Chapter 3

"This... isn't this the prime East Coast route that shook the underworld? The Boss actually gave it to the bride!"

"My god, how's this any different from handing over half his empire? Cache Number Three is a core lifeline!"

Camera flashes lit up the room around them.

Lexi covered her mouth in excitement and looked up at Rhys with red eyes.

Rhys lowered his eyes and smiled with deep affection.

"With this route and cache, your cut alone will keep you set for life in our world."

"Rhys... I've never received something so precious in my entire life."

Rhys placed the transfer deed into her hands. "You deserve this."

"Rhys Falcone!"

My voice silenced the entire hall.

Hearing me call his full name, Rhys froze on the altar.

I strode forward. Lexi shrank back, looking terrified.

"Sienna, why did you come out here..."

Donna Rosa's face darkened from the front row.

"Sienna, don't make a scene today."

I ignored her and glared at Rhys.

"This cache and route don't belong to the Falcones, do they?"

"I already signed the transfer agreement for you."

"I never agreed to this! Without the official Moretti signet seal, no one can take them!"

Lexi gripped the deed and hid in Rhys's arms.

"Is that so?"

Rhys pulled a consent form from his jacket and held it up.

At the bottom of the contract, the unique Moretti signet seal was clearly stamped.

"I stamped your private seal and approved it for you. This contract is now legally binding in our world."

I stared at him in disbelief. "You used my private family seal behind my back?"

"Sienna, I just helped you with the paperwork. Since our families are merging, what's yours is mine. I used the seal to show your generosity."

"You never even asked for my permission!"

Looking at his hypocritical face, I wanted to kill him.

"That's the inheritance my parents left me!"

Hearing me mention my parents, Donna Rosa looked slightly embarrassed.

"Can you stop making a fuss over nothing?"

Rhys frowned, keeping his lecturing tone.

"Lexi's father owes a mountain of casino debts. If I don't help her, creditors will hunt her for life. You know I've taken care of her since we were kids. I can't just watch her die."

"Then pay it off with your own money."

"Sienna..."

Disappointment filled his eyes.

"I never expected you to be so cold-blooded. We grew up with Lexi! You have to be this petty with someone I treat like my family?"

Lexi's tears fell at exactly the right moment. "Sienna... I know this is an arranged marriage... But Donna Moretti was so kind, she definitely would've helped me..."

"Hey! Who does this bitch think she is?"

A few soldiers eager to suck up to the Boss shouted from the audience. "Mr. Falcone is giving his bride a wedding gift. Why are you screaming and stopping them?"

The Dons in the front row watched coldly, while the booing crowd in the back couldn't hear our argument.

All they saw was a frightened Lexi in her wedding dress, and a helpless Rhys.

"I recognize her! She stalled the wedding in the lounge earlier. She threw a fit demanding a new dress!"

"A new dress? Did she want to wear a bridal gown too?"

"Where did this crazy bitch come from? She actually has the guts to make a scene at a mafia wedding!"

"Take a picture! I've never seen a woman with such a death wish! We'll post it to the underworld network so everyone sees her true colors!"

The arrogant crowd surged forward. Rosa gave a look to the guards.

The Falcone gunmen maintaining order instantly stepped back.

They let the crowd surround me completely.

Countless hands grabbed my gown and arms. Phone cameras were pressed right in my face.

I had left my guards outside the estate to show basic courtesy for the alliance. Now, all alone, I couldn't fight them off.

I shielded my face with my clutch, forced to retreat back to the dressing room.

Rhys's voice echoed through the microphone outside.

"Honorable guests, please ignore that unpleasant interruption.

"This wedding gift to my beloved wife will not change.

"From this moment on, she is the sole legal owner of this route and Cache Number Three."

I locked the dressing room door. Listening to the cheers outside, my knuckles turned white from clenching my fists.

They really thought the Moretti family was dead and buried. Since Rhys was so shameless, I would tear off this mask of civility and destroy them all.

I pulled out my phone, drafted a message on the mafia network, and broadcasted it to everyone.

Seconds later, every guest's phone at the wedding beeped at the exact same time.

[Official Underworld Decree from the Moretti Family:

[We have never authorized the transfer of any core routes or weapons caches. The family signet seal has not been used in three days.

[Any contract recently stamped with the Moretti seal is a forgery and completely invalid. We will hunt down anyone who illegally used the seal and encroached on our turf.

[The stolen routes and cache are fully reclaimed, effective immediately.]