登入Back home in Sicily, there’s a rule. If I’m not married by 30, I go back for an arranged marriage. When I told my boyfriend, Jax, he scoffed. "What century is your hometown stuck in? The Middle Ages? Arranged marriages? Alessia, I said I'd marry you. Stop trying to force my hand with this pathetic drama." He casually pulled out a pigeon-blood ruby ring and tossed it to his personal assistant, Bianca. She caught it, blushing. "I was going to propose tonight. But since you’re so desperate, I think we both need to cool off." The ring I’d waited years for. He just threw it to someone else. My heart froze over. Jax walked out of my office with a conqueror's smirk. Bianca pushed the ring toward me. I didn't even look at it. "Take it. It’s your size, isn't it?" The color drained from her face. I shoved her out the door. Right before I slammed it shut, I said, "Tell your boss we're done." He didn't know the "elders" forcing me into this marriage were led by the most ruthless Godfather in Sicily. And the "blind date" was an arranged union with the Don of the North American Five Families.
查看更多When he saw me, pure, unhidden ecstasy exploded in Jax's dead eyes.He thought I went soft. He thought the high-and-mighty Queen of Wall Street still couldn't let go of a ten-year romance.I turned around blankly and led him into an empty private lounge in the hotel. The door shut, cutting off the noise outside.Jax stood there awkwardly, not knowing what to do with his hands."Alessia..." He looked at me carefully, his voice shaking. "Do you... do you still hate me?"I walked to the bar and poured myself a glass of ice water."When I first saw the photos of you and Bianca hooking up on that yacht, yes, I hated you." I held my glass, completely calm. "Now? I don't. To hate you, I'd have to feel something for you first. And I feel nothing."At those words, the light in Jax's eyes died, inch by inch.He closed his eyes in agony. His tall frame slumped onto the sofa like all his strength had been drained."I deserve this..." He covered his face bitterly, finally ripping off the vain mask
The Sicilian sun was as blinding as ever.Outside the VIP lane at Palermo Airport, I was waiting for an invited top-tier architecture critic.Out of the corner of my eye, I spotted a desperately familiar, wretched figure.Unshaven, wearing a wrinkled, old suit, his eyes completely dead.It was Jax.I hadn't seen him in a year. But Isla gave me weekly updates on his miserable life.Under Isla's iron fist, Jax and Bianca's lives at Apex were a living hell. In just two months, Bianca couldn't take the pressure and quit.She turned totally feral, hounding Jax to cash out her shares and give her the allowance he promised. Jax, having lost all his power, refused to pay a dime.They literally fought in the office, becoming the biggest joke in Chicago's business world.Eventually, after missing targets for quarters on end, Isla used the gambling agreement to kick Jax out. He was utterly ruined.Desperate, he took his last bit of cash and Bianca into high-risk investments, losing every single p
The jet landed smoothly on a private tarmac in Sicily.The cabin doors opened, and the blazing Mediterranean sun poured in, instantly chasing away the last shadows of Chicago.Waiting at the bottom of the stairs was my father—Don Marco, the most feared Godfather in Sicily.Beside him stood a man who commanded the space around him.My rumored arranged fiancé. The youngest reigning Don of the North American Five Families—Dante.He wore a perfectly tailored midnight-black custom suit, one hand tucked into his pocket. His power wasn't forced like Jax's. It was deep. Dangerous. An elegance that was bone-deep."Welcome home, my girl." My father stepped forward and hugged me tight.Then, Dante closed the distance with long strides.He didn't look at me with the arrogant eyes of a man sizing up a trophy. Instead, his gaze was full of predatory appreciation, like he was admiring a priceless masterpiece."The Queen of Wall Street. I've heard a lot about you." Dante reached out his hand, his voic
Jax froze. Utterly thunderstruck.64%? From where?He lunged at the desk, flipping through the stamped transfer agreements with shaking hands.Bam!Isla's bodyguard stepped forward, grabbing Jax by the shoulder and forcing him back down."See it clearly now?" Isla sneered, her eyes full of contempt. "From now on, I call the shots at Apex. As for you, Jax, you are officially stripped of all management rights. Pack your shit and go home."Jax stared dead at the signatures. He snapped his head up, his eyes bloodshot."Alessia! Are you out of your mind?!" he roared like a madman. "You sold everything we built for five years?!"I looked down at his pathetic, furious face and laughed coldly."Jax, if you can generously hand over 15% of your shares to your mistress as payment for her services, I can legally transfer my 49% to my best friend." I looked at him, twisting the knife. "Didn't you always say I think too small? It's just five hundred million. For a big CEO like you, it shouldn't matt






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