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Surprise! You're Not the Don's Wife Chapter 10
At the reception, Alex and I were cutting the cake together.His aide hurried over and murmured something into Alex's ear.Alex's brow creased slightly, then he turned to me with a smile. "A small matter. I'll take care of it."He was gone for a few minutes, and when he came back, he was holding a rolled parchment letter, the kind used only for internal family correspondence, sealed with the crest of the DeLuca famiglia."The Corleone famiglia has just been taken over by a rival family," he said, handing me the sealed letter. "Michele's people have been neutralized too."While Michele's been spending every resource he has looking for you, he let the family's affairs slide. A rival family took advantage of it. Three of the Corleone docks and two of their casinos are already in enemy hands."I unfolded the letter. It laid out everything happening to the Corleone famiglia now.Alex's fingers traced lightly along the edge of the letter. "The rival family found out about your history
Surprise! You're Not the Don's Wife Chapter 9
The ceremony was held on the lawn behind the estate.The rows of chairs were filled with friends of the Bagarella famiglia.Alex stood at the far end of an arch woven from white roses, the sun behind him gilding his outline in warm gold.I walked toward him on my father's arm, step by step.This time I wasn't a runaway bride sneaking off in secret. I was walking this aisle surrounded by everyone's blessing.When my father placed my hand in Alex's, he said in a low voice, "I'm giving you the best daughter I have. If you ever let her come to harm, I've got more than one gun in the Bagarella famiglia."Alex nodded solemnly. "I promise. I'll keep her safe."I tightened my grip on his hand and felt the faint dampness on his fingers. So he was nervous too.Just as the priest reached the blessing and I opened my mouth to say "I do," a commotion broke out at the edge of the lawn."Mae." A hoarse voice cut through the air from outside.Everyone turned to look. Michele stood between tw
Surprise! You're Not the Don's Wife Chapter 8
Mae's POVI woke in the villa on the shore of Lake Colmo, sunlight falling across my pillow through white gauze curtains.It was nothing like the Corleone famiglia's dark, oppressive mansion. Everything here was bright and warm, and every breath of air carried the taste of freedom.My fiance, my childhood sweetheart, Alex DeLuca, was in the next room over.He'd stayed up until dawn the night before, working on nothing but our wedding.I'd come back to my family in such a rush that we only had a week to plan the wedding, and for that whole week, Alex hadn't gone to bed before sunrise a single time.I rolled over, and my phone lit up.A photo filled the screen: Michele, standing outside the gates of my family's estate, soaked to the bone.Underneath it, Alex had written: [He's here, but don't worry, I won't let him in. All you need to do is be the most beautiful bride there's ever been, and walk toward me.]I smiled and set the phone face-down.Four years ago, when I'd taken of
Surprise! You're Not the Don's Wife Chapter 7
Matteo's voice broke the suffocating silence. "Don, we just got word. Mae's back with the Bagarella famiglia. In three days, she's... she's set to marry Alex DeLuca, Don of the DeLuca famiglia.""What..." Michele's voice came out like sandpaper. "That's impossible. Why would she, why would she leave me..."It's Rita. She's the one who's been hurting Mae this whole time." He suddenly looked up, his expression turning dark and frightening. "Where's Rita right now?""In the basement room, held there like you ordered."When Michele burst into the basement, Rita was curled up on the iron cot in the corner. She lifted her head at the sound of his footsteps, her face a mix of fear and hope. "Michele! Will you let me out? I'm sorry… so sorry..."Michele crossed the room and gripped her chin in one hand."I saw those texts! And you fed her the shrimp pasta on purpose!"Tears welled up in her eyes, wetting her lashes, making her look pitiful."I did... but it was because I love you!
Surprise! You're Not the Don's Wife Chapter 6
"And the business with the marriage certificate. How had she lost it? Had she found something out? How exactly had she... how had she lost our child..." Michele's voice trailed off.On the other end of the line, Mattoe hesitated. "Don, Rita keeps trying to reach you. She says Antonio has a fever that won't break...""If he's sick, call a doctor!" Michele slammed his hand on the desk. "Finding Mae comes before anything else!"But a full week passed with nothing: no record of her leaving the country, no hotel check-ins, no contact with any friends.His informants in other states all came back empty. Not a single trace of Mae.That night, Michele sat alone in his study, holding the marriage certificate Mae had torn apart. He'd pieced it back together.The memories came flooding back like a tide.Four years ago, when Mae had left with him, the Don of the Bagarella famiglia, her father, had pointed a finger at Michele's face. "You don't deserve my daughter."Mae had stepped between
Surprise! You're Not the Don's Wife Chapter 5
Third-Person POVAt the hospital, Michele sat beside Rita's bed, gripped by an inexplicable unease.Even as Rita called his name again and again, he didn't seem to hear her."Michele," she said weakly, lifting her arm to show him the bandage wrapped around it. "My arm hurts so much... Don't blame Mae. She's just jealous of me..."Matteo burst through the door, his face bone white, and leaned down to murmur urgently in Michele's ear. "Don, the lady... she's gone. She was taken from the villa this morning, covered in blood. And the baby... we heard the baby didn't make it."Michele shot to his feet, knocking his chair to the floor.All the color drained from his face. "What baby?"Matteo lowered his head. "By the time our people got there, she'd already been taken. We traced her to the hospital she was brought to and checked her records. She was pregnant, almost two months along. But this morning... she lost the baby."Rita's crying rose up behind him, but Michele no longer h
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