All Chapters of BETROTHED TO THE CRAZY DON: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

The Last MissionShe had entered the marriage because other people had written the contract.But this moment belonged to her.And so did the man standing in front of her.Not because he owned her.Not because the contract demanded it.But because, for the first time...she had chosen him.Valentina's smile slowly faded as Alessandro's phone vibrated on the desk.Once.Then again.He glanced at the screen.Lorenzo.Alessandro answered.“Tell me.”Lorenzo's voice came through low and hurried.“We found something.”Alessandro's expression changed.“What?”“A warehouse connected to one of the Ravens' financial accounts.”Valentina watched him carefully.“Are you certain?”“Yes. The address matches one of the old properties connected to Gabriel.”Alessandro grabbed his coat.“I'll be there.”“No, Don.”Lorenzo's voice sharpened.“You stay with Valentina.”Alessandro stopped.“Why?”“Because if this is connected to the people who took her, you're exactly who they'll expect to come.”A paus

War DeclaredThe bells were still ringing when Alessandro left the church.Lorenzo's funeral had ended.But the grief had barely begun.Rain slid down the black windows of the waiting cars, blurring the city into streaks of gray and silver.Valentina stood beside Alessandro beneath the church steps.Neither of them spoke.She could still feel the weight of his hand around hers.Still see the emptiness in his eyes when he had looked at Lorenzo's coffin.Then his phone vibrated.He glanced at the screen.The families are gathering.His jaw tightened.He slipped the phone into his pocket.“Where are you going?” Valentina asked.“To end this.”She caught his arm.“Alessandro.”He turned.“You said this ends now.”“It does.”“Then don't go alone.”His expression softened.“You're not coming.”“I wasn't asking.”A tired smile touched his lips.“You're becoming very difficult.”“You married me.”“That may have been my first mistake.”She raised an eyebrow.He leaned closer.“But definitely

The TruthMorning came quietly to the De Luca estate.For the first time in days, there were no alarms.No hurried footsteps.No shouted orders from the guards.Just the soft sound of rain against the windows.Valentina sat alone in the library, her mother's letter resting on the table in front of her.She had read it so many times that she knew every word.Still, she couldn't stop looking at it.Her mother was alive.Twenty-three years of believing she had been abandoned had collapsed in a single night.The door opened.Alessandro walked inside.He had changed out of his funeral clothes, but the exhaustion remained in his face.He stopped when he saw her.“You haven't slept.”“Neither have you.”He came closer.Valentina looked up.“I need the whole truth.”Alessandro pulled out the chair beside her.“So do I.”She slid the letter toward him.“This says my mother knew something people were willing to kill for.”“I know.”“And the contract was created to protect me.”“Yes.”“But from

Between UsBy the time Valentina returned to the De Luca estate, the sun had begun to disappear behind the clouds.She sat in the back of the car, staring through the window without really seeing the passing streets.Her shopping bags rested beside her.One of them contained the emerald dress she'd bought.Another held a pair of shoes she had barely looked at before paying for them.She couldn't remember choosing either.Her mind was still at the boutique.Still with Bianca.I was engaged to Alessandro.Valentina closed her eyes.She could still hear the woman's voice.Calm.Confident.Almost affectionate when she spoke his name.And then those final words.You don't know him.Valentina hated that they had stayed with her.She hated even more that part of her believed them.Her phone was still in her hand.She looked at the message she'd sent Alessandro.I'm coming home early.No.That wasn't what she'd written.She had written:I'm coming home early.No.Her thumb moved across the sc

The Life She Never WantedMorning sunlight slipped through the curtains.Valentina opened her eyes slowly.For a few seconds, she didn't remember where she was.Then she felt the warmth beside her.Alessandro was still asleep.One arm rested across the empty space between them, his fingers curled loosely against the sheets as though he'd reached for her sometime during the night.She watched him quietly.There was something almost strange about seeing him like this.No suit.No cold expression.No guards waiting outside.No one calling him Don.Just Alessandro.The man she had once hated.The man she had once blamed for stealing her future.The man she had somehow fallen in love with.Valentina looked toward the window.The estate was quiet.And suddenly, without warning, she remembered the girl she had been before all of this.The girl who had wanted a completely different life.A normal life.A simple one.She had wanted mornings where she could wake up without checking whether some