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All Chapters of My Best Friend's Inheritance: Chapter 1 - Chapter 7

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Chapter 1

"The underboss wants you to come clean up."When I received the call from Gaspare Volpe's subordinate, I was watching the housekeeper tidy up the mess from his party the night before.In the third year of our marriage, Gaspare had dismissed all the household staff and made me handle every chore myself."Alright."I agreed without hesitation, skillfully disguising my preparations to leave. Before heading out, I reminded the housekeeper to take the garbage with her.Agreeing to do it was one thing. Actually doing it was another.Every time Gaspare finished with a lover, he would call me to clean up the room. I wondered which one it would be today. Lily? Or Celeste, who had come last month?My favorite was still Sandra. She only ever made a mess on the bed, never the entire room.When I opened the door, I found an unfamiliar face staring back at me.This woman had features that bore a passing resemblance to my best friend, Vera Toscano. I could not help but smile.Gaspare's litt

Chapter 2

I obediently sat down beside him. Around me, eyes appraised me without shame while teasing laughter filled the air."Not bad at all! I haven't seen you in a while, but damn, you must be packing a D cup now!"Vittorio pulled me close and brought his wine glass to my lips. I drank from his hand. The others around us grew even more boisterous."Wow, you really know how to show respect!"Gaspare swallowed the wine that a beautiful lady beside him had fed him mouth to mouth. Sitting across from us, he smiled at me with satisfaction, like he was silently praising an obedient pet.I nestled docilely in Vittorio's arms and leaned intimately close to his ear. "The Cutton supplier accepted your terms."Vittorio blocked my face from view amidst the others' jeering and pretended to kiss me."Gaspare's already reached an agreement with the seller. Once he secures control of the East District port, it'll become the distribution channel for their new drugs.""That's the Romano family's territ

Chapter 3

Vittorio intercepted me on the road down the mountain. I handed him the USB drive hidden in my hair."Inside are the detailed records of Gaspare's port trade operations."In exchange, he passed me a roll of film."My men intercepted this. You guessed right. Vera wasn't the first."Vittorio's voice carried a chill."Three years ago, they did it to a starlet in that villa. They made it look like she'd jumped."After parting with Vittorio, I returned to the villa the Toscano family had given me and waited for Gaspare's next move.Sure enough, early the next morning, my nominal father, Silvano Toscano, came pounding on my door."You've got some nerve now? Daring to run away!"Before I could speak, his cane came down on me. Even though I had prepared myself, I was still beaten until I was dizzy and disoriented.This was not the first time.Whenever things did not go his way, Gaspare would threaten Silvano. He knew Silvano would do his dirty work for him. All Gaspare had to do was

Chapter 4

A few days later, good news arrived.Gaspare's Greenfield Tech bid had failed. Vittorio seized the opportunity and joined forces with the Romano family to take control of the warehouse and port transportation hubs."Gaspare brought his men into a shootout with the Romano family. In the crossfire, he injured the second son of their family."The Romano family is furious. They've demanded the Commission launch a full investigation. The Volpe family has also formed an investigative committee. All of Gaspare's business operations have been shut down."Listening to my assistant's report, I calmly poured myself a cup of tea.Pulling Gaspare down from his pedestal was only the first step. In his rush to expand, he had signed a high-stakes performance agreement with the family.Now that his new route had been cut off, his cash flow dried up instantly. It would be enough to turn everyone against him.The Volpe family hastily called a press conference for Gaspare to quell the rumors.Unde

Chapter 5

Seeing Gaspare's message on the screen, I was so furious I wanted to crush my phone."If you don't come back, I'll dig up her grave and scatter her ashes!"Everyone said Vera was his unattainable ideal, but when it came time to use her, he showed no mercy at all.The day I returned to the country, Gaspare cornered me at the airport. He dragged me straight home and had his men search me from head to toe."Gaspare, you can't possibly think I'd be stupid enough to bring evidence back with me when I came to see you."You've spent years expanding aggressively, monopolizing all the downstream drug distribution channels in the state. You haven't just been stealing from me."Did you really think no one else wanted to take you down?"Vittorio made arrangements with the other families long ago. Once you fall, they'll redistribute the port shares and downstream markets based on contribution.""Raven, I only agreed to marry you because you looked so much like Vera. You...""Wrong!" I cut

Chapter 6

"Did you all think I was easy to bully?"If I hadn't been waiting for the right timing, why would I have tolerated your beatings for so many years?"Every time you hit me, my only comfort was thinking that at least it was me and not her."Vera was always frail. If it had been her, she probably would have died by your hands long ago!"Silvano retreated slowly."You're here... you're here for her...""That's right. I'm here to avenge her. Did you think I came to play the dutiful daughter?"You handed Vera over to Gaspare for your own gain. You never cared whether she lived or died!"Enraged and humiliated, Silvano pressed the gun to my forehead."I'll kill you!""Go ahead."I watched him pull the trigger without flinching. As shock filled his eyes, I opened my clenched fist and let several bullets fall out."Since I dared to come here, would I come unprepared?"He fumbled frantically to reload the gun. I snatched it from his hand and kicked him.Silvano's fat body collapsed

Chapter 7

I smiled and pulled out a syringe from nearby.Gaspare had been so focused on firing the gun that he never noticed the anesthetic dart shot by the mechanism when he entered.His body went limp as I tied him up and dragged him upstairs.As terror filled his eyes, I pushed him through the door. Inside stood several large men I had carefully selected."Take good care of our former underboss."…Gaspare was tortured for an entire day and night. The next day, I hauled his half-dead body into a wheelchair and leaned close to his ear."Gaspare, I told you before. You have more enemies than just me."I wheeled him to Vera's grave."Bringing you here to apologize is the one thing I've dreamed about day and night for years."Just as he used to do to me, I grabbed his chin and forcibly turned his head towards the tombstone."You haven't forgotten, have you? Today is the anniversary of her death."I flipped the wheelchair from behind. With his hands and feet bound, he sprawled pathetic

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