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I Married My Sworn Enemy After Being Betrayed

I Married My Sworn Enemy After Being Betrayed

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Feel-Good Story

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Melodramatic

Girl Power

Bias

Independence

Regret

Face Slapping

Winning Back the Wife

The first time Rafael betrayed me, he threw the woman from his club at my feet. His eyes were bloodshot as he told me to take my pick. My love for him was a sickness, so I forgave the transgression. For the second betrayal, I had the dancer sent out of New York, warning her never to set foot on the East Coast again. On the night of our engagement party, sealing the union of our two families, Rafael pinned me against the walnut desk in the study. His eyes burned with rage as he demanded: "Where is Nina? She's carrying a Mancini heir." "It was a mistake. You can take your anger out on me. Nina is naive; she doesn't deserve this. I'm begging you, just let the child be born safely. I swear I'll never see her again." "You're afraid of childbirth. This gives you an heir without the risk." "Listen, Alessia. You are the future Donna of the Mancini family. When that child is born, it will know only you as its mother. I swear on my life." He forced me backward until shards from the vase I'd knocked over cut into my skin, staining my silk dress with blood. I looked at him and smiled, then gave him the address of a safe house in Brooklyn. He slammed the heavy oak door behind him. Shaking, I pulled out my encrypted phone. "You were right about him. Is your offer still on the table?"

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10 Chapters
Chapter 1
The third time my fiancé, Rafael, confronted me over a dancer, she was carrying his heir.This time, I buried all my love for him. On what should have been our wedding day, still in my gown, I left him at the altar and walked into the church on the arm of his sworn enemy.Over the phone, the man cursed softly, his tone a mix of frustration and fond exasperation."Principessa, of all the times to finally come around, you pick now? I'm in Sicily. I can't do much from here.""My dear Alessia. You're a shark at the negotiating table. How did you let a rabid dog like Rafael bite you twice? Did you forget every lesson in self-defense your father taught you?"I pressed down hard on the bleeding wound, my voice laced with bitterness."I have a proposition. Control of the Newark Port shipping routes. Is that a big enough stake for you?"The crisp sound of a lighter clicked on the other end. His tone shifted, sharp with interest."Send me the time and place. I'll be there, with my best shooter."
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Chapter 2
Heat stung my eyes. I fought back the bitterness and forced a brittle smile."So what you're saying is, you want me to look at your child with another woman every day, as a constant reminder of your betrayal?""I can't do that, Rafael. I'm sorry."The moment the words left my mouth, his furious roar erupted from the receiver."Fine, Alessia. Remember every word you said tonight. And don't you dare come crying back to me!""What man in the Five Families doesn't have women on the side? I'm giving you the child Nina bears. I've shown you all the respect you're owed. If you can live with it, put on the damn wedding dress. If you can't, go back to your estate and rot for all I care!"The line went dead. The suite's floor-to-ceiling windows reflected my pale, shattered image.Presidential Suite 2031. This used to be our favorite place.He had kissed every inch of me on this very French bed, telling me I was his only faith.This suite had witnessed our most savage, desperate passion after eve
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Chapter 3
I looked up at him, my gaze as cold as the frozen depths of the sea.The sheer absurdity of the situation washed over me."You want me to apologize? Rafael, have you lost your mind?"The next second, a tearful Nina lunged at me, pretending to grab for my wrist.Her shoulder, however, slammed right into the gash on my side.A searing pain tore through my nerves. I gasped, instinctively shoving her away.I barely used any force, but Nina flew backward into a nearby antique cabinet."What the hell are you doing!"Rage flared in Rafael's eyes. He shoved me violently.My back slammed hard against the wall, and I slid to the floor.The bar cart next to me was completely overturned, sending a bottle of bourbon crashing to the ground.Sharp glass and ice scattered everywhere. A pointed shard dug deep into my calf.Blood gushed out, instantly staining the cashmere rug."I think you're the one who's lost her mind!""Nina already humbled herself before you, and I've explained everything. Get off
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Chapter 4
For a moment, I could have sworn my heart stopped beating.The next, Rafael's deep, slightly raspy voice echoed down the hall."There is only one seat beside the Mancini throne. The marriage is a transaction of power. I didn't have a choice.""Alessia is reserved, composed. I never imagined any other woman as my Donna."Tears slid down my cheeks, seeping into the cold marble cracks.Rafael's gaze seemed to look past the person in front of him, his mind filled with images of Alessia, a faint smile even touching his lips.But seeing Nina before him, he snapped back to the present."But you, Nina... you were an unexpected complication.""You brought me an heir."After all, the woman before him was carrying his bloodline. He couldn't ignore her; he had to take responsibility.His words pierced my chest, one by one.I could no longer tell what hurt more: the mangled flesh of my leg, or my heart, which was already in pieces.The memories of fighting side-by-side under the Sicilian sun began
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Chapter 5
I gathered my few belongings and turned to leave the guest room.The door creaked open. Nina stood there, a cloying smile on her face."Miss Alessia? What is it, coming to see your old bedroom? So sorry, the Don says a pregnant woman's needs come first. This room is mine now."She deliberately raised her hand. On her slender ring finger, a dazzling pigeon's blood ruby ring flashed under the light.It was the heirloom passed down to every Mancini Donna.She smirked. "If you're looking for any of your old things, you might want to check the trash. I got rid of all your junk.""Oh, and I'm sorry, but the Don said the ring that symbolizes the family matriarch is mine now."I looked at the ring that had once been custom-sized for me, my heart no longer feeling a single ripple.I lowered my gaze, my voice as calm as a still, dead pool of water."Is that so? Then you'd better hold on to it tight.""What you can steal by scheming today, someone else will steal from you tomorrow.""I can give y
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Chapter 6
The words had barely left his second-in-command's mouth when the color drained from Rafael's face."Impossible."He staggered back a step.His grim eyes locked on the gates of the Valentino estate.No extra guards, no signs of upgraded security.Not a single family banner flew, the kind expected for a Mafia wedding.The terrified, trembling voice of his second-in-command still echoed in his ears.Rafael's towering frame swayed, his breathing growing ragged.Snapping back to his senses, he lunged at the man, his hands clamping around his throat.His voice was thick with rage as he demanded:"What did you say? Alessia is marrying Giovanni? Is she insane?""The Russo family is our sworn enemy! The entire New York underworld knows that!""This is just her throwing a tantrum, spreading lies to test me! What are you gawking at? Go find out the truth!""The wedding's about to start. If you can't find Alessia, I'll put a bullet in your head!"The man trembled, not daring to meet his eyes as he
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Chapter 7
Seeing that he had fallen quiet, the new owner approached cautiously, offering him a glass of water."Mr. Mancini, are you looking for the woman who lived here before? She sold the property through a shell corporation a week ago.""I heard she found a better place for her wedding. Today's the day.""Mr. Mancini, with the big wedding today... Maybe you shouldn't be here."Something in him snapped. Rafael shot to his feet and slammed his fist into the man's face."Get out! You're not worthy of speaking to me!""This apartment is my and Alessia's home. I'll pay you ten times what you paid for it. Now get the hell out!""And if I see your face again, it'll be the last thing you ever see."The new owner collapsed, clutching a bleeding nose and crying out in pain.Rafael ignored him and called his bodyguards to throw the man out.Soon, he was the only one left in the vast apartment.Remembering what his men and the stranger had said, Rafael shakily pulled out his phone, searching for any new
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Chapter 8
Just as he'd expected, Alessia had forgiven him that first time, but the warmth in her eyes was gone.Back then, he was tormented, torn between confessing and continuing the charade.Family members noticed his strange behavior and jeered."The great Mancini heir is nothing but a lovesick fool."Those words had lodged in his heart like a shard of glass.His father's lessons from childhood echoed in his ears."The Mancini family has no need for cowards, and even less for fools in love!""There are no emotions in family business. Your weakness will only become someone else's weapon."In the end, Rafael chose to betray her again.It was all supposed to be a cruel test for Alessia, a way to disguise his own spiraling loss of control.Now, he regretted it to his very core."I love her." As the words left his lips, all the strength seemed to drain from his body, leaving only defeat and despair.He had failed his father's expectations.Perhaps he would never be so ruthless, so decisive.But ri
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Chapter 9
"Did you think you could play me for a fool forever?" Rafael roared, ignoring the terrified screams on the other end of the line.His voice was as cold as the frozen depths of the sea, leaving Nina no chance to spin her tearful lies.Just moments ago, his other encrypted phone had received an investigation report from his most trusted man.The screen displayed the black market transaction for a forged pregnancy report and a full confession from the family's heavily bribed private doctor.The so-called "Mancini heir" had been a meticulously planned scam to trap him.The memory of how he had pushed the woman who truly loved him into a corner for a child that never existed, how he had personally driven her into another man's arms, tore through him with the force of a physical blow."Enough!""You know damn well how you fell that day! Alessia is not that kind of person. She would never lay a hand on you!""If you had truly angered her, do you think a lie about a fake pregnancy would have s
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Chapter 10
"If you weren't waiting for me, why would you still be wearing this token?""Alessia, I see Nina for what she is now. I'm here to get you out of this absurd marriage."Before he could finish, Giovanni pulled my wrist back, shielding me protectively in his arms."Mr. Mancini. Showing up uninvited isn't very becoming for a man of your stature.""Your brutish behavior is disturbing my wife.""Oh, and by the way, were you referring to this charm?"Giovanni gently lifted my wrist, his cool eyes filled with mockery."The one you gave her was just some gilded junk from the streets of Sicily. The one I gave her was personally blessed by a Vatican cardinal.""The Donna of the Russo family deserves a charm worthy of her station.""Mr. Mancini, the door is over there."Rafael's face darkened instantly, a deadly killing intent surging in his eyes."Alessia is my fiancée!""She is my wife now!"Giovanni drew the gun from his waistband. The two men faced off in a tense standoff, the air thick with t
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