Semua Bab The Mafia Bride Makes Her Choice: Bab 1 - Bab 10

On the day of my birthday celebration, Giovanni didn't show up until most of the elders had already left. He strolled in, arm in arm with Eleanor.Eleanor's cheeks were flushed, and her steps were unsteady. Giovanni wore a satisfied look, and red marks were clearly visible on his neck.It was obvious to everyone what they had just done.The old me from my previous life would've burst into tears right then and there. I would've confronted them, demanding to know why they would do something like this.It was my birthday, after all.One of them was the man I had chased for five years. In all of Velmont's underworld, everyone knew he was supposed to be my fiance.The other was my adopted sister, the second daughter of the Vinci family, whom my parents raised as if she were their own.And yet, the two of them went behind my back and started an affair without a shred of shame. Did they ever once stop to think how I might feel?But now, I merely glanced at them and continued my conver

Giovanni's slap landed hard. My right cheek swelled instantly, burning with every throb.I had endured enough from him in both lives. I wanted to lunge at him and strike back, but the hall was full of guests attending the Carlo family's Christmas banquet. I had no choice but to take a deep breath and force my clenched fists to loosen.They could act without shame, but I couldn't. I was the eldest daughter of the Vinci family, the one my Papa trusted the most, and the woman set to marry the heir of the Carlo family. I had a name to protect.After seeing that I had no intention of fighting back, Eleanor smiled in triumph.Giovanni seemed to realize he'd gone too far. He reached out to help me, but Eleanor clung to him and whimpered, "Giovanni, Estella pushed me… my foot hurts so bad…" Her tears came on cue, drawing the attention of those nearby. Whispers and glances began circling around me."Isn't that the Vinci family's eldest daughter? She can't attract a man herself, so she ta

Throughout the rest of the Christmas banquet, Salvatore never left my side. His gaze was always steady and tender.He carried a subtle woody scent that put people at ease.Choosing Salvatore wasn't a rash decision.In my past life, one of Giovanni's lovers poisoned my cake on my birthday.By then, Giovanni had already taken over the Carlo family. He had grown tired of me, enough to turn a blind eye. As I lay dying, he had me dumped in the countryside and ordered his men to make it look like an accident.Somehow, Salvatore found out. He shot the man who left me there, then tore through hospitals all over Velmont, desperate to save me. Unfortunately, it was too late. He couldn't bring me back.After that, he turned against his family and fought hard to build his own empire. In the end, he destroyed Giovanni and everything the Carlo family built.As I watched from the afterlife as the fire devoured half of Velmont's underworld, I thought he looked more like a vengeful ghost than

On the morning of the wedding, my mother woke me before dawn to begin dressing and doing my hair.Salvatore came in person to escort me into the bridal car and take me to the church.Along the way, I stole glances at his profile. He was nothing like Giovanni. While Giovanni had the flirtatious charm of a playboy, Salvatore carried the quiet grace of a gentleman.I once thought he was cold and heartless—that was until I saw how far he had gone to avenge me in my past life. The thought filled my chest with warmth.It was the same church and the same path, yet everything in me felt completely different.In my past life, I was anxious and uneasy, afraid Giovanni would back out of the wedding. But this time, all I felt was a sense of peace I had never known before.Suddenly, a bulletproof SUV cut across the road and forced the bridal car to a halt.To my shock, it was Giovanni. He was dressed like a groom in a black suit, with a white boutonniere pinned to his chest.My expression

A few months later, I found out I was pregnant.Uncle Michael called us in. He planned to step down early and hand over leadership of the Carlo family to Salvatore."Your brothers are useless. Don't trust them with power. Just make sure they have enough to live on," he said.Neither Giovanni nor Eleanor showed up on the day Salvatore officially took over the family.Uncle Michael knew exactly what kind of man Giovanni was, which was why he still kept him confined to the estate.As for Eleanor, she spiraled into addiction after Giovanni dumped her, just like the junkie father she was born to. Her mind and body both fell apart. Papa eventually had her sent to a rehab facility somewhere in Euravia.I overheard someone say, "I heard that if you gave her a hit, she'd crawl into your bed without hesitation. Like mother, like daughter. What a waste of all those years the Vinci family spent raising her."Eleanor's ending in this life was truly pathetic.Later on, after Giovanni's confi