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The plane touched down in Tripoli at dusk. Behind me, the sky was on fire. I pulled out my phone and typed a message to my husband, Don Vito Hart. [I'm here. I came to bring you home.] No reply. I called his underboss, Enzo Stark. His voice was hesitant. "You… you really went to Libya?" An explosion rattled the terminal windows. My heart slammed against my ribs. "Which district is he in?" A long pause. Then, quieter: "He never left the country." His voice dropped to barely a whisper. "The business trip… it was a lie." The line went dead. A photo appeared on my screen. Time-stamped today. Vito was smiling. Bright, but something behind his eyes looked tired. His arm was wrapped around a woman. They were blowing out candles on a birthday cake. I recognized her instantly. Rosa Quinn. The woman he'd knelt and sworn on his mother's grave never to see again. Three years ago. I still had the scar on my own palm where I'd made him swear. Vito had forgotten. Today was my birthday too. My phone buzzed again. "Sera, the truth is—the Don never ended things with Rosa. We all knew. But you two seemed so happy… no one dared tell you." I read the message twice. Then I slipped the phone into my pocket. There was no need to pretend anymore.
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The Don’s Neglected Wife Chapter 9
Three months later, the city had turned from winter to spring. The trees along Fifth Avenue were blooming. Tourists took pictures. Life went on.I was promoted. Front desk to lobby manager. The general manager — a crisp British woman named Mrs. Holloway — called me into her office."Sera, you've done exceptional work. I'm recommending you for the overseas training placement. Six months in London. After that, executive track."For the first time in years, I saw a future. Not a future with Vito. Not a future defined by his betrayal. A future of my own.I was making my rounds in the lobby when the revolving doors turned.A man walked in. Gaunt. His suit hung off him like borrowed clothes. Dark hollows under his eyes. Days of stubble on his jaw. He'd lost at least twenty pounds.I froze for half a second. Then I remembered who I was now.Vito.He stood in front of me, hands at his sides. Like he didn't know what to do with them. The man who once commanded armies of lawyers and soldiers now
The Don’s Neglected Wife Chapter 8
Vito woke to find his phone flooded with messages. He told me later — much later — what happened next. But at the time, I learned it from the forums like everyone else.He scrolled through the comments. His jaw tightened. His hands, still weak from days of fever, trembled.He looked up at Rosa."Did you post these?"Her smile faltered. "What?""Who else could take these photos?" His voice was ice. The same voice he used to cross-examine witnesses. "The nurses? The orderlies? No. Only you had access. Only you wanted the world to see."Rosa's eyes went red. "I sat here for three days. Three days, Vito. I held your hand when your fever spiked to a hundred and four. I wiped the sweat from your face. And the first thing you do is interrogate me?""You wanted everyone to know you'd finally won."Her face drained of color."What are you saying?" Tears spilled down her cheeks. "She didn't come. Not once. I stayed. I took care of you. And this is how you thank me?"Vito stared at her. Really lo
The Don’s Neglected Wife Chapter 7
I found a job.Not through connections. Not through the Hart family name. I walked into a hotel, filled out an application, and got hired on my own merit.Front desk at The Langham, a five-star hotel in midtown. Probation period, six thousand a month, full benefits. Employee dorm on the twenty-second floor with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the whole city.A single room. Small. Bare. A bed, a desk, a closet. When I opened the door, I stood there for a long time.No one to wait for. No one to come home to. No one to lie to me.It felt like freedom. Heavy, lonely, terrifying freedom.Five days later, my mother called."Vito jumped into the river."I was standing at my window, watching the headlights crawl across the expressway like fireflies. The city never slept. Neither did I."A swimmer pulled him out. He almost died. Aren't you going to see him?""No."A pause. Static on the line. Then: "Where are you staying? Come home. You just had the procedure. Your body needs care.""I ha
The Don’s Neglected Wife Chapter 6
Vito's fingers closed around my wrist again. White-knuckled. Like I was the last thing keeping him from drowning."Sera. Please."His voice didn't sound like his own. Scraped raw. This was the man who had ordered men killed without blinking. Who had looked a rival Don in the eye and smiled as he signed the man's death warrant. And now he was begging."I know I messed up. It was a mistake. A temporary weakness. You're the one I love. The only one."I stopped walking. The cold wind cut through my thin shirt, but I barely felt it."Enough."I pulled out my phone. Found the voice recording. Held it to his ear."She's not what you think. There's more to it than you know." Vito's face went gray. He yanked off his apron. Still in his expensive suit — a Brioni, custom-tailored, the same suit he'd worn to our second wedding — he dropped to his knees on the concrete driveway. The gravel bit into his expensive trousers."I can explain. That was just—""Just what?" My voice cut through his. Cold.
The Don’s Neglected Wife Chapter 5
"Rosa who?"Vito's denial came too fast. His throat bobbed like a man swallowing glass."I don't know what you're talking about."But his mind was already racing back to that day. The doorman's call. Rushing home. Finding her standing there — disheveled, worn down, nothing like the woman he married.
The Don’s Neglected Wife Chapter 3
My blood went cold.Vito had a memory like a steel trap. He could recite case files from ten years ago. But he didn't recognize his own wife's number."It's me," I said. "I'm looking for Rosa.""She's in the shower."He didn't even register my voice. Flat. Dismissive. Like I was a telemarketer.Thro
The Don’s Neglected Wife Chapter 2
I don't remember getting home.The doorman looked at my face — torn clothes, bandages on my cheek — and didn't believe I was Sera Hart. He called Vito.When I heard his voice, I snatched the phone and threw it against the wall.I walked away with nothing. No wallet. No phone. Just the clothes on my
The Don’s Neglected Wife Chapter 1
"Ma'am, please use the emergency exit. Do not remain here."The airport speaker crackled again. I took one step, and my legs gave way.I had traveled through hell to get here. No sleep, no food, just the roar of engines and the taste of fear.And for what?On the flight back home, I finally let myse
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