You're not coming.”“I wasn't asking.”A tired smile touched his lips.“You're becoming very difficult.”“You married me.”“That may have been my first mistake.”She raised an eyebrow.He leaned closer.“But definitely
BETROTHED TO THE CRAZY DON Chapter 52
The FuneralThe church bells began before sunrise.One slow note.Then another.Then another.Valentina stood before the bedroom window, watching the dark morning slowly surrender to gray.She hadn't slept.Every time she closed her eyes, she saw Alessandro leaving the estate.She heard his voice again.I'll come back.But he hadn't come back.Not yet.The bedroom door opened.Valentina turned.Alessandro stood there.He looked different.His black suit was perfectly pressed, his collar straight, his expression controlled.But his eyes told her everything.They were empty.Tired.Broken somewhere deep beneath the surface.Valentina's heart tightened.She crossed the room.“Alessandro…”He didn't answer.She stopped in front of him.“Is it Lorenzo?”His jaw tightened.Then he nodded.Valentina's hand rose to her mouth.For a moment, she couldn't breathe.“No…”“He's gone.”The words were quiet.Almost emotionless.That made them worse.Valentina's eyes filled.She stepped forward and
BETROTHED TO THE CRAZY DON Chapter 51
The Last MissionShe had entered the marriage because other people had written the contract.But this moment belonged to her.And so did the man standing in front of her.Not because he owned her.Not because the contract demanded it.But because, for the first time...she had chosen him.Valentina's smile slowly faded as Alessandro's phone vibrated on the desk.Once.Then again.He glanced at the screen.Lorenzo.Alessandro answered.“Tell me.”Lorenzo's voice came through low and hurried.“We found something.”Alessandro's expression changed.“What?”“A warehouse connected to one of the Ravens' financial accounts.”Valentina watched him carefully.“Are you certain?”“Yes. The address matches one of the old properties connected to Gabriel.”Alessandro grabbed his coat.“I'll be there.”“No, Don.”Lorenzo's voice sharpened.“You stay with Valentina.”Alessandro stopped.“Why?”“Because if this is connected to the people who took her, you're exactly who they'll expect to come.”A paus
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