LOGINI've spent a huge sum of money on a custom-fitted gown just so I can go on a date with my fiance, Vincenzo Rossi, on New Year's Eve. He's also known as the rising star of the mafia underworld. But Vincenzo sounds very impatient on the other end of the line. "Can you stop being so clingy, Grazia? I have an important business gathering to get to on New Year's Eve!" His younger sister, Valentina Rossi, adds, "My brother's doing this for the sake of your shared future, Grazia. Stop causing trouble for him, okay?" I end the call, feeling disappointed. After that, I console myself, saying that Vincenzo is working very hard for the sake of our future. But that illusion only lasts till the moment my friend sends a video clip to me. Vincenzo can be seen hugging a gorgeous woman in the clubhouse. They are in the middle of making out with each other. Valentina, on the other hand, leads her friends on as they cheer for the couple. It turns out that Vincenzo's "important business" is to spend the night with another woman. I drain my glass of the strong alcohol. Scorching pain flares from my stomach immediately. Since Vincenzo can find himself a woman to toy with, then why can't I do the same? I swipe a finger across my phone and dial the number of the rival family's Don. "I want you to order the two most good-looking male escorts for me right now."
View MoreVincenzo watched his sister get humiliated and shrank back. He didn't even dare say a word in her defense. He was too busy clutching his bloody, mangled fingers.His selfishness made me sick.The thugs swaggered over, carrying heavy wooden clubs. "Hey, this bitch didn't clean the toilets right. No food for her today."Valentina screamed and begged, her voice hoarse. "Vincenzo, save me! They're going to hurt me!"Vincenzo kept his head down, pretending not to hear. His body curled in tighter.I leaned against the car door, watching the scene with interest. "Vincenzo, didn't you say you'd protect her for life?"He stammered out a response, still refusing to look up. "I can barely survive myself. I can't help her."Valentina's crying stopped abruptly. She stared at her own brother in disbelief, her eyes full of betrayal and finality.Don Rossi's assassins had already sealed off the street. Their black suits stood out sharply against the rain.Vincenzo realized what was coming. He
Rain poured down on the slum streets, and puddles of foul-smelling water pooled on the ground.Vincenzo huddled next to a pile of trash, wrapped in a filthy, tattered coat. His severed fingers had only been given basic bandaging. Now, they throbbed with excruciating pain.I sat in the back seat of the Rolls-Royce, coldly watching the beggar on the side of the road. I rolled the window down and tossed a stack of flyers out.The flyers announced a citywide blacklist. Anyone who sheltered him would face retaliation from the Abate family.Vincenzo struggled to pick one up. When he read it, he froze completely.He stumbled to the entrance of the club he used to frequent. The woman he'd kissed on New Year's Eve stood at the door in heavy makeup, soliciting customers.Vincenzo grabbed onto her legs like she was his last hope. "Help me. Please, just give me some food."The woman looked down and recognized his face. She didn't hide her contempt. "Well, well. Isn't this the Rossi Capo?"
The holding cell reeked of mold mixed with blood, and every breath I took made me sick. Vincenzo was chained to a torture rack, his once-expensive suit now torn to shreds.His fingers trembled at the tips. His eyes darted away, unable to meet mine, when I sat above him. Valentina was pressed into the mud beside him, her body shaking uncontrollably with fear.Don Rossi sat at my side. To satisfy me, he had to enforce the family's harshest punishment.I'd said it before—every debt had to be repaid, in money and in blood.I set down my glass of wine, my voice cutting through the silence like thunder. Vincenzo struggled to find words, his voice hoarse when he finally spoke."Grazia, after five years together, you're really going to destroy me completely?"I laughed coldly and walked down the steps. I ground my heel into his broken fingers."Five years together? You mean the years you spent kissing other women at clubs? The years you embezzled my parents' inheritance?"Valentina w
I pushed open the doors to the Rossi family conference room. My heels clicked sharply against the floor. At the head of the long table sat Don Luca Rossi, his expression dark as he clutched a stack of drafts covered in red annotations.Vincenzo kneeled on the floor. His body shook violently, and his once-straight spine crumpled.The family elders stood around him, pointing at the map on the table, showing their shrinking territory in the south. Spit practically flew into his face as they shouted.In the past 24 hours, the Rossi family had lost the core territory they'd spent three years building. I walked over and sat down beside the Don. An Abate family associate pulled out a chair for me.Don Rossi threw the stack of papers at Vincenzo's feet. "Every line of revision on these pages was written by Grazia's own hand, you fraud."The Don's voice was low and carried a bone-chilling menace. Vincenzo stared at the papers on the ground, his throat too dry to make a sound.I let out a












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