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Chapter 10

Author: Sunecho
The Costanzo family's internal succession was officially settled and announced: Ava Costanzo, sole legitimate heir, assuming full authority over all family operations.

The papers covered it. So did the television stations.

Jason told me: "Everyone in the chat saw it. Nobody said a word all day."

Now they were scared.

That evening, Dylan posted one line: "So, those people at the wedding. They were real?" No one answered.

The people who'd laid hands on me at the wedding left the group chat one by
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  • My Rival Bragged About Her Don Husband, But He Was My Secret Husband   Chapter 10

    The Costanzo family's internal succession was officially settled and announced: Ava Costanzo, sole legitimate heir, assuming full authority over all family operations.The papers covered it. So did the television stations.Jason told me: "Everyone in the chat saw it. Nobody said a word all day."Now they were scared.That evening, Dylan posted one line: "So, those people at the wedding. They were real?" No one answered.The people who'd laid hands on me at the wedding left the group chat one by one, like it had never happened.Selena went silent.I took my position as heir but still said nothing publicly about my marriage to Julian. That forced him to go to extreme lengths trying to win back my forgiveness.In the days that followed, Casey and the others all found themselves mysteriously let go from their jobs, and even their parents couldn't hold onto theirs.Mr. Gray was terminated without notice and no school in the area would take him.Dylan apparently got drunk, got into a fight,

  • My Rival Bragged About Her Don Husband, But He Was My Secret Husband   Chapter 9

    After the dinner debacle, Julian stopped trying to reach me through messages. He came directly to the Costanzo estate.I didn't let him in.He stood in the rain, practically on his knees by the end. I didn't come downstairs once.There was no room for mistakes in mafia world.A man that foolish had no business being my husband.But someone even more foolish was still making moves.A post appeared online: "The Moretti heir's marriage — who's really the outsider here?" It was loaded with photos of Selena and Julian together, shot after shot of what looked like a couple.There was an anonymous "source close to the family" claiming I'd held the Moretti family hostage with a contract and that Selena was Julian's real love.Footage from that day had been posted too, carefully clipped to just the part where I was on my knees holding the broken pendant. A caption underneath read: "The Costanzo daughter has some kind of episode at someone else's wedding."The comments were almost unanimous. "Ca

  • My Rival Bragged About Her Don Husband, But He Was My Secret Husband   Chapter 8

    I'd only met Margaret once.That was the day we signed the marriage paperwork, three years ago. She'd come over trying to play the mother-in-law card, launching into some speech about how I'd need to conduct myself now that I was married—The Moretti family people had pulled her away before she got far.A true, unredeemable fool. That was my assessment, and so in three years I'd never gone to see her once.Selena spotted me the moment I walked in and her smile got wider. She steered Margaret straight toward me."Ava, you know who this is, right?""Julian's mother. And she's agreed to let us get married.""Oh? Does Julian know?"I looked at her with honest curiosity.Margaret's face went stiff."Your marriage to Julian was rushed into by the older generation. And in three years, you've barely set foot in his home. You've never appeared at a single event beside him. You're a deeply inadequate wife."She paused."Julian hasn't said so directly, but I've seen it. Why do you think he ended

  • My Rival Bragged About Her Don Husband, But He Was My Secret Husband   Chapter 7

    The next morning, Sandro came into my study."The car's been sent for repairs. The people who damaged it — how do you want to handle them?""Get the lawyers involved. Standard damages, standard detention. But the apology has to be filmed and posted publicly. I don't want to see any of them in person."Sandro's brow creased."Just that?"How could it be just that? Selena wasn't going to agree to those terms. We weren't done, not by a long way.But my father always taught me: first, be reasonable with your enemies. Give them the choice.As for the others, they were just dogs following the one who fed them. What they'd gotten was enough.Julian had been messaging since last night. Dozens of them by now."Ava. I was wrong.""It's not what you think. Please let me explain.""I'm begging you."Like flies buzzing around my head.I read them, blocked him, and dropped my phone in a drawer.Selena stayed quiet for two days.Sandro told me the legal negotiations were stalling. They weren't accept

  • My Rival Bragged About Her Don Husband, But He Was My Secret Husband   Chapter 6

    Sandro had arrived with a column of men behind him. He crossed to me quickly, took in my condition, and let something like distress show on his face as he put a steadying hand on my arm."I'm sorry, Miss Ava. I should have been here sooner.""It's handled now."Well. Now everyone would find out exactly who the mistress was.Sandro scanned the wrecked car and his face went still."Who did this?"Nobody in the room made a sound.Except Selena.She was still holding her head high."Just a little lesson for whoever thought she could go after Julian. She had it coming."She had probably never experienced, in her entire life, what a real lesson felt like.Sandro's jaw tightened.“Julian?”"Miss Ava is the Costanzo heir. They registered three years ago. The marriage was never made public."Selena stood still for two full seconds. Then her lips started to shake. She turned to the room."I don't know this man! How would anyone know if he's telling the truth? Julian and I have been together almo

  • My Rival Bragged About Her Don Husband, But He Was My Secret Husband   Chapter 5

    Selena moved toward the car. "Since you've touched this car, it's contaminated as far as I'm concerned. I'll deal with every piece of garbage Julian keeps around him."She grabbed a crystal vase from a side table and swung it hard at the windshield.The vase shattered. The car didn't have a scratch. Top-grade armored glass.Selena stood frozen, staring at the pieces on the ground.Dylan spotted an iron pipe somewhere, swung it with everything he had at the body panel.The recoil sent him stumbling, but the car was still flawless. He stood there panting, wiping his forehead."What the hell? This thing is built like a tank."The car hadn't suffered much, but nobody had ever dared to smash it like these before.I kept my voice cold. "Stop. This car is not something you get to touch."Selena almost laughed out of sheer irritation."God, I can't stand how superior you act. Think you can threaten me? Julian loves me. Even if I wrecked his car, he wouldn't say a word."Casey tried the door ha

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