MasukWhen we flew back to New York, I learned there had been an ugly, bloody cleanup within the Family.Leo couldn't accept it. That I was the Donna. Forever beyond his reach. The truth didn't just break him. It shattered him.He spent his days lost in booze and hard drugs at underground casinos.That greedy Cecilia, seeing her dream of marrying into a mafia dynasty crumble, refused to leave. She holed up in one of the estate’s secondary houses.Leo’s mother tried to force Cecilia on him, hoping it would make him forget his disgusting obsession with me.But Leo, high on drugs, just pointed a gun at his own mother’s head and refused.He screamed like a madman that his only wife was named Aurora, and he would never remarry.Hearing this, Cecilia threatened to slit her wrists with a piece of glass.But no matter how much blood she drew, Leo was cold and indifferent, like a soulless zombie.The truth is, her whole sob story about giving up her virginity to save him was a carefully crafted lie.
No matter how tangled the past was, the name Leo was now completely erased from my world.But he was like a fly you couldn’t kill. He kept trying to create “accidental” encounters with me all over the estate.When he realized he couldn’t get to me, he tried to bribe Nico with expensive model weapons.I was disgusted.Cassiano was ready to kill him. If it weren’t for the old family rule against killing your own blood, he would have had Leo chopped up and fed to the dogs long ago.To get away from that nauseating psycho, Cassiano handed over all his New York business to his second-in-command.Then, he flew me and Nico on his private jet to our private island in the Bahamas for a vacation.The sea breeze blew away the stench of blood from our mafia empire.In this isolated paradise, we were tangled together on the beach.But vacations like this are always short.The day before we were set to leave, Nico was on the private beach, begging to go out on the yacht. Cassiano indulged him and
A powerful sense of danger shot through me. My hand slipped down to the hidden dagger strapped to my thigh.“What do you want?”Leo tried to grab my wrist. I recoiled like he was a viper.The fool was insane. Right under the Godfather’s nose? Did he have a death wish?He saw the disgust on my face and gave a miserable laugh. “Aurora, are you that scared of me?”“We were almost husband and wife. And now you can’t even stand the sight of me?”I gave him a look reserved for something you scrape off the bottom of your shoe. “One more step, and I sever your carotid artery. You and I are finished. It’s over.”“Cut the disgusting act. Get out of my way.”I tried to walk around the statue, but he blocked me with his arm.His eyes were bloodshot. He stared at me, completely unhinged.“Aurora, I never meant to run out on our wedding. I only wanted to go out and clear my head.”“You told me you would be mine forever.I thought you would never leave me, that you’d wait for me to come back..”Where
Back in our bedroom, Cassiano handed Nico to the bodyguard waiting outside the door. He locked us in and immediately carried me to the bed. “You were scared today. Let me see where else he hurt you.”I shook my head. “I’ll live. It was just one kick.”His eyes were full of a frantic, aching pain. He roughly unbuttoned my silk shirt to check.Aside from the small cut on my cheek, he saw the shocking, dark purple bruise on my ribs. His eyes instantly turned red.Cassiano gritted his teeth. The room filled with his regretful, murderous energy. “That goddamn animal. I should have just pulled my gun and blown his fucking head off right then and there.”He retrieved a special salve, the kind of remedy money can’t buy.His large, calloused hand was gentle, unbelievably controlled, as he rubbed the cream into my bruised skin.When he was done, he couldn't help himself. He leaned down.He pressed a hot, possessive kiss just next to the bruise. His voice was husky. “Good girl. Say my name.”The
Leo grabbed his mother’s dress. “Mom,” he choked out, “Cassiano said Aurora is his legal wife. That the bastard is their son! Tell me it isn’t true!”His mother’s sobs stopped cold. She admitted the cruel truth.“After you went missing, everyone thought you were dead. Aurora pledged herself to the Godfather, right there in the church. The child… he is pure Corleone blood.”“If you were alive all this time, why didn’t you send a signal to the Family? Do you have any idea what I’ve been through? I’ve been a wreck!”Leo still tried to argue. “I merely loathe the family's arranged marriage and long to get away to clear my mind.How could you just give my woman to uncle?”He abandoned the wedding right then and there on their big day, leaving countless guests behind and forcing me to endure public humiliation alone—all just to clear his mind?It was laughable.What was I thinking back then? How blind was I to worship a coward like him?That year, I was cutting through a dark alley in Broo
Leo, having lost his senses, did not hear the man’s questioning.Antonio's face lit up with delight, quickly let go of Leo's arm.“Sir,Boss has returned.”They were greeting Cassiano as he stepped into the bloody room.The second he was inside, his eyes landed on me. I clutched our son, blood trickling from my mouth.In an instant, his dark, deep-set eyes were consumed by a murderous rage.He scanned the room, looking at everyone like they were already dead.Leo paid no heed to his uncle’s expression at all. He pointed at me and started to complain.“Uncle Cassiano, you’re just in time! This shameless bitch Aurora betrayed our engagement. She had a bastard. I’m just cleaning house for the Family!”The words hung in the air. The whole hall went dead silent. A deadly frost formed in Cassiano’s eyes. He pulled the gun from his thigh holster and smashed the butt of it into Leo’s cheekbone.“Open your goddamn eyes. Look closely,” he snarled. “She is my wife. The Donna. And Nico is my son
Leo grabbed Nico by his little vest and lifted him into the air.My heart hammered against my ribs. "Leo, put him down, now!"The servants also hurried to stop Leo."Sir, let the boy go!""If you don't, the Don will tear you to pieces!"Everyone in the estate knew Nico was the Don's one weakness. Ca
The moment Leo laid eyes on Nico, his eyes blazed with rage.Because Nico looks exactly like me, a perfect miniature version of myself.Leo’s gaze darted back and forth between me and Nico.After a long moment, he pointed a trembling finger at me:"Aurora, how dare you betray me and even have a bast
Leo let out a mocking laugh, shaking his head.“Aurora, that word should be coming from me. If it wasn't for this goddamn marriage alliance, why the hell would I have been in hiding for five years?”“That car crash was the perfect escape..”I stared at him. I suddenly remembered the bodyguard who "
My fiancé, who had been dead for five years, unexpectedly came back to life.Not only did he return with a delicate-looking woman, but he also wanted me to give up my position as his wife willingly.“Cecilia sacrificed her virginity to save me. I’ve already promised to marry her. If you sign the div







