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CHAPTER 73

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LIAM

I took Alexandra's hands. They were warm. Real.

"Alexandra," I said. "I have done many things in my life. Some good. Most not. I have built empires and destroyed them. I have made enemies and buried them. But nothing I have ever done matters as much as this moment. As much as you."

Her eyes were wet.

"Before you, I didn't know what love was. I thought it was possession. Control. Loyalty bought with fear. You taught me differently. You showed me that love is a choice. Daily. Hourly. In ever
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  • Mafia Boss's stolen sperm   CHAPTER 73

    LIAMI took Alexandra's hands. They were warm. Real."Alexandra," I said. "I have done many things in my life. Some good. Most not. I have built empires and destroyed them. I have made enemies and buried them. But nothing I have ever done matters as much as this moment. As much as you."Her eyes were wet."Before you, I didn't know what love was. I thought it was possession. Control. Loyalty bought with fear. You taught me differently. You showed me that love is a choice. Daily. Hourly. In every moment, choosing each other over fear, over doubt, over the ghosts of the past."I squeezed her hands. "I choose you, Alexandra. Today. Tomorrow. Every day after. Not because I have to. Because I want to. Because you are my family. My home. My heart."She was crying now. So was I.ALEXANDRAI had not prepared vows.I had tried. Dozens of times. But every word felt wrong. Too small. Too big. Too something.So, I spoke from my heart."Liam. I was broken when I met you. Not in a poetic way. In a

  • Mafia Boss's stolen sperm   CHAPTER 72

    She took it. Hold it to the light. Read the inscription.My Choice. My Family. My Oath. "I'm not asking you to sign papers," I said. "I'm asking you to choose me. Not because you had to. Because you want to. Every day. Forever."She was crying. Happy tears."We've been through hell," I continued. "We've run, hidden, fought, nearly died. And through all of it, you stayed. You chose me when it would have been easier to run alone. I want to spend the rest of my life being worthy of that choice."I slid off the bench. Got down on one knee in the grass."Alexandra. Will you marry me? For real this time? In front of everyone? With flowers and music and a dress and all of it?"She laughed through her tears. "You're ridiculous.""Is that a yes?""That's a yes."I stood. Took her hand. Slid the ring onto her finger. It fit perfectly.She looked at it. At the inscription. At me."My choice," she read softly. "My family. My oath.""Yes."She pulled me close. Kissed me. The lights glowed. The ga

  • Mafia Boss's stolen sperm   CHAPTER 71

    ALEXANDRA The garden was perfect.Not in a magazine way. In a real way. The flowers we had planted together, some blooming, some still waiting. The vegetable beds Liam had built, slightly crooked but sturdy. The path where Ella had taken her first wobbly steps last week, falling more than walking but laughing the whole time.Jenna had helped me string lights through the trees the night before. Tiny white bulbs that would glow as the sun went down. A table covered in yellow cloth held food I'd spent two days preparing. A small cake sat in the center, homemade, slightly lopsided, decorated with strawberries.Ella's first birthday.I couldn't believe it. A whole year. Three hundred and sixty-five days since she had fought her way into the world, tiny and struggling and so fierce. Now she was walking. Almost. Saying words that sounded like real words. Mama. Dada. More. No that one she had mastered completely.Liam appeared in the doorway, Ella on his hip. She was wearing the yellow dress

  • Mafia Boss's stolen sperm   CHAPTER 70

    LIAMThe drive home was silent.Alexandra stared out the window. Her face was pale but calm. She wasn't crying. She wasn't shaking. She was just… processing.Finally, she spoke. "He's not human," she said."Not really. There's something missing. The part that feels guilt, that regrets, that wonders if he could have done things differently—it's just not there.""No. It's not.""My mother ran from him. She knew. Even before she met my father, she knew what he was. That's why she left. That's why she changed her name.""Yes.""She was trying to protect me. Before I even existed."I reached over and took her hand. "Yes." She was quiet for a long time after that.ALEXANDRAThree days later, another letter arrived. Different handwriting. Different return address. A woman's name I didn't recognize.I opened it anyway.Alexandra, You don't know me. My name is Sophia. I was with Liam before you. I helped Carlo set the trap that was supposed to destroy him. I'm writing because I need you to k

  • Mafia Boss's stolen sperm   CHAPTER 69

    ALEXANDRAI painted every day after that.Not for long. Just snatches of time. Twenty minutes here, an hour there. Whenever Ella slept, whenever Liam was home to watch her, whenever the light was right.The flowers became a garden. The garden became a landscape. The landscape became something else—a memory of the shed, the woman, the girl I used to be.I didn't show anyone. Not at first. The paintings were piled in the corner of the sunroom, facing the wall. Private. Mine.Then one afternoon, Jenna knocked on the door. She had her own canvas under her arm. A painting of the lake at dawn, soft and golden. "I brought a trade," she said. "You show me yours, I show you mine."I hesitated. Then I led her to the sunroom. She looked at the pile. Started going through them. One by one. Slowly. Carefully. When she finished, she turned to me. "These are good," she said. "Really good.""They're just practice.""No. They're not." She picked up the first one—the crowded flowers. "This one especial

  • Mafia Boss's stolen sperm   CHAPTER 68

    ALEXANDRA The woman appeared on a Tuesday.I was pushing Ella in her stroller along the lake path, the afternoon sun warm on our faces. Ella was awake, watching the trees move overhead, her tiny hands waving at nothing.I saw her from a distance. A woman my age, maybe a little older, sitting on a folding stool with an easel in front of her. She was painting. The lake. The same lake I saw every day, but different through her eyes.I slowed the stroller as I approached. Not to stare. Just to feel close to something I had once loved.She looked up as I passed. Smiled. "Beautiful day for a walk," she said."It is. Your painting is beautiful."She glanced at her canvas. "It's a start. The light keeps changing. I keep chasing it.""That's the hard part. The light never stays."She tilted her head. "You paint?""Used to. A long time ago.""What stopped you?"I looked down at Ella. She had fallen asleep, her face peaceful, her tiny mouth open. "Life," I said. "Just… life."The woman nodded.

  • Mafia Boss's stolen sperm   CHAPTER 32

    Alexandra sat at the kitchen table, a book open but unread. I was across the room, reviewing a security report from Marcos on a tablet. The information was dry. Movements of known Marchetti associates. Financial trails growing cold. The search for 'V' was a black hole. My secure phone buzzed. Not

  • Mafia Boss's stolen sperm   CHAPTER 31

    The silence after the doctor's visit was different. It wasn't just awkward. It was heavy. It was the quiet of a courtroom waiting for a verdict. I had the evidence. The ledgers. The truth was a weapon, and I had to decide who to aim it at. I found her in the library nook. She wasn't reading. She

  • Mafia Boss's stolen sperm   CHAPTER 30

    ALEXANDRA Kaela drove the utility truck. I sat in the passenger seat this time, not locked in the back. It felt like a small promotion, or a fragile trust. The forest road was a tunnel of green, damp from the storm. The world outside was vibrant, alive. It made the sterile bunker feel like a dream

  • Mafia Boss's stolen sperm   CHAPTER 29

    ALEXANDRA The light in the main room felt different. It was the same sun, the same cliff, the same sea. But everything had shifted. The air was thick with things unsaid.I stood by the kitchen island, clutching a mug of tea. The ceramic was hot against my palms. A focal point. I stared into the st

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