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Invalid Pact, Irresistible Pull

Invalid Pact, Irresistible Pull

Short Story · Mafia
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Tragic Love

Plot Twists

Secret Love

Unattainable Love

Girl Power

Bias

Winning Back the Wife

Contract Marriage

My marriage to Tommaso Volpe, Don of the Volpe family, is part of a five-year contract. We each have someone we love, and we stay out of each other's way. He loves his adopted sister, Gelsomina Volpe, who needs his protection. My heart belongs only to my deceased fiancé, Marco Damiano. For five years, I play the perfect Signora Volpe, enduring Gelsomina's provocations and cruelty again and again. She forces caustic substances down my throat that nearly destroy my esophagus. He tells me to let it go for his sake. She stages her own kidnapping and forces Tommaso to choose between saving her and me. He doesn't hesitate, choosing to save her while I sink to the bottom of that freezing lake. On the last day of our contract, I calmly pack my things and leave the signed divorce papers behind. I need to find a young man who looks just like Marco. He's all I have left to hold onto. But after I leave, Tommaso loses his mind searching for me, saying he's fallen in love with me. He threatens me with the entire city's underworld just to stay by my side. He watches me grow close to my new "replacement" and goes mad with jealousy. He thinks he still has a chance, but he has already lost this game from the very beginning.

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23 Chapters
Chapter 1
"I'm starting now." Tommaso Volpe's voice pierced through the darkness. His tone was icy, as if this were a formal business meeting. I closed my eyes and let his hands roam freely against my skin.It had been like this for five years now. Each time was no different from the other, like a mechanical clockwork sans emotion.Moonlight filtered through the blinds onto the Eralian marble floors of the bedroom. Even the air felt suffocating."Is this okay?" He asked for consent like this was official business, and I nodded, just like I had on countless nights before. This was our routine, our obligation—a clause clearly outlined in our contract. Tommaso began, and my mind had already drifted elsewhere.At tonight's family dinner, he sat at the head of the table as always, and I sat beside him like we were the perfect couple. Everyone envied us, for the marriage between the Don of the Volpe family and the daughter of the Gallo family created the most powerful mafia alliance.However, t
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Chapter 2
"This is to make up for last night."Tommaso pushed a velvet jewelry box toward me. A pink diamond, which cost a fortune, lay in it.The diamond sparkled beautifully in the morning light, but my heart remained unmoved. I glanced at it and gently pushed it back to him."Why would I be upset?" I said lightly, elegantly cutting into the steak on my plate. "In a month, she'll be moving in anyway."Tommaso froze, his fork suspended in midair. "What do you mean?"I didn't answer. I simply continued eating.The crystal chandelier in the dining room veiled the space in a warm, convivial light, but the atmosphere was unusually tense. Footsteps echoed from the staircase as Gelsomina walked into the dining room. Her personal belongings had already been moved into the main house."Good morning, Ms. Gallo." She deliberately used my maiden name, her eyes filled with obvious intent to provoke me.That form of address was like a thorn, reminding me of my outsider status in this house. It had f
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Chapter 3
I thought of the obligation clause in our contract. "During the marriage, both parties shall fulfill marital duties."The divorce proceedings would take time to finalize, and the contract hadn't fully expired yet. With that in mind, I nodded slowly. "Va bene."That night felt endless. Tommaso was more intense than usual. I simply endured it quietly, my mind occupied with tomorrow's schedule.The next morning, Tommaso had already left to handle family business. Apparently, there was trouble at the docks. A shipment needed his personal inspection.I sat alone at the dining table. An elaborate breakfast was laid out before me, but I had no appetite.I'd just taken a sip of coffee when my stomach suddenly churned violently. A wave of nausea surged up my throat. I hastily set down the coffee cup and rushed to the powder room, leaning over the sink as I dry heaved.The marble counter was ice cold. I gripped the edge tightly, my knuckles turning white."Are you pregnant?" Gelsomina's v
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Chapter 4
"According to the household rules, she should be locked in the cells to reflect on her actions."My voice rang out in the hospital room. I sounded calm because things like this had happened too many times before. I'd been able to tolerate it in the past, but this time it was a threat to my life.The IV tube was still inserted in the back of my hand, but my tone was firm, leaving no room for compromise.Tommaso's expression changed instantly. He strode quickly to the bedside. "Alessia, no.""No?" I slowly sat up. My stomach still throbbed with dull pain. Each breath reminded me of the torture I'd just endured."She poisoned a family member's wife with a drug used for torture. In any family, that's a death sentence."Dr. Mancini nodded in agreement. "The Signora is right, Don Volpe. According to the family code, this is indeed—""Shut up." Tommaso cut him off coldly, then turned to me, his eyes full of pleading. "For my sake, let it go. She was just worried about the family heir,
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Chapter 5
"What dissolution process?" Tommaso asked with a frown, but he was listening to Gelsomina's increasingly urgent crying on the phone and completely missed what I'd said."Tommaso, where are you? I need you! The doctor says the drugs I took before have side effects!""I'm on my way," Tommaso said to me anxiously. "We'll talk about this when we get home."He left in a rush, clearly not having heard what I'd just said. And if he did, he'd chosen to ignore it.Over the next two weeks, I rested at the private hospital. The burns in my stomach needed time to heal. The doctor said it would take at least a month for me to fully recover.Since then, I received photos from Gelsomina every day—photos of her and Tommaso on the beach, where she wore a bikini and nestled against him; photos of them on a shopping spree, her arm linked through his as they browsed luxury boutiques.Every photo proclaimed her victory. After all these years, I was used to it. Tommaso's love for her remained as const
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Chapter 6
"One point five million." Gelsomina suddenly raised her paddle, malice gleaming in her eyes.She'd noticed the change in how Tommaso looked at me. That unprecedented tenderness drove her mad with jealousy that her voice became as sharp as nails scraping across a chalkboard."Two million." I calmly raised my paddle without looking at her."Three million!" Gelsomina shrieked, her face flushing red with rage."Five million.""Eight million!" She was practically roaring now.Tommaso watched the bidding war between us, confusion deepening in his eyes, yet he didn't stop us. He simply observed quietly, as if trying to understand something.His fingers tapped lightly against the armrest, a habit he always did when he was thinking."Ten million." I raised my paddle one last time, my voice still calm.The auctioneer's gavel fell. "Sold! Ten million to Signora Volpe!"Gelsomina's face went pale with fury. Her hands clenched into fists, nails digging deep into her palms. But in front of
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Chapter 7
Tommaso's voice carried a tremor, his eyes flickering with anger I couldn't understand. I nodded faintly, smoothing the creases on the comforter."Va bene. One last week. I won't mention him again."Tommaso froze, his brows knitting together. "What do you mean, one last week?"I didn't answer. I simply got up and walked to the vanity, beginning to remove my earrings. For five years, I'd prepared myself in front of this mirror every day, playing the perfect Signora of the Volpe family. But in one more week, all of this would be over."Alessia, what did you just say?" he pressed, a note of unease creeping into his voice. Just then, hurried footsteps and crying came from outside the door."Tommaso!" Gelsomina burst into the room, her eyes brimming with tears. "You're punishing me because of that woman?"Her voice was especially jarring in the quiet night."I'm your sister! You've never treated me like this before, and certainly not for some outsider!" she shrieked hysterically.To
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Chapter 8
Over the next few days, I became the only person in this house who was not bedridden. Tommaso and Gelsomina both lay in the hospital, and I had to take care of them both.When Gelsomina woke up, she deliberately knocked over the blood bag on her bedside table. Bright red liquid spilled across the floor. She complained, "I don't want this dirty blood!""This is Tommaso's blood." I knelt down and began cleaning it up, ignoring her tantrum. "What you just wasted is the life he nearly gave up to save you."She froze for a moment, but quickly reverted to her usual self. "So what? He's willing to do anything for me!"Around 2:00 am, she started cooking up new demands. She ordered, "I want to eat the best deep-dish pizza! Right now!" It was as obvious as day that she was deliberately making things difficult for me. I looked at the storm raging outside, then at the time. "Every restaurant is closed right now.""I don't care! Tommaso, make her go buy it!" She turned to the weakened Tomma
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Chapter 9
When Tommaso returned to the hospital, Gelsomina was destroying everything in sight. Expensive medical equipment lay shattered on the floor, and the room was in chaos."Tommaso!" The moment she saw him enter, she threw herself into his arms. Tears instantly streamed down her face."I was so scared! I thought I was going to die!""It's over now." Tommaso patted her back mechanically, but my calm face involuntarily surfaced in his mind.My composure even after a life-or-death situation had stirred something in him that he couldn't quite name."You won't leave me, will you?" Gelsomina looked up at him, her eyes almost pleading as she pressed on, "You'll always protect me, right? Just like when we were little?"Tommaso looked at her. His lips moved. Before, he would have agreed without hesitation. It had been his instinct, like a promise carved into his bones.But now, faced with her tantrums and unreasonable behavior, he felt a flicker of irritation. The feeling shocked even him.
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Chapter 10
"Let's play a game." Gelsomina curled up in her seat on the private jet. Her eyes were red and swollen.They were flying to Gelsomina's favorite private island. The engine's roar echoed through the cabin, but Tommaso's thoughts drifted elsewhere."What game?" he asked halfheartedly, his fingers tapping unconsciously against the armrest."Question and answer!" Gelsomina suddenly perked up. "We'll ask each other questions and see how well we know each other. It's what couples love to play!"Tommaso frowned but humored her. "Va bene.""I'll go first!" Gelsomina sat up excitedly. "Do you remember when we first met?"Tommaso thought for a moment. "You were seven. I was 12. It was Christmas at the orphanage.""Wrong!" Gelsomina shook her head triumphantly. "It was at the family Christmas banquet."Tommaso froze. What came to his mind was a different scene. It was me appearing before him for the first time at Marco's funeral.I'd worn a black mourning dress; my eyes carried an unmist
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