로그인Dr. Elena Russo’s life shatters when her father is assassinated and she discovers he was a mafia Don. As the last Russo heir, she must claim her father’s throne or watch three hundred people die. But the Five Families won’t accept an inexperienced woman, and they’re already attacking. Damien Cross, a ruthless rival underboss, offers a deal: marry him in a contract alliance and merge their territories, or lose everything. With enemies closing in and forty-eight hours to decide, Elena signs her life away to a dangerous stranger. Their marriage is warfare. Every negotiation tests loyalty, every touch sparks unwanted desire. As Elena transforms from doctor to Donna, learning to kill alongside Damien, the hatred between them ignites into something far more dangerous. In the mafia, love is the deadliest weapon, and trust might get them both killed. Tags: Mafia, CEO, Dominant, Contract Marriage, Betrayal, Hate to Love
더 보기「おめでとう、妊娠してる!……双子だよ!一条くん、きっと驚くね!」
専属医の三上先生の言葉が何度も頭の中で復唱されている。
「信じられない!嘘?本当に私のお腹に子どもが?しかも二人も!?」
嬉しいというよりも頭の中が真っ白だ。結婚して三年。妊活に励み子どもを授かることを待ちわびていた。ずっと、ずっと待ち望んでいた瞬間が今日、いきなり二倍になってやってきた。
病院からの帰り道、窓の景色を眺めながら私は夫の瑛斗に報告する場面を何度も想像した。彼のくしゃっと笑った顔。少し照れたような心の底から嬉しそうな顔。早くその顔が見たかった。
長年仕えている運転手が私の変化に気づき話しかけてきた。
「華お嬢様、何か良いことでもあったのですか?さきほどからとても幸せそうなお顔で微笑んでいらっしゃいますね。」
「ええ、とっても素敵で幸せなことがあったの。」
夫の一条瑛斗は、一条グループの若きCEO。切れ長の瞳、通った鼻筋、そしていつも自信に満ちた佇まい。初めて見た時、私はその完璧なまでのルックスに息を呑んだ。瑛斗のことを高校の時からずっと好きで初恋の人だった。
神宮寺家の令嬢である私は、父や祖父が決めた相手と結婚をしなくてはいけなかった。いわゆる「政略結婚」だ。家のために自分の気持ちとは関係なく結婚することは絶望的な未来に思えた。しかし、運命は残酷なだけではなかった。
お見合いの席で、一条家の御曹司として瑛斗が現れた時は信じられなくて言葉を失った。まさか初恋の相手が夫になるなんて想像もしていなかった。その夜、喜びと幸せで胸がいっぱいになり興奮して眠れなかった。こうして私たちは夫婦になった。
あれから三年。瑛斗は社長に就任して多忙な毎日を送っているが、私は初恋の相手瑛斗の妻になれたことに幸せを感じながら毎日を過ごしている。
(念願の妊娠だもん。こんな嬉しいニュースは直接伝えて瑛斗の喜ぶ顔が見たい)
病院を出てすぐに電話で報告しようと思ったが直接伝えることにした。
病院から帰ってきてすぐに瑛斗が好きなラザニアを作って帰りを待つことにした。もちろんソースは一から手作りだ。料理長の作るご飯も美味しいが、こんな特別な日は自分で作って瑛斗を喜ばせたかった。
(どんな顔をするだろう。どんな言葉をくれるだろう。)
ソースを煮込みながら、彼の喜ぶ姿とこれから始まる家族4人の生活を想像しながら彼の帰りを待っていた。出来立てを食べて欲しくて帰りが何時になるか連絡したが返事は来ない。ソファで待っているうちにうたた寝をしてしまい、車のエンジン音で目を覚ました時には既に22時を過ぎていた。
瑛斗を出迎えるため慌てて玄関へ向かう。
「おかえりなさい」
「ただいま。」
「なんだか疲れているみたいだけど大丈夫?」
「ああ。……話があるんだ。少しいいかな」
いつもより冷たく沈んだ声で瑛斗が静かに言った。疲れ切った様子の瑛斗だが、大人の男の色香をまとい、疲れた顔さえも魅力的だった。3年たった今でも瑛斗と目が合うとドキドキして胸が高鳴る。
表情がどこか硬い瑛斗の後ろを歩きリビングへ入った。
(仕事で疲れているのかもしれない。でも妊娠のことが分かったら気持ちも変わるかも!)
「先にご飯にする?今日ね、話をしたいことがあって瑛斗の好きなラザニアを作って待っていたんだ。」
「……そうやって機嫌でも取っているつもりなのか。」
「え……?」
瑛斗の言葉に耳を疑った。普段はそんなことを言う人ではない。頭の回転が早く、いつも冷静で落ち着いて、人が不快に思うような台詞は今まで一度も言ったことがないので信じられなかった。
「瑛斗、仕事で何か嫌なことや問題でもあったの?何か疲れている?私に出来ることがあるなら……」
ソファに座る瑛斗に近寄り、膝をついて手を重ねると怪訝そうな顔をしてすぐさま振り払った。
「触るな。もう放っておいてくれ。それよりここにサインをしてくれないか?」
彼は深くため息をついた後、鞄から一枚の白い封筒を取り出した。
何の書類か分からず受け取ったがタイトルを見た瞬間、頭の中が真っ白になった。
(なにこれ……)
【離婚協議書】 彼から渡された書類にはこう記されてあった。
Marco came back the next morning with files that were thinner than usual. Over the past year, Elena had learned that thin files meant the intelligence was either very new or very uncertain. He laid them out across the study desk while she finished her coffee and tried to shift her mind from being a mother to being a leader dealing with possible security threats.“The asset we missed is different from the others,” Marco said immediately. “This is not someone Tommy recruited, and not someone directly connected to Petrov’s network. It looks like a separate operation running at the same time.”“Separate in what way?” Elena asked, pulling one file closer.“Different handler, different goals, maybe even a completely different sponsoring organization,” Marco said. “Tommy’s information suggests this person was recruited by someone else in Russian intelligence who worked apart from Petrov, possibly even competing with him.”Elena opened the file and saw surveillance photos of a woman in her ea
Six months passed before Elena truly understood what they had achieved by removing Petrov in Moscow. During those months, Tommy worked closely with Marco to slowly take apart what remained of the Russian intelligence network in New York. At the same time, Elena watched their organization grow steadier, becoming more stable than it had been at any point since her father’s death.Isabella turned one on a Sunday in late spring. They held a small celebration in the estate gardens with only family and close friends. Most of the cake was really for the adults, since Isabella cared more about smearing frosting everywhere than actually eating it. Elena stood a little apart and watched her daughter, covered in chocolate and laughing at something Damien was doing. A quiet feeling settled inside her chest. It might have been happiness, or maybe just the absence of immediate danger.“She’s beautiful,” her mother said, stepping beside Elena with a glass of champagne. “And you look happy. I wasn’t s
The first three days after Damien left were the hardest for Elena. She had no real news, only short messages saying he had arrived safely in Frankfurt and then in Moscow. He also confirmed that his cover as a business consultant was set up without problems. Marco had warned her that communication during the mission would be very limited for security reasons. She understood why that was necessary, but the silence was still difficult to handle.Elena forced herself to follow her normal routine to control her fear. She spent long hours with Isabella and worked through organizational matters that had built up during weeks of planning the Moscow mission. She met with Maria Contadino to review budget decisions and attended a Commission meeting about territory conflicts. The discussion felt important, yet at the same time it seemed small compared to what was happening in Russia.“You look tired,” Maria said after the meeting, stopping Elena before she could walk away. “Are you sleeping?”“No
The two weeks before deployment had a strange feeling. Time seemed to move too quickly and too slowly at the same moment. The days went by fast, but each hour felt long, and Elena kept checking her watch because it felt like more time had passed than actually had. She continued her normal routines with Isabella, feeding her, playing with her, and handling the small daily problems that came with caring for a baby. Beneath all of it was the steady awareness that she had approved something that could end in disaster.Every few days Marco brought updates about the team’s preparation. He never shared names because security rules meant she did not need to know who was going. What she did know was that they were experienced, that they had worked in dangerous places before, and that they fully understood the risks.“Everyone can still back out before they board their flights,” Marco told her during one update. “Up to that point, they can walk away without consequences. Once they leave, they a
They had forty-five minutes to plan an operation that would either save Marco or get them all killed, and Elena spent the first five of those minutes forcing her hands to stay still while Damien coordinated with his men. He spoke rapid Italian with the cold precision he used when things turned seri
The drive back to the penthouse passed in heavy silence. Damien sat beside her with his phone pressed to his ear, speaking in low, urgent Italian. Elena watched the city blur past the window, barely seeing it. Her mind stayed fixed on the meeting with Richard and the message that had followed so qu
The coffee shop Richard chose sat near the courthouse, tucked between a law firm and a dry cleaner, and it was already crowded despite the early hour. Lawyers in pressed suits moved in and out with phones pressed to their ears, office workers lined up at the counter, and the air buzzed with low con
Elena woke slowly, dragged out of sleep by sunlight pouring through tall windows she did not recognize at first. For a few disoriented seconds, she lay still and tried to make sense of where she was, why the sheets felt unfamiliar, and why her entire body ached as if she had been run over. Then mem
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