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My Dead First Love Returned at Our Mafia Engagement

My Dead First Love Returned at Our Mafia Engagement

História curta · Mafia
Por:  GilbertCompleto
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The blood diamond necklace was a symbol of power. The moment Dante Corsini fastened it around Elena Ferri's neck, the banquet meant to seal a blood pact between our two great families turned into a complete farce. "And now, the heir of the Corsini family will place the token of loyalty on Ms. Serena Rossi." The voice of the Don presiding over the ceremony echoed through the hall. Dante picked up the necklace and walked toward me. Then he walked right past me. The heads of the five families stared in shock. The necklace represented control over half the underworld, yet Dante had fastened it around Elena's neck. She was the daughter of his trusted underboss. My hand froze in midair. "Dante, have you lost your goddamn mind?" A Rossi elder slammed his hand on the table, and the hall filled with the clicks of guns being cocked. Dante snapped out of it and jerked his hand back like he'd been shocked. He strode back to me, braced both hands on the back of my chair, and lowered his voice with his usual arrogance. "Serena, don't make this uglier than it has to be. The lights were in my eyes, and you were both wearing black gowns... It was a mistake. We'll do it over." When you're in real danger, the person you instinctively trust to watch your back is the one who matters most. "It's fine." His eyes were dark and dangerous. For three years, I'd been crazy about those eyes. But now I glanced sideways at the new bodyguard in the corner. If I had been in Dante's place, I might have walked straight toward that man in the shadows too. I knew the old scar on his wrist. It belonged to my first love, Gabriel Falcone, who had died in a car bombing seven years ago. So really, it was fine.

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Capítulo 1

Chapter 1

My eyes drifted to that corner again.

The man in the shadows looked up and stared straight into my eyes.

My heart clenched.

I wasn't imagining it.

It was Gabriel.

He'd really come back.

Whispers rippled through the hall.

"The Rossi lioness can't even hold on to her own necklace."

"Looks like the Corsini family doesn't take this blood pact seriously at all."

The whispers spread through the hall.

Dante heard them, and he hated looking like a fool.

He turned and leaned in close, and I got a face full of bourbon and cigar smoke. "Serena, smile. Think of the alliance and the territory. Don't give them a show."

I looked at his smug face.

He was the one who'd botched the alliance, and now he wanted me to smile and paper over it.

I ignored him.

Neither of us budged before Elena came over in her stilettos.

Her black velvet gown was nearly identical to mine, except for its lower neckline.

"Oh, Dante." She pouted, toying with the blood diamond at her throat. "If Serena had ordered matching family crests for everyone, you wouldn't have mixed us up. Serena, you're not mad at me, are you?"

I watched her put on her little act.

Three years.

For three years, she'd been haunting us like a ghost.

But as I watched them stand with their shoulders nearly touching, it felt like a cheap farce.

"Serena." Dante took the backup necklace off a silver tray, impatience creeping into his voice. "Put it on. The ceremony isn't over."

Cold metal touched my skin.

I let him fasten that meaningless chain around my neck.

It was the last time anyway.

A string quartet started a slow waltz, trying to smooth over the tension in the air.

Dante came over with a glass of champagne and rested his hand on my waist. "Still mad? I told you, the lights were in my eyes."

I stepped away from his touch. Then I gave him a slow smile, my first of the night. "I'm not mad."

As I said it, I looked past his shoulder to the corner of the hall again.

He was still there.

He stood quietly in the shadows, dressed in a sharp black suit.

Across the crowded hall, his gaze passed over everyone else and locked on me.

That was the moment I made up my mind.

The marriage alliance that kept the underworld's balance of power intact was over.
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Chapter 1
My eyes drifted to that corner again.The man in the shadows looked up and stared straight into my eyes.My heart clenched.I wasn't imagining it.It was Gabriel.He'd really come back.Whispers rippled through the hall."The Rossi lioness can't even hold on to her own necklace.""Looks like the Corsini family doesn't take this blood pact seriously at all."The whispers spread through the hall.Dante heard them, and he hated looking like a fool.He turned and leaned in close, and I got a face full of bourbon and cigar smoke. "Serena, smile. Think of the alliance and the territory. Don't give them a show."I looked at his smug face.He was the one who'd botched the alliance, and now he wanted me to smile and paper over it.I ignored him.Neither of us budged before Elena came over in her stilettos.Her black velvet gown was nearly identical to mine, except for its lower neckline."Oh, Dante." She pouted, toying with the blood diamond at her throat. "If Serena had ordered matching family
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Chapter 2
When it was time for the toasts, Dante led me from table to table.But he made sure to introduce Elena to every family boss."This is Elena. There's no one I trust more. We grew up together. She's family to me."Elena leaned into him, her smile sickly sweet.I looked at their nearly touching shoulders, but my mind drifted to the figure in the corner of the hall.It was summer in Sicily, seven years earlier.Seven years ago, I'd stared a second too long at a red dress in a shop window. Gabriel had taken on a local gang by himself, robbed them, and used the money to buy it for me.He stood in front of me covered in blood, grinning like an idiot. "Serena, my girl deserves the best."He never let anyone treat me badly, not even a little.Then came the hit meant for me.When the car bomb went off, he covered me with his body.The flames swallowed everything.I dug through the blood-soaked wreckage with my bare hands for three days and three nights.All I found was a broken pocket watch.Tho
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Chapter 3
As the banquet wound down, I made an excuse and slipped into the safe room.Gabriel was sitting at a heavy oak desk, using precision tools to realign the watch face."The glass is shattered, but the movement is still intact." He didn't look up. "Don't worry. I can fix it."I stared at the hand holding the tweezers.There was an old crescent-shaped scar in the web between his thumb and forefinger.He'd gotten it at 17, taking a knife meant for me.The blade had glanced off him and cut my arm too.Afterward, in a dim room just like this one, Gabriel had tended to the cut on my arm.It hurt so much I was crying, so he pressed his pocket watch into my hand and spoke to me softly. "Listen to it tick, and it won't hurt anymore."After that, the watch was mine.And after that, the bomb blew everything apart.It really was him.The tears came without warning.Seven years. I'd thought I would never hear that voice again as long as I lived.I bit down hard on my lip and fought back a sob, but my
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Chapter 4
Back in the hall, the final ritual was about to begin: the exchange of the family daggers.It was an oath of blood and loyalty.Under Mafia rules, each side's most trusted underboss had to present the dagger.The Rossi elder behind me stood solemnly, holding the ruby dagger my mother, Lucia Rossi, had left me.But from the Corsini side, the one who stepped forward was Elena.The whole room erupted.Dante had actually allowed Elena, an adopted daughter with no Corsini blood, to take his underboss's place as his sacred witness.It was the worst possible insult to the blood pact and the Rossi family.Dante acted like he didn't see a problem. He even gave her an encouraging look.Elena carried the tray, gliding forward like a viper.Just as the two daggers were about to be exchanged, she casually tilted her wrist.The heavy steel Corsini dagger slid off and slammed down on my mother's ruby dagger.Clang. Then came a sharp crack.A chip had broken off the blade my mother had left me, along
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Chapter 5
A wave of gasps went through the crowd."Falcone..." The Rossi elder stared at Gabriel. "The High Council's Ghost Don... Weren't you killed in that car bombing seven years ago?"The words sent a shock through the hall.Dante went rigid.He stared at Gabriel, every drop of color gone from his face."That's impossible..." he muttered.Elena shrieked in terror and scrambled behind Dante."Serena..." Dante swallowed hard and tried to regain control. "Let me explain. This doesn't change anything. I'm sorry. Let's just finish the ceremony."Too late."I said it's off." I raised my voice so every captain and soldier in the room could hear. "The blood pact is void. The Corsini family is at fault, so they must hand over the southern port. If they don't, the Rossi family will wage all-out war.""Are you insane?" Dante roared, his finger tightening on the trigger.In that instant, Gabriel moved.He drew his gun so fast that no one could follow the motion.Click.A cold barrel pressed against the
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Chapter 6
Sure enough, Dante called.When I picked up, he sounded exhausted, with a trace of panic just under the surface. "Serena, come to the Corsini hospital. Elena's in bad shape. She thinks you humiliated her in front of everyone, and she's threatening to put a gun in her mouth."Please, just come. Do it for the three years we had. I promise, if you come, I'll make her kneel in front of you and apologize."I watched the sky darken outside the window. "Dante, you think this is my fault?"The line went dead quiet."That's not what I meant. But the Corsini elders want blood right now. If the alliance falls apart completely, it means all-out war. Help me one last time, Serena. Please."One last time.For three years, he'd used those words as a weapon.One last time, let me take her back to the safe house.One last time, let me go comfort her.And every time, I gave in."Fine," I said. "One last time."I agreed, not because I'd gone soft, but because I needed to end this three-year farce myself.
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Chapter 7
The streetlights cast a dim yellow glow over the hospital garden.We walked in silence until Dante stopped. "Serena, I screwed up."I shouldn't have given her the necklace. I shouldn't have let her smash your pocket watch."Give me one more chance. We'll start over."I'll send Elena away to South America. You'll never see her again."We'll redo the blood pact ceremony. No, forget that. We'll just get married! I swear to you, Serena."I stopped and looked at him.In the dim light, he was still the dangerous, handsome mob boss I'd once loved.Three months ago, those words might have gotten to me.But now I felt nothing."Dante, do you remember what you promised me when we first got together?"He hesitated."You said that in public, I'd always come first and Elena would never get in the way."And what happened? At my father's birthday party, she showed up and made a scene, claiming she was your woman. It almost turned into a shootout. You told me it was a joke."She ruined the smuggling m
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Chapter 8
Dante didn't believe I would really marry Gabriel.He thought it was just a power play.A bluff to make him give in.That changed when the Rossi family, with Gabriel's quiet backing, swiftly seized the Corsini family's southern port and three of its main smuggling routes.Under pressure from both sides and with nowhere to turn, Dante lost control.He tried to win me back with what little leverage he had left and memories of the past we had shared.Every day, he sent crates of uncut diamonds and antique guns to my estate. Each delivery came with a desperate letter begging for peace.He even stood outside the Rossi family's council hall all night in a downpour, swearing to my father that if I'd just come back to him, he'd send Elena's head over in a box.But I didn't care.Because we'd started planning the wedding.It wasn't just a marriage between two families. It was the crowning of the Supreme Don.Gabriel stood behind me in front of a full-length mirror.His large hand rested on my w
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Chapter 9
The wedding was held at the oldest estate in Sicily.It was the wedding of the century.Every boss, captain, and underboss in Europe came to bow before the new Supreme Don and his Donna.I wore a diamond-studded wedding gown, its train sweeping over a blood-red carpet.Gabriel wore a tailored black suit with a dark gold rose pinned to his lapel, the symbol of absolute power.We stood beneath the dome and exchanged our vows."Serena, pushing you out of that car seven years ago was the best decision I've ever made." Gabriel laced his fingers through mine. "I'm back now. I swear on my life, I will never let you go again. No one will ever touch a hair on your head."My vision blurred, and warmth spread through my chest.I couldn't stop the tears. But this time, they were happy ones."Gabriel, I waited seven years." I squeezed his hand back, my voice shaking but completely sure. "I love you. I have since I was 17, and I will until the day I die."We exchanged rings.Then he pulled me tight
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Chapter 10
After the wedding, Gabriel and I cemented our hold on the underworld.The Rossi family and the High Council became one.Our life was full of danger, power, and an intoxicating passion.Every morning, I woke up to the rich smell of coffee.Gabriel was an early riser. He controlled half of Europe's underworld and had thousands of hardened criminals under him.But he still insisted on making my espresso himself every day.I leaned against the kitchen doorframe.I watched him in a black silk shirt with the sleeves rolled to the elbows, showing the old scars crisscrossing his strong forearms."Morning, Serena." He brought the cup over and bent to kiss my forehead.To the outside world, Gabriel was the ruthless Ghost Don.To me, he was the man who would burn down a whole city just to keep me warm.One day, I finished my rounds at the port early and pushed open the door to the underground meeting hall.He was sitting at the head of the room.Kneeling at his feet was a traitor who'd leaked our
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