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Queenie urgently shut her mouth. Nothing was hidden from Dia Lucrii about Rose. Everyone was trained, everyone was told how to act before Rose, yet Queenie was the one who slipped up.“She is just trying to save face with the guests, Wifey. Do you want her to use your sister’s name? Is that what you want?” mocked Kingsley.“You know… you know that the bride is replaced. Why are you smiling then? Why have you not killed me yet? Why have you not killed my whole family yet? Ursa betrayed you, didn’t she?” asked Rose with a straight face.“Heh!” Kingsley scoffed. “You all are the golden goose. Why would I kill my goose? And you are my wifey now. How can I hurt my wifey? I took a vow to protect you, to be with you in sickness and health. Not even death can keep us apart, Wifey. You are stuck with me, forever!” He never lost his smile, but Rose heard the hidden message in his words. He cared about money and nothing else. And if he killed her family, how would he get his money? Everything cam

So many emotions were swirling around in Rose’s mind and heart. Everything was scary and confusing. Finally, she was married, but not to the man she wanted. The whole town was present at her wedding except her own family, her father, her protector, Roger. She was married to the godfather of Dia Lucrii, the leader of a mafia gang.Her stepmother had threatened her; she had absolutely sold her to a mafia gang. But in this arrangement, Dia Lucrii would get both the bride and the money. And she was sure that Kingsley would leave her for a new woman every night. She was at least happy with that turn of events. She wouldn’t have to touch someone she didn’t like or love.But she was shocked that Kingsley had already hurt Ursa, and he had dragged Vanessa to the reception. What confused her further was that if Vanessa was at the wedding venue, why didn’t Kingsley drag her to the stage and get married to her? Did he not see her then? And why did he bring her to the reception? What was he going

Vanessa fell down and curled herself into a fetal position to protect herself from the beating, but Ursa kept hurting her, even though every movement of her hands was hurting Ursa too.“Mom, stop! Mom! Ow! Mom! Please!” Vanessa kept pleading, but Ursa didn’t stop till her anger was gone. Tears were streaming down her face. She was angry and sad. Angry at Vanessa for acting without her permission and sad because she herself was hitting her kid. “Mom! Stop!” sobbed Vanessa. “Why? Why are you hitting me? What did I do?”“What did you do? What did you do? You stupid, stupid girl! Look at my face, look at my face! This is what they did to me because of you,” shrieked Ursa. Vanessa stood up, sobbing and wiped her tears.“What are you talking about, Mom?” sniffled Vanessa.Slap! Another slap cracked against Vanessa’s cheek. She finally tasted blood. A drop dripped from the corner of her mouth. “Mom!” cried Vanessa and wiped the blood with the back of her hand.“You fool! Who the hell told yo

Rose’s eyes widened. “Wha…t? What are you going to do?” Every single hair on her body stood up.“I am carrying my wifey. Is that a crime?” Kingsley smiled.“Excuse me!” shouted Rose. Every guest turned to look at her. Kingsley lowered himself and whispered in her ear, “Calm down! Maintain the façade. You are now my wife. If I show my real face to you- my coldness- people will come after you, thinking I don’t care for you, and they can easily hurt you. Your stepmother will not pay a dime and will stall the payment, thinking if I don’t care about my wife, why should she pay? She will think that I will kill you much more easily if I don’t feel anything for you. But if people see I dote on you, they will think twice before touching you, just like they don’t touch my family. So do you want people coming after you, or do you want protection? Everything will depend on you. You just have to show that I am your living husband to the world, that’s it. What say?”Rose gulped and lowered her voic

Rose sat in the car, sweating from every orifice. She didn’t understand what was happening. She just knew that Kingsley ran with her, dumped her into the car and ordered the driver to drive like the wind. She wanted to ask what was going on and why they were on the run, why every person belonging to Dia Lucrii looked agitated. And where were they taking her?What she could gather from the constant chatter was that someone named Sterling was coming. But who was he, and why did Dia Lucrii fear him? Everything that happened today was hurting her brain as well as her body. Popping so many pills was not doing her any favours. Slowly, the AC of the car made her feel better. She removed the pin from the veil and folded the veil in her lap.She kept glancing at Kingsley and immediately looked away. Even though he was her husband, she didn’t know him. Well, she knew of him. She knew that he was the leader of Dia Lucrii and was called the devil mafia boss. She knew that he was shot in his arm a