LOGINShare
Chapter 72
Last Updated:
2025-08-19 05:57:50
Latest chapter
The Chosen Bride Chapter 76
AristideI felt the familiar hum of the jet beneath us, but my mind was miles away from the gentle turbulence. Bella slept lightly against me, her hand resting over my chest, our fingers entwined. For a few hours, New Zealand had felt like another world—a place where nothing from the old life reached us. But I knew the bubble wouldn’t last.The plane touched down with a soft bump, the engines winding down. The sun was low over the airstrip back home, painting the sky in bruised purples and golds. I helped Bella out of the plane, and to the car waiting to drive up to the Estate, kissing her head before whispering that we would be home soon. She made a “hmm” noise, telling me that she didn’t believe that the peace of the last twenty-four hours wouldn’t last.And… she was right. Because the moment the estate gates came into view, the atmosphere changed. The house loomed against the horizon, guards posted double at the perimeter, radios pressed to their ears. Mabel met us at the entrance
The Chosen Bride Chapter 75
BellaThe moment the plane dipped lower and the endless stretch of turquoise ocean broke to reveal a secluded crescent of white sand, my breath caught in my throat. It looked like something out of a dream—too impossibly beautiful to be real. Sunlight scattered across the water like spilled diamonds, palm trees leaned lazily in the breeze, and tucked just beyond the shore, half-hidden by lush greenery, was the bungalow Elena had arranged for us.“Elena did this,” I whispered, my hand tightening around Aristide’s.He let out a low laugh, the kind that vibrated through me as much as it left his chest. “Of course she did. She doesn’t know how to do anything halfway.”No, she didn’t. And as much as I had resisted at first, wary of leaving the safety of the estate while our enemies still plotted in the shadows, I couldn’t deny the swell of gratitude I felt now. Elena hadn’t just sent us away… she had carved out a world where, for once, Aristide and I didn’t have to think about war or betray
The Chosen Bride Chapter 74
AristideThe silence between us was thick, like smoke hanging in the room after a gunfight. Bella lay with her head resting against my chest, her fingers idly tracing across my ribs, but I could feel the weight behind her stillness. She wasn’t just lying here to be close—she was waiting. She wanted answers.I hadn’t wanted to bring the poison of tonight back into this room, not after finally holding her again. But she deserved the truth, and she had earned it ten times over.Her hand stilled, then she lifted her head, her eyes dark in the low glow of the lamp. “What did you find tonight, Ari?” Her voice was soft, but it carried that steel edge that only came out when she was both hurt and determined. “I know you wouldn’t have left unless it was important.”I cupped her cheek with my palm, the need to shield her clashing with the promise I’d made to never lie. “We followed the last breadcrumb,” I admitted, watching her carefully. “And it led exactly where I feared it would. Straight to
The Chosen Bride Chapter 73
BellaI had been pacing the room for so long the fire in the grate had burned low, the logs collapsing into embers. My fingers toyed with the chain around my neck, a nervous habit I couldn’t seem to stop. Aristide’s absence hung heavy on me, the silence pressing down, and though I reminded myself a hundred times that our fight was staged, my heart still refused to listen.His words echoed in my chest no matter how many times I tried to push them aside. Maybe you don’t love me—you just love the power I gave you.It had been meant for others to hear. A performance. A weaponized piece of theater to throw off anyone watching too closely. I knew that. He hadn’t meant it. He couldn’t have.And yet… it still stung.I loved him. Not for his name, not for the Moretti power, not for the empire that seemed to bend when he gave the order. I loved him for the way his voice softened when he whispered to me at night, for the way his touch was always careful even when his world was anything but. I lo
The Chosen Bride Chapter 72
AristideI didn’t waste time thinking about the fight with Bella.It wasn’t real—not in the way that mattered. The words had stung when I threw them out, when I saw her eyes widen like I’d cut her in half, but it was theater. We needed the illusion. If Sofia thought there were cracks between us, she’d take the bait. And she had.All I cared about now was making sure it paid off, so I could walk back into Bella’s arms with this finished. No more staged arguments. No more poison creeping into our walls. I wanted her free, our child free, and nothing standing between us.Enzo drove, his knuckles white on the steering wheel. His silence mirrored mine. Both of us knew what was waiting tonight wasn’t going to be neat. Bianchi’s shadow had loomed long, Cipher’s name still whispered like a curse in our corridors. But this wasn’t about the phantom in the dark anymore. This was about rooting out the rot Bella had grown up with… her mother, her sister.And now, the final breadcrumb had landed in
The Chosen Bride Chapter 71
BellaElena didn’t say a word as she entered the room. She just held out the envelope.My hands trembled before I even touched it. Aristide’s handwriting was so familiar now, dark and decisive, and for a second I just stared at it, afraid to break the seal. Afraid of what it might say. Afraid of what it wouldn’t.I opened it anyway.It was him. Every word, every line… him. I didn’t need to read it twice. I could hear his voice between every space. Feel his presence, the way he always managed to calm the storm raging inside me, even when he wasn’t physically near.And yet that was the worst part. He wasn’t here.The letter said he loved me. That he missed me. That he would hold me and our child again soon. But the ache of knowing I couldn’t reach for him now, couldn’t touch him, was sharper than I expected.I held the letter to my chest, blinked back the tears, and breathed in the faint scent of him lingering in the paper. Then, like he asked, I stood and walked to the fireplace.The f
You may also like
My Mafia Husband
Rashmi Agrawal148.5K viewsThe Biker’s Mafia Princess
Becca Lou401.1K viewsThe Agreement
S0lvingMysTeriEs596.8K viewsThe Light In His Dark
Kjess116.0K viewsServing my mafia Boss
De Venogue202 viewsSold To The Mafia Lord
Jhumie_writes1.6K viewsThe Heartless Lover
Tiana Edwin2.5K viewsTHE MAFIA BOSS PLUS-SIZED OBSESSION.
N-Victory695 views
