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The Empire I Claimed
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Synopsis
Winning Back the Wife
Mafia
True and Fake Heiress
Plot Twists
Feel-Good Story
Melodramatic
Girl Power
Revenge
I had been in a secret relationship with Don Vincent Russo for ten years. The night I found out I was pregnant, he had already booked a wedding. I thought the man who had taken me in from the orphanage was finally going to give me a home. That was, until I saw the video of him kissing his first love, Sofia Costa. On my way to confront him, I was hit by a car and thrown onto the pavement. Lying in a pool of my own blood, I called him again and again. Nineteen times. When he finally answered, he was coaxing Sofia. "If it's too noisy, just turn off the phone, my principessa. Your mood matters most. "Our partnership with the Costa family depends on you." I hung up in despair. What he did not know was that not long before that, I had learned the truth. I was the real heir to the Costa family. The woman he loved… was nothing more than a fake I would tear down with my own hands.
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The Empire I Claimed Chapter 19
In December, the winds of Sicelia cut sharp and cold.The engagement banquet was held at the Costa family's oldest estate.Built along the coastline, the manor overlooked the dark blue Mediterranean through towering floor-to-ceiling windows.Tonight, every light was blazing.Almost every Don, family representative, and council elder in the mafia world had gathered here.I stood on the terrace of the grand hall, looking down at the crowd below.I wore a custom gown, with my mother's emerald shawl draped over my shoulders.Matteo stepped up beside me. Dressed in a deep gray suit, his broad shoulders and commanding presence seemed to quiet the world around him."Nervous?" he asked softly."A little," I admitted.He let out a low laugh and gently placed his warm hand over mine. "Don't be. I'm here."I turned to meet his gaze. There was nothing in his eyes but admiration and love.I smiled. "I know."Below us, the orchestra began to play a slow, elegant melody.Matteo extended
The Empire I Claimed Chapter 18
Vincent became obsessed with seeing me.He waited outside the Costa family headquarters like a vagrant.Every attempt to contact me failed. His calls were always redirected. The letters he sent were returned unopened.The girl he once summoned and dismissed at will had become a principessa he could no longer even glimpse.He started repeating the same words to everyone around him."It wasn't her. My Bella would never do this."She's soft, she's kind. She wouldn't be this ruthless."It has to be the Costa family pulling the strings. It has to be."The louder he spoke, the emptier his eyes became.In the end, Vincent broke.Under the weight of blow after blow, he finally understood something clearly.The girl he had treated like a possession, someone he thought he could control, had always had the power to destroy him.He began to have nightmares every night.In his dreams, I was still the girl who handed him a can of tomatoes by the sea.When he woke up, all that remained
The Empire I Claimed Chapter 17
"Step one, cut off their core smuggling route in the north."I want them to have no time to fight back."Three days after the order was given, the Russo family's largest arms shipment was intercepted on the open sea. Cargo worth millions sank straight to the ocean floor.When the news reached headquarters, it was said that Vincent smashed everything in his office that could be broken.However, that was only the beginning.Step two, I paid visits to several senior Dons within the council.A few days later, an official notice was issued.The Russo family was stripped of all speaking and voting rights within the council.That meant they had completely lost the protection of the rules.Enemies who had once held back then rushed in like sharks smelling blood.Vincent was overwhelmed.He tried to secure any alliance he could, but every time a deal seemed close, it collapsed at the last moment.Step three, I severed the final lifeline the Russo family depended on."Turn Carlo."
The Empire I Claimed Chapter 16
I sat in the passenger seat of Matteo's car.The window was half open, and the salty sea breeze rushed in, sweeping away the heavy scent of perfume.I had assumed he would take me somewhere extravagant. A private club. A Michelin-starred restaurant.However, when the car came to a stop, I froze. In front of me was a small seaside restaurant.The wooden sign above the door was weathered by years of wind and salt, with the word "Home" written in Sicelian dialect.Wind chimes hung under the porch, ringing softly in the breeze."Why here…" I murmured, surprised."In this city, it's my favorite place," Matteo said as he opened the door for me. His voice softened in the wind. "It's also where I first saw you.""The first time you saw me?" I frowned, confused.He guided me inside.The place was simple. Wooden tables and chairs. Faded paintings of the sea hung on the walls.Behind the counter stood a middle-aged man with a kind smile. When he saw Matteo, he nodded respectfully.I
The Empire I Claimed Chapter 4
The casino buzzed with noise and chatter.Vincent had his arm around Sofia's waist, guiding her hand as he showed her how to play roulette.I walked straight up to the table and slammed down the eagle emblem that marked my identity as a member of the family."I'm leaving the family."Vincent fro
The Empire I Claimed Chapter 3
The next day, I checked out of the hospital, enduring the sting of my abrasions and the dull ache in my lower abdomen.I did not go home. Instead, I went straight to the family headquarters.That accident… I could not decide whether it had been fortunate or cruel.Fortunate, because I had only su
The Empire I Claimed Chapter 2
After finalizing my plans for revenge, I reopened the video.Vincent's face was not visible, but on his ring finger was the ring I had saved up for an entire year to buy. Back then, he had looked at it with reddened eyes and said, "Isabella, one day I'll place the family ring on your hand."Yet, i
The Empire I Claimed Chapter 1
In the emergency room, the doctors worked frantically to save the child inside me.I kept dialing Vincent Russo's number over and over again."Pick up… please… just pick up…"The blood beneath me kept spreading, warm and unstoppable, as my vision slowly blurred.On the nineteenth try, the call f
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