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Seven Years as His Hidden Wife
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Within 30 days, Niccolò Romano and I registered for divorce 18 times. The first time, Niccolò's adopted sister stole my research results, but he hired a lawyer to fight for her. Afterwards, he held me and coaxed, "If something happens to Lia, no one will dare to hire her in the future. I'm just helping her." The second time, while my plane was in distress, he was traveling around the world with Lia. His tone was helpless: "Lia has depended on me since she was little. I only look after her like a younger sister." The last time, Lia was pregnant with a child no one would claim, and he took responsibility for it. Faced with my accusation, he just sighed, a bit tired: "Lia's career is just starting to take off. If someone blackmails her with the child, her life will be ruined." "You're a woman too. Can't you understand?" This time, I didn't cry or make a scene. Instead, I calmly signed my name on the divorce agreement that he had signed in a fit of pique some time ago. Then I called my professor: "I've thought it over. I'm willing to go with you to Iceland to do research."
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Seven Years as His Hidden Wife Chapter 9
Niccolò’s eyes reddened.For a moment, he stood very still, as if the last part of him that believed I might turn back had finally given way.Then his knees hit the floor.The sound drew several heads from the corridor.“Elena,” he said hoarsely. “I was wrong.”Security moved forward at once, but I did not stop them.I only stood beside Adrian and watched the man who had once made entire rooms fall silent struggle to hold himself together in front of strangers.Niccolò looked up at me.“I don’t deserve another chance. I know that. But I don’t know how to live with the fact that I ruined us with my own hands.”Adrian’s arm came around my shoulders, steady and protective.“Did he hurt you?” he asked, his voice low.I shook my head.“No.”Then I looked up at him.“These three months,” I said, “you kept him away from me?”Adrian paused.A rare unease crossed his face.“Yes.”Before he could explain, I already understood.His voice lowered. “I’m sorry. I should have told you. I only wanted
Seven Years as His Hidden Wife Chapter 8
For a moment, I almost did not recognize him.Niccolò had always known how to look untouchable. Even after Palermo, even in the middle of family wars, he could stand in a room with blood on his cuffs and still make other men lower their eyes. But now his face was thinner, his jaw rough with stubble, and the black coat on his shoulders looked as though he had crossed half of Europe without sleeping.For three months, I had buried myself in the Zurich project and asked nothing about him. I did not know what had happened to the Romano family after I left, whether Lia had been sentenced, whether the council had turned on him, or whether he had finally understood anything at all.Looking at him now, I only knew that none of it belonged to me anymore.“Elena,” he said hoarsely. “I tried to find you.”“I can see that.”His eyes flickered at my tone, but he forced himself on. “Adrian blocked everything. My calls never reached you. My letters came back unopened. The men I sent to Zurich were st
Seven Years as His Hidden Wife Chapter 7
Three months after I arrived in Zurich, the art trust project was complete.The case involved a disputed private collection, forged provenance records, and paintings that had been hidden behind respectable names for decades. Adrian and I spent nearly every day in archives, comparing manifests, restoration notes, and old family correspondence until the chain of ownership finally became clear.When the final report was ready, Adrian placed the authorship page in front of me.My name was beside his.I stared at it for a moment, then pushed it back.“Take my name off.”Adrian looked at me. “Why?”“You know why. The harbor ledger scandal is still attached to me. Even with Lia under investigation, people will question the report before they read it.”“Then let them question it,” he said. “The evidence will answer.”“Adrian.”“Elena, this work exists because of you. I won’t erase your name just because Niccolò Romano once found it convenient to do so.”He signed the approval form before I cou
Seven Years as His Hidden Wife Chapter 6
Lia stared at him through the glass, and something in her finally broke.“What else did I do?” she repeated, laughing through her tears. “You really want to know now?”Niccolò did not speak.“I sent the wrong route. I locked her in that warehouse. I paid the clerk to ruin her ledger notes. I told the wives she was only beside you because she knew how to crawl into powerful men’s beds.”Her voice shook harder.“And she never told you, did she? She was too proud. Too perfect. Too afraid that if she made you choose, you would choose wrong.”“She was right.”His hand tightened around the receiver.“Stop.”“No,” Lia snapped. “You wanted the truth. Here it is.”She wiped her tears with the back of her hand, but more kept falling.“I hated her because she had everything I wanted. She had your name, even hidden. She had your trust. She had that quiet way of standing beside you like she belonged there.”Her mouth twisted.“So I made sure she never felt safe standing there.”The room seemed to n
Seven Years as His Hidden Wife Chapter 1
The call from Zurich came while I was sealing the divorce agreement.Adrian sounded relieved. “Elena, you’ve decided?”“Yes.”“And Niccolò knows?”“He doesn’t need to.”After a brief silence, Adrian said, “The clearance papers will be sent within the hour. Private departure is set for the day after
Seven Years as His Hidden Wife Chapter 3
By the time I returned to the Romano house, champagne had dried stiff against my skirt and dawn was already breaking.Niccolò came in not long after, still in the tuxedo from the Bellini Foundation gala, his bow tie loosened and the scent of smoke and expensive perfume on his coat. He stopped when h
Seven Years as His Hidden Wife Chapter 2
I did not answer. I only smiled.Niccolò watched me for a moment, impatience settling into his face.“So now you won’t even speak properly?”I lowered my eyes to the documents.“Elena, I’ve explained this. Lia is temporary. The Vitales are watching her, and if I don’t step in, they will take her.”“
Seven Years as His Hidden Wife Chapter 5
Niccolò searched every place I might have gone.The estate, the river apartment, the clinic after Palermo, every quiet hotel I had ever used.Nothing.Then Vittorio found the departure clearance.Zurich.Adrian’s name was attached to it.Niccolò’s face went cold.Adrian again.He had always known wh
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