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The Mafia Don Who Chose His First Love Regretted Losing Me

The Mafia Don Who Chose His First Love Regretted Losing Me

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Tragic Love

Mafia

Bias

Winning Back the Wife

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Five months after opening my bakery in Sicily, I ran into Quill Moretti, the Mafia Don who had once paid me to be his lover. He stared at my pregnant belly, mockery and warning in his eyes. "Claire, you've got some nerve! Thinking you can use a baby to become my wife! "The only woman I've ever loved is Sherry!" I scoffed. "I think you've misread the situation. "I'm carrying my husband's baby." Quill's brow furrowed. "Trash like you will lie about anything! "I want a paternity test. You're coming with me." I nodded calmly. "Fine. We'll go first thing tomorrow morning." Three years ago, I was nothing more than a hotel housekeeper. While cleaning a suite, I accidentally knocked over the man staying there. Quill. He'd been drinking heavily. He stared at me for a long moment, then dragged me onto the bed. We were tangled up together all night. Once he sobered up, Quill tossed me an agreement. "Be my woman. "A million dollars a month." I thought of my mother, who was fighting cancer and desperately needed expensive treatment. She finally had a chance. I agreed without hesitation. Quill's sexual appetite was insatiable. At least five times a day. But he refused to let me get pregnant. "Someone of your lowly status doesn't deserve to carry my child." So I took the pill, over and over again. Until his first love, Sherry Russo, came back. Quill threw me a bank card. "A hundred million dollars to end this. Be smart and take it." I had always known that Quill's possessive hold on me was not love. So I accepted his offer. On the day of his wedding to Sherry, I slipped away without a word. And married a strikingly handsome billionaire who rivaled Quill in every way in a private civil ceremony.

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Chapter 1

Seeing how calmly I accepted his proposal, a flicker of surprise crossed Quill's eyes.

He took several steps toward me, arrogance plastered across his face.

"Claire, I'm actually doing this for your own good.

"Look at yourself. You took that enormous check I gave you and made quite the life.

"You've got your own shop now, and you're all dolled up.

"So don't go dreaming about a position you don't deserve."

He actually thought I'd used his money to open this bakery!

The truth was, the hundred million dollars Quill gave me had been laundered funds from an offshore account.

I channeled it through overseas charities and donated every cent to help girls who'd been seized as collateral for their parents' crushing gambling debts, buying back their freedom.

This bakery was fully funded by my husband.

Though I'd tried many times to talk him out of spending so much, he would always cup my face in both hands.

"Claire, you're my beloved princess.

"You deserve the very best this world has to offer."

I didn't want to get tangled up with Quill any further, so I told him plainly.

"If there's nothing urgent, I need to get back to work.

"I still have plenty of customers waiting."

The moment I turned to leave, displeasure flickered across Quill's face.

He stepped forward and grabbed my arm, his eyes darkening.

"Playing hard to get?

"You think if you walk away right now, I'll chase after you?"

I was speechless.

He smirked.

"Claire, stop flattering yourself.

"You snuck off on my wedding day to Sherry. That was already the ultimate disrespect.

"Don't keep fantasizing that you still have the slightest place in my heart!"

Quill's little speech left me caught somewhere between laughter and exasperation.

But several regulars were still waiting for their food, so I had no choice but to ask the floor manager to attend to them for me.

Before he could disturb my customers any further, I pulled the persistent Quill into the staff lounge.

We sat down across from each other.

"Mr. Moretti, first of all, I really am married."

I flashed the twenty-carat diamond on my middle finger.

Quill's pupils dilated instantly, disbelief written all over his face.

But within seconds, he let out a cold laugh.

"What a pathetic lie!

"A man who can afford a twenty-carat diamond would need to be worth hundreds of millions at the very least!

"A man of that caliber would want you?

"Tell the truth. It's just some ten-dollar knockoff, isn't it?"

If this had been the old days, I would have groveled when Quill humiliated me like this.

But I wasn't that timid, spineless Claire anymore.

My husband had given me boundless love.

Under his care, I'd gradually left the past behind and grown confident and open.

Now I could face anything head-on.

I poured an entire glass of water over Quill's head, seething through clenched teeth.

"Get out of my place. Now.

"Tomorrow morning, I'll go with you for the test.

"Until then, stop harassing me!"
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Chapter 1
Seeing how calmly I accepted his proposal, a flicker of surprise crossed Quill's eyes.He took several steps toward me, arrogance plastered across his face."Claire, I'm actually doing this for your own good."Look at yourself. You took that enormous check I gave you and made quite the life."You've got your own shop now, and you're all dolled up."So don't go dreaming about a position you don't deserve."He actually thought I'd used his money to open this bakery!The truth was, the hundred million dollars Quill gave me had been laundered funds from an offshore account.I channeled it through overseas charities and donated every cent to help girls who'd been seized as collateral for their parents' crushing gambling debts, buying back their freedom.This bakery was fully funded by my husband.Though I'd tried many times to talk him out of spending so much, he would always cup my face in both hands."Claire, you're my beloved princess."You deserve the very best this world has to offer."
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Chapter 2
The instant the water drenched him, Quill's body went rigid.He stared at me wide-eyed, his voice trembling."You... you actually dared to do that to me?"The next second, his personal bodyguard, Raul Vega, whipped out a handgun and aimed it at me. "You're dead!"Just as Raul was about to pull the trigger, Quill snatched the gun away, his voice dropping low."Did you forget the rule I set? Nobody is allowed to harm Claire on a whim. Including you."Raul looked wounded."But she just disrespected you!"Quill closed his eyes, a flash of anger crossing his face."I give the orders, Raul. Don't tell me how to run my business."Then Quill pulled out a handkerchief and dabbed at his soaked hair, his reddened eyes locked on me."Claire, you didn't used to be like this."You used to be so gentle and obedient around me. You never dared to defy me."His voice grew hoarse."Why is it that after only five months apart, you've become a completely different person?"Quill's question brought back mem
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Chapter 3
Later, while walking through the garden one day, I overheard a conversation between Luca and Raul.Raul wore a sycophantic smile."Consigliere, it was all thanks to your brilliant idea, sending me to Dr. Dean Mercer, director of St. Raphael Medical Center, for an undetectable poison."Claire would never suspect that I put the poison in her bedtime milk!"My heart clenched as if it had been sliced to ribbons."I did it for Quill's sake." Luca's eyes gleamed with cunning. "If that woman gives birth to a bastard, it would jeopardize the business alliance that Sherry's family brings to the table and destroy the Moretti Family's international partnerships. I will never allow that kind of threat."Raul gazed at him with admiration. "You always see the bigger picture! With a consigliere like you, the Moretti Family will never fall!"I stumbled my way to Quill, crying and screaming that I wanted out of this sickening arrangement.For the first time, Quill lost his temper at me. He gripped my c
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Chapter 4
Sherry gazed at Quill, her eyes wide with feigned innocence as tears streamed down her face."Sweetheart, there's no way I can let her have this baby!"It would be a massive insult to me, to you, and to the entire Moretti Family!"A hint of hesitation flickered across Quill's face before he wrapped his arm around Sherry's waist."Darling, the way I see it..."But before he could finish, his phone rang."Mr. Moretti, the last shipment you arranged for me was excellent. I'd like to place a much bigger order."It was a longtime client calling.He responded at once, "One moment, please. Don't hang up." Then he turned to Raul. "Stay with my wife and handle the situation."And he hurried off.But as Quill passed by me, he fixed me with a long look.There was something in those eyes that almost seemed like...Reluctance?I immediately shook the thought away.He was nothing but a monster. Monsters don't have human feelings.At Sherry's command, Raul called in several of his men.Then they tied
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Chapter 5
"This is no way to handle things. You're making the Moretti Family look bad!"The moment Sherry heard the voice, she flinched so hard the apple dropped from her hand.It was Quill's mother, Camilla Moretti.Camilla crossed the room toward me with exaggerated elegance."It's been a while, Claire."As she drew close, she looked down at me with her trademark arrogance."Five months apart, and you still haven't improved one bit."Still deluding yourself that a baby will make you the lady of the Moretti Family!"Like mother, like son.Now I knew where Quill got his stupidity and arrogance.Sherry rushed over to Camilla, her expression anxious."Mother, don't waste your breath on this shameless woman! Just let Raul put a bullet in her!"With that, she shot Raul a look.Raul understood and moved to pull the trigger.Camilla stepped forward and stopped him with a sharp command."When are you going to fix that impulsive temper of yours?!"Her eyes were full of calculation."Actually, before I c
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Chapter 6
I was carrying my husband's baby!How could it suddenly be Quill's?!The next second, a suspicion formed in my mind.I immediately looked at Sherry and Camilla.They were staring at each other, their mouths twisted into matching smirks.What else was there to figure out?So that was Luca's plan for Camilla: make the baby in my belly appear to be Quill's.He wanted to use the falsified results to force Quill into dealing with me.Sure enough, the moment Quill saw the results, he was visibly shaken.He seized my wrist, his brow furrowed tight."Claire, the proof is right here. How are you going to talk your way out of this?!"It's mine and you said it wasn't. Why?"His expression was a tangle of emotions.Indignation. Hurt. Fury. And even a trace of... sorrow?I clenched my fists and spoke, slow and deliberate."Because it was never yours."Quill's shoulders began to tremble, and even his breathing grew strained."Claire, be honest with me! The old you would never have lied to me."Just
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Chapter 7
The first video.Quill summoned one of his female bodyguards and handed her a stack of cash."I've found out that Claire opened a bakery in Sicily. Disguise yourself as a customer and go check on her. Make sure she's safe."I stared in shock at the woman on screen. She clearly had short hair and dressed conservatively, yet every time she visited my bakery, she wore a long, curly wig and deliberately dressed in flashy, provocative outfits.Each time, she bought piles of pastries and had them boxed up, always insisting on no change, saying her family loved my desserts.So her family had been Quill all along.The second video showed Sherry and Quill arguing."Just knowing she's alive and well in Sicily makes my heart ache! Sweetheart, get rid of her, please?""Sherry, there's no need to get worked up over a woman like that.""Are you protecting her?""That's enough. Stop fighting. Go back to your room and rest. I still have business to handle."Then came the sound of Sherry stomping her f
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Chapter 8
Luca's eyes darted around, unable to come up with a defense.Raul jumped in. "Don, surely you're not going to believe him over Consigliere Luca?"But before his words even settled, Dean handed Quill a stack of photographs.As Quill flipped through them one by one, his eyes blazed with shock and fury.Luca handing Dr. Ricci a bank card.Dr. Ricci changing the report on her computer from "paternity excluded" to "paternity confirmed."And scenes of Luca sponsoring the doctor's education years ago.Every bit of it was captured in those photographs."No! These photos are all fabricated!" Luca scrambled to defend himself, his eyes pleading with Quill. "Quill, you know me. I've always put the Moretti Family's interests first. I would never...""Bullshit!"Dean stared Luca down with righteous fury, then reached into his white coat and pulled out a black pen."Whether or not you'd do something this vile, we'll find out from this recording!"He pressed a button on the pen.Raul's voice filled th
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Chapter 9
Third person’s POVThe instant Luca hit the ground, the entire hospital erupted in chaos.Alarms blared. People in the corridors scrambled in every direction.Nurses raced to each room, guiding patients to safety.But a handful of curious onlookers crowded in to see what had happened.Within minutes, the local police chief arrived with a squad of officers.The chief didn't immediately question who had shot Luca.Instead, he first ordered several officers to carry Luca's body away and clean up the blood.Once that was done, the chief approached Quill and whispered in his ear."Mr. Moretti, don't forget what we agreed on."Quill slowly lifted his head, pressing his grief down behind his eyes, his voice slightly hoarse."Don't worry. By tomorrow morning, your account will have ten million dollars."The chief's eyes lit up. "Excellent."Then he turned to address everyone at the scene."After conferring with Mr. Moretti, we can preliminarily determine that Consigliere Luca's death was a tar
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Chapter 10
I noticed the police chief had only exchanged a few brief words with Quill before hurrying off.In that moment, I was certain the ever-calculating Quill had bought off the chief in advance.The chief's claim that Consigliere Luca had been killed by a rival syndicate was undoubtedly a story Quill had prepared ahead of time.I'd been with Quill long enough to witness how he operated firsthand.When he wanted someone in the Moretti Family eliminated, he never dirtied his own hands.Instead, he quietly arranged for outside operatives to do the job.The person who shot Consigliere Luca must have been a sniper Quill had positioned in advance.What shocked and terrified me even more was that Quill had managed to kill two birds with one stone. He didn't just take out Luca. He turned Raul into the prime suspect.And then there were the nurses, patients, and families, all paid off with Quill's hush money.Luca's true cause of death would likely remain a secret forever."Claire!"Just as I was lo
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