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The Bride Adrian Couldn’t Keep
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Three days before my wedding, Adrian canceled it for the fifty-second time. He came to the Palermo workshop to approve my gown’s crest embroidery, but the moment I stepped out from the fitting curtain, he snatched up his holster and radio. “Torino bastards smashed Bianca’s vineyard, surrounded the estate. Lia’s terrified, so I have to go. The wedding is off.” Once, I would have stopped him and demanded to know who mattered more to him, me or Bianca. This time, I simply let him go. Thirty minutes later, Bianca posted an Instagram Story: [You’re the only shelter for me and my daughter.] The photo showed Adrian holding Bianca close, with Lia in his arms, calling him Dad. They looked like a real family. My parents sighed. “Seraphina, is the wedding in Hawaii off again? We’ve already sent the invitations to every renowned Italian family. What will this do to the Bellini family’s honor?” I shook my head, tapping the backup invite. "The wedding goes on. In three days, I’ll still be a bride. Just not Adrian’s."
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The Bride Adrian Couldn’t Keep Chapter 8
Adrian cut her off with a snarl.“If it wasn’t for you and your daughter manipulating me at every turn, Seraphina would never have left me. She’d never have married someone else! You two ruined everything for me. Get out of my sight. Now.”Lia burst into tears, terrified by his shouting. Bianca’s face twisted with fury. “You’re the one who begged to take care of us! You’re the one who loved the attention, the way we both fought for you! Don’t act like you’re the victim now! You deserve to be abandoned by Seraphina! I would have left you years ago if I were her! You’re nothing but a spineless coward, Adrian!”With that, she grabbed Lia’s hand and stormed out of the room, slamming the door shut behind her.The room fell deathly silent. Bianca’s words echoed in Adrian’s head. He knew he was wrong, but it was too late.He dialed Seraphina’s number, only to be met with a permanent busy signal. He reached out to every mutual family ally they had, and every single one told him to let her go.
The Bride Adrian Couldn’t Keep Chapter 7
The wedding march began, and the ceremony officially started. Adrian hid in the shadows at the back of the crowd, staring at me standing on the stage. This ceremony was supposed to be his. The man standing beside me was supposed to be him. He’d destroyed it all with his own two hands.He drank nonstop, glass after glass of wine sliding down his throat.It wasn’t until the officiant said to the groom “You may now kiss the bride,” that Adrian’s legs gave out beneath him. He stumbled backward, and hit the floor hard. The deafening crash sent the entire hall into an uproar. “We need a doctor! Someone’s passed out! He’s completely drunk, get the family physician! Which family is he with?”Adrian heard the chaos around him, but his eyes were fixed only on me, standing on the stage. He stared into my eyes, desperate to find a flicker of concern, of panic, of anything at all for him.But my gaze was calm, empty, sweeping over his face like he was nothing more than a stranger. Then I looked
The Bride Adrian Couldn’t Keep Chapter 6
Adrian stared after the fading wedding carriage, the sound of its wheels on the cobblestone road hammering like a sledgehammer against his chest. Bianca stepped forward and reached for his arm. “Adrian, Lia’s waiting for us on the beach. We need to get back. I never thought Seraphina would be seeing another man behind your back, let alone marry him this fast. But don’t worry. Lia and I will always be here for you.”“Shut the hell up!” It was the first time Adrian had ever sworn at Bianca. He glared at her with bloodshot eyes. “Seraphina would never betray me. She promised she’d marry me!”He shoved Bianca out of his way with brutal force, stormed toward the sedan, and raced off in the direction the wedding carriage had gone.At the gates of the luxury hotel in Hawaii, the wedding poster for my union with Nicolo stood front and center. The photo showed Nicolo and I side by side, the family’s ancestral vineyards and castle rising behind us.Adrian’s legs felt like they’d been nailed t
The Bride Adrian Couldn’t Keep Chapter 5
My gaze moved past him, to the woman stepping down from the wedding carriage. Just as I’d expected, it was Bianca. I’d never thought they could sink to such depths of shamelessness.They’d dared to seize the coastal dowry estate of the Bellini family, gifted to me by my parents, and use it as the venue for their own wedding.Adrian rushed forward, saying, “Seraphina? It’s really you. What are you doing here?”The smile faded from my face. “If you can be here, why can’t I?”“Seraphina, let me explain. Bianca said she and Rico never had a proper family wedding before he died, and she wanted to experience the ceremony just once. That’s the only reason I agreed to go through the motions with her.” “None of it is real. It’s just a show for the underworld circles. There’s nothing between Bianca and me. Don’t get jealous and throw a fit over this.”I shook my head gently. “Don’t worry. I’m not jealous, and I’m not throwing a fit.”Adrian let out a heavy breath of relief. “That’s good…”He ha
The Bride Adrian Couldn’t Keep Chapter 2
By then, I was surrounded by other family members holding up their phones, a torrent of abuse closing in. I’d thought he’d have something to say in my defense, but instead he blamed me. “Seraphina, I didn’t think you could be this vicious. Find time to apologize to Bianca and Lia.”With that, he dro
The Bride Adrian Couldn’t Keep Chapter 1
At my words, my mom was busy rewriting the invite, my dad breathing easy for the first time in six years. "Nicolo's a good choice. We told you Adrian wasn't worth it. You're finally awake."I'd hit the wall. It was time to let go.Adrian called right after I finalized the gown details. "I pulled so
The Bride Adrian Couldn’t Keep Chapter 4
After I arrived at Hawaii, Adrian returned to the castle only to find it locked. He called me at once, his voice filled with fury and demand. "Seraphina, what the hell have you done? Do you still want me to marry you or not?"A cold, deep voice answered. "Who the hell are you? She's my wife. You don
The Bride Adrian Couldn’t Keep Chapter 3
I flashed back to that night two years prior. In another act of Torino family retaliation, they’d abducted me, five months pregnant with our child, from the desolate Palermo streets.Adrian had assembled his men for the rescue, only to abandon the mission at Bianca’s frantic call. She’d faked a life
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