All Chapters of His Substitute Turned Into the Mafia Queen: Chapter 11 - Chapter 14

Marco’s POVHow had things turned out like this? How could Adrianna not say a word to me?She must have known all along—known she was Don Conti’s daughter. And still, she never told me.Was she watching me make a fool of myself this whole time? Laughing inside when I said I needed Bianca close to secure the Conti’s backing?All this time… she was the real one. And she let me believe otherwise.The anger I’d held in all night surged up at once. I strode to the bar and swept everything off the counter. Glass shattered against the floor.Still not enough.And that Knox man— Her “perfect match.” Her “future fiancé.”Over my dead body.I was the one who found Adrianna when no one else did. I was the one who let her into my life—helped build everything she has now.Without me… would she even have been recognized by Don Conti? And now, just because she’s angry, she throws herself into another man’s arms?I won’t allow it.I stormed into the living room, ready to smash more things— Then stoppe

Adrianna’s POVWhen another message from Marco came through, I didn’t even look at it. I blocked his new number and deleted the message.I wasn’t wasting another second on him. And there was nothing he could say or do to win me back.“We’re here,” Evan said from the driver’s seat as he pulled up.He had brought me back to our old college.We got off the car and walked across the campus together, the quiet familiar in a way I hadn’t expected.Evan smiled lightly. “When I first heard about the arranged marriage between the Conti and the Knox, I hated it. I’ve never been someone who follows rules—especially not ones that tie my future to another family for profit.”He glanced at me. “I thought it was just something I had to endure.”A soft light fell across his shoulders as he turned to face me, the glow catching in his eyes. “Until I found out… my real fiancée was you.”His smile softened. “And suddenly, it didn’t feel like a sacrifice anymore.”I held his gaze, my heartbeat picking up d