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Chapter Thirty: The Ex
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2026-06-25 18:03:16
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Contract Wife for the Cartel Heir Chapter Thirty: The Ex
Aria’s POVI did not like her.The realization came exactly three seconds after meeting her.She was beautiful, annoyingly beautiful.Tall, elegant, effortless.The kind of woman who walked into a room and expected attention without asking for it.The worst part?She got it.Valentina Moreau stood beside Romano in the foyer as though she belonged there.As though she had always belonged there.As though she intended to continue belonging there.I folded my arms.Dante wisely took three steps backward.“You’ve gotten prettier,” Valentina said with a smile as she looked at Romano.Romano looked unimpressed.“You’ve gotten older.”I nearly choked and Dante coughed suspiciously.Valentina laughed as if Romano had told the funniest joke in the world.“I missed that.”“I didn’t.”The smile on her face faltered slightly.Good.Unfortunately, it recovered quickly.Then her attention shifted toward me, those sharp blue eyes studied me carefully.This time the smile looked different, more like
Contract Wife for the Cartel Heir Chapter Twenty Nine: The Beginning of Us
Romano’s POV The first thing I noticed when I opened my eyes was that I wasn’t in my room. The second thing I noticed was Aria. She was asleep beside me, curled beneath the blanket, her hair scattered across the pillow and half covering her face. Morning sunlight filtered through the curtains, painting soft golden lines across the room. For a moment, I simply watched her, just her. She looked so peaceful and warm like her world wasn’t full of so many rocks. A strange calm settled inside my chest. I couldn’t remember the last time waking up had felt peaceful, I wasn’t waking up to my thoughts getting the best of me, or the fear of the unknown. I was just full of peace and calm, one that sets you on a pace that keeps you pushing. Aria is most definitely the change I needed in my life. She shifted slightly, burying her face deeper into the pillow. A smile tugged at the corner of my mouth, then her eyes opened, immediately narrowing at me, like she had heard my thoughts. “Wh
Contract Wife for the Cartel Heir Chapter Twenty Eight: Wrong Lead
Romano’s POVThe moment I saw the license plate, I knew exactly who the car belonged to.Moretti, I called Dante into my office and I showed him the license plate. “What are the chances?” Dante asked.“Not a coincidence.”Nothing about tonight felt like a coincidence.The estate had been watched, an intruder had appeared, everything was weird, now a Moretti vehicle was parked in the same mansion that belonged to Aria’s family, it wasn’t adding up.I wasn’t interested in coincidences anymore.I was interested in answers.“Find him,” I said.Dante nodded.It took less than forty minutes.Luca wasn’t difficult to locate.He was sitting alone at a small roadside restaurant near the highway when our men found him.By the time Dante and I arrived, Luca looked thoroughly confused, then he saw me and immediately looked concerned.“Where’s Aria?”That was the first thing he asked.Not hello.Not why am I here.Where’s Aria.Dante folded his arms.“Interesting choice of opening.”Luca frowned.
Contract Wife for the Cartel Heir Chapter Twenty Seven: The Message
Romano’s POV The estate had been searched three times. Every hallway. Every staircase. Every security blind spot. Nothing, we couldn’t find the intruder or a body and that just proved whatever it was, wasn’t the best. I stood inside the security room watching camera footage replay for the fourth time. The same section of wall, the same stretch of darkness, the same shadow moving briefly before disappearing and that could’ve been a guard. “Could’ve been a false trigger,” one of the guards said. “No.” The answer left my mouth immediately, because my instincts were rarely wrong and the siren proved someone had been here. The problem was that whoever it was had managed to enter Romano Ciel’s property and leave without being caught. That wasn’t luck, that was proper planning. Dante folded his arms beside me. “Maybe they wanted us distracted.” I looked at him. “From what?” Before he could answer, one of the security officers rushed into the room. His face was very pale, m
Contract Wife for the Cartel Heir Chapter Twenty Six: One Night
Aria’s POV I got the permission I needed to let out the moans, I couldn’t help it. Romano stopped then let me down. “Have you done this before?” “Yes with Luca, he was my first” I saw his jaw tightened as I mentioned Luca. “Do you want to?” I stared at him for a second then pulled his shirt to bring his lips closer to me and I kissed him. I could feel his smile in between. “The Romano I am in bed is not the same Romano you see daily” “Let’s see it then” “I’m very controlling and dominant Aria, if you can’t take it, say the stop word” “What is it.” “Stop” He said rolling his eyes, cocky even in the bedroom. “Okay” “Okay” He walked me to his bed, while standing at the edge of his bed he started taking his night shirt off, he looked so ripped, his abs, biceps, he looked like it was carved into his skin, I was almost drooling. I stared at him and began taking off my night gown too. “No Aria, I’ll do that for you.” He said it in the most sexy way I could ever imagine.
Contract Wife for the Cartel Heir Chapter Twenty-Five: Come Back to Me
Aria’s POV The storm had become worse. Rain hammered against the broken windows of the abandoned building while thunder shook the walls. Water dripped from the ceiling in several places and my shoes were completely soaked. This had been a mistake, a huge mistake. The problem was that admitting it wouldn’t magically make the answers appear. I stared at my phone again, no messages and no calls, nothing. The woman who had contacted me was never coming. The realization settled heavily in my chest. I had risked everything for another dead end. A loud door slammed somewhere behind me and I froze. Then footsteps echoed through the building, very fast. My heart immediately started racing, for one terrifying second I thought it might be whoever had been watching me. Then a familiar voice cut through the storm. “Aria.” Romano, and judging by his tone, he was furious. I turned around just as he appeared in the doorway. Rain soaked his dark shirt, his hair was wet and his expressi
Contract Wife for the Cartel Heir Chapter 12: A problem named Thomas
Aria’s POVAll guests for the charity had to stay in the hotel overnight. I wasn’t avoiding Romano.I was simply choosing not to be in the same room as him.There was a difference.At least that was what I kept telling myself as I wandered through the hotel the next afternoon carrying a book I hadn
Contract Wife for the Cartel Heir Chapter 11: Unwelcome Interest
Aria’s POVI had officially become suspicious of everyone in the Ciel family.Romano was secretive.Dante enjoyed causing problems.And Enzo Ciel looked at me like I was a puzzle he couldn’t solve.Ever since the council dinner, I couldn’t stop thinking about the way his expression had changed when
Contract Wife for the Cartel Heir Chapter Eight: Terms and Conditions
Aria’s POV“Marry me.”For a second I genuinely thought Romano was joking, then I looked at his face and he clearly wasn’t. I stared at him, then I laughed, a long and real laugh, loud enough to echo across the balcony.Romano didn’t react.That was when my laughter slowly died.“Oh my God.”“I’m s
Contract Wife for the Cartel Heir Chapter Six: Missing Pieces
Romano’s POV“Aria?”Silence followed, I got no response, my grip tightened around the phone.“Aria.”When she finally spoke, her voice barely sounded like hers.“Someone was watching us.”Every instinct I had sharpened instantly.“What do you mean?”“I found a photograph.”She paused. “Of us.”I
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