All Chapters of CLAIMED BY THE DON: Chapter 71 - Chapter 75

ENZO’S POV I carried Elena through the front door with her body light in my arms and her breaths shallow against my chest as the mall chaos faded behind us. Mamma Rosa sat in the living room fussing over Papa’s scraped knuckles from steadying her earlier. The silence that hung thick in the house was broken by our footsteps echoing on the marble floors. I avoided her eyes knowing that one word from her would spark questions that I plan to dodge, because in my mind I was already plotting the paths back to that bitch who dared lay hands on what belonged to me. And then there was Donna Sofia lurking in my thoughts too with her poison smile, threatening to spill secrets that could shatter Elena’s trust in me. My fear was what she would see me as when the truth is finally out. Would she see me as fucked up man that got entangled with a married woman older than him? Or would see me as a man that got used as boy and groomed into a fucker? I climbed the stairs carefully so as not to jostle

ENZO’S POV I stood at the mansion’s front window and watched the car disappear down the drive with Elena inside, flanked by Mamma Rosa and Papa. My chest tightened as relief mixed with dread, because I had orchestrated their departure for reasons I kept buried deep. Intel from my sources had buzzed in earlier that Giovanni and Marcini planned to drop by unannounced, and I needed to handle that storm alone. No way would I risk Elena’s safety or expose Mamma and Papa to the ugly truth about my pursuit of Don Antonio’s properties. I had lied straight to Papa’s face days ago, claiming disinterest in those properties and brushing it off as joke, but those assets fueled my revenge, and revealing my hunger for them now would crack our fragile family bonds. With the house empty, I grabbed my jacket and drove back to the city penthouse, the one Giovanni and Marcini knew as my base. Matteo waited there, loyal as ever, and I refused to taint the mansion with their presence. The wedding’s an