Chapter 121:The Question He Never Asked

The family portrait remained on the mantel till the next morning, nobody had moved it or suggested putting it away. It simply stayed there, leaning slightly against the polished wood as though it belonged right where it was. Lorenzo found himself looking at it several times throughout that day. At first, he told himself it was because of Matteo's interpretation of their reality. Marco looked perpetually angry. Isabella's hair was bright purple for reasons nobody could explain and Andre had appeared taller than any human being had the right to be. But Lorenzo knew that wasn't the real reason. His attention kept returning to the figure standing near the edge of the drawing. Lucia. Matteo had included her without hesitation or asking any uncertain questions. The boy had simply drawn her where he believed she belonged. With them. The simplicity of it was unsettling. Children had an irritating habit of running directly through problems adults spent years building around themselv

Chapter 122: Thursday Visits

For the rest of the week, there were no answers to Lorenzo's questions, not because Andre did not have any answers to it but because he didn't know how best to respond to it.Those questions had caught him off guard in a way only a few things ever did.For years, he had watched Lucia carry the weight of their separation like a punishment she had willingly imposed on herself. He listened to her ask about Lorenzo countless times and she grimaced whenever his name popped up in their conversations. Yet, somehow, neither mother nor son had ever managed to cross the distance between them or reach out to each other.But now, for the first time, Lorenzo had taken a small, cautious step toward that distance while Andre had spent the next few days thinking about it way more than he should have. By Thursday morning, he found himself driving toward his mother's apartment with a lot of questions still lingering at the back of his mind.As he drove past the same roads and turns, the journey had b

Chapter 123: The Things She Hides

Andre couldn't stop thinking about the family portrait, even after he had left it behind at Lucia’s, the image followed him long after he returned to the villa that evening. Even up until the next week, the mere thought of it continued to bother him and the more he thought about it, the clearer it became.Lucia talked, worried and asked about everyone yet she never talked about herself, even the stories she shared were always carefully chosen. She only talked about the safe memories, funny moments and made small observations. But whenever the conversation threatened to move into uncomfortable territory, she deflected and redirected it so naturally that most people would never notice.But Andre was beginning to notice and once he did, he saw it everywhere.The following Thursday, he arrived at her apartment carrying a bag of groceries and far more questions than usual.Lucia answered the door wearing an apron covered in flour."What are you making?" He asked, the sight of the apron beg

All Chapters of The Mafia Boss's Estranged Bride. : Chapter 121 - Chapter 123

Chapter 121:The Question He Never Asked

Chapter 122: Thursday Visits

Chapter 123: The Things She Hides