All Chapters of Contract Marriage to the Cold Hearted Mafia Boss : Chapter 171 - Chapter 178

BiancaNight is beginning to fall, and the weather is cold, but I don’t want to go inside the house. Those four walls remind me of the prison my life has become.At least Edoardo hasn’t returned. From what I hear, he was furious because they wouldn’t let him come for Thanksgiving, as if he actually cared about that kind of celebration. He only wanted to come and torture me. Apparently, that’s the only thing that truly makes him happy.Fortunately, Remo didn’t insist on the ridiculous idea of having dinner together, as though we were actually a happy family. He hasn’t approached me since the last time, and I hope things stay that way.I hear a noise coming from the bushes, and my pulse quickens, but I keep staring in that direction without seeing anything.It must be an animal, I think.I turn around to leave, but I’ve barely taken a couple of steps when I feel someone grab my arm. My first instinct is to scream, but a hand covers my mouth just as my back collides with a chest as hard

Bianca As far back as I can remember, Arianna has always been part of my life. She's always been by my side, supporting me even when she didn't realize she was doing it. She's always been that little ray of light in the middle of so much darkness. After Dante did what he did to me, she became the only person I felt safe with. I could spend hours lying beside her, playing games and doing her hair. Those were the only moments when I could feel like a little girl again. At the same time, something awakened inside me. An instinct to protect her that I hadn't known I possessed. Almost maternal, despite my young age. I didn't want her to experience what I was going through. I didn't want anyone to hurt her or steal her innocence the way they had stolen mine. That's why, when I hear Fabrizio's words, my entire world comes to a standstill, and my body goes into shock. Arianna has been kidnapped. "Bianca. Bianca." Fabrizio shakes my shoulders. "Come back to me, dolcezza. We have to go."

BiancaI watch the snow fall as I sit in an armchair facing the closed terrace doors. Outside, everything is frozen, just like my life; halted, locked inside this prison of loneliness and sadness.Every day is the same and yet a little worse, because the wound, instead of closing, feels more open with every passing second. I don’t know how I’ve managed to endure so much time without him, without seeing him, without hearing him. My only comfort is knowing that he is well, with his own people, and that Ari has recovered, at least physically.A half-smile forms on my face amidst so many tears at the thought of that baby on the way. I am sure it will be the blessing that finally brings its parents back together, even if my cousin needs time for now. But I am certain she will return to her husband; she loves him and he loves her—there is no other possible ending for them than to be together."At least one of us will be happy," I sob to the empty air as I wipe away my tears.I thought that

BiancaI don't have time to process anything else before my face is slammed directly against the wall. A dull pain radiates from my cheekbone through the rest of my body; I feel my skin split and a warm trickle begin to slide down my cheek. Dizziness washes over me instantly, but he yanks my hair again until I feel strands tearing loose, and he shoves a door open to throw me inside a room.I crash to the floor, bruising my knees in the process, but the real terror hits when I see her sitting on a chair in the center of the room with Remo holding her shoulders."I'm sorry," she sobs with a split lip, "I should have protected you better.""Dome." I try to crawl toward her, but Edoardo grabs my hair again."Did you really think I'd never find out?" he coos right in my face with a sinister expression. "That's why you weren't getting pregnant. But that's going to change very soon."I shake my head slowly, tears flooding my eyes."Leave her alone, please, don't hurt her anymore," Domenica b