All Chapters of Sold to the Mafia king: The De Luca Bride : Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Sophia POVThe entire ballroom went silent after the slap, and it wasn't a normal silence, it was the kind that made my chest tighten immediately because everybody suddenly looked terrified at the same time, so terrified that even the musicians stopped playing.I stood there breathing hard while the wine glass slipped from my hand and shattered on the floor, and Matteo looked ready to pass out beside me, and honestly, the way everyone around us reacted was finally starting to make me realize I might have made a very stupid decision.Luca De Luca turned his face back toward me slowly, and the red mark from the slap was still visible against his skin, but his expression never changed, and that somehow felt worse than shouting, worse than anger, because nobody moved and nobody spoke, and one of the politicians standing nearby quietly stepped backward like he wanted to leave before violence started.I swallowed hard but forced myself not to look away from Luca, even though my heartbeat wa

Sophia POVThe second I stepped out of Rosa's house, one of the men opened the back door of the black car waiting outside."Get in."His voice was calm, but the gun resting against his side made it clear that refusing wasn't really an option.Matteo stepped in front of me immediately. "She's not going anywhere with you people."Before things could escalate, Vincent walked forward calmly, and unlike the others he didn't look aggressive or impatient, he looked controlled, an expensive suit and a calm expression, the type of man who could probably convince someone to walk into danger willingly."Nobody is here to hurt your sister," he said smoothly.Matteo laughed angrily. "Right. Because showing up with armed men at midnight looks very friendly."Vincent ignored the comment completely and looked at me instead. "Mr. De Luca simply wants a conversation.""I don't," I replied immediately.For the first time since arriving, Luca finally spoke from beside the car. "That wasn't a request," an

Chapter 6Sophia POV"They're inside the church."These words hung in the air like a death sentence, and for one second nobody moved, and then everything happened at once.Another gunshot went off outside, and panic spread through the church fast, guests screaming as they ran from the pews, chairs crashing to the floor, someone knocking over a candle stand near the altar so melted wax splashed across the stone tiles, and the beautiful wedding ceremony that had started less than an hour ago had turned into complete chaos.My heart almost stopped, and before I could react, Luca grabbed my arm and pulled me down beside him so hard my shoulder hit the floor, and I glared at him."What are you doing?" I snapped."Trying to keep you alive," he said quickly.Another gunshot echoed through the church, and the stained-glass window behind us shattered, pieces of colored glass raining across the floor while several people screamed and a woman fainted near the front row, children crying while thei

Sophia POVThe words echoed inside my head for the rest of the journey. Antonio Rossi. Missing.Nobody spoke after Vincent's announcement, and the convoy continued through the rain-soaked streets of Palermo while my thoughts spiraled further with every passing minute, because Antonio wasn't just another Rossi, he was my uncle, the man who used to sneak me chocolate whenever my father wasn't looking, the man who carried Matteo on his shoulders during every family festival, the man who had promised me, years ago, that no matter what happened to our family, I would always have a home in Sicily.Now he was missing. Just gone.I stared out the window, barely noticing the city rushing past, because this couldn't be a coincidence anymore, not with the church attack first and Antonio disappearing only hours later, which meant someone was hunting my family.I lifted my eyes toward Luca, who was speaking quietly with Vincent, both of them discussing security like this was just another ordinary

Sophia POVThe moment the stranger disappeared behind the line of cypress trees, instinct took over. I ran."Sophia!" Rosa called after me, her voice carrying across the cemetery, but I didn't stop, the narrow stone paths still damp from the rain, my heels slipping more than once as I hurried between rows of old graves, mourners turning to stare and whisper as I brushed past them, though I ignored every curious look, because a few seconds ago that man had been standing there, watching my uncle's burial like he belonged to no one and nothing, and the instant our eyes met, he vanished.He couldn't have gone far.Breathing hard, I reached the spot where I'd seen him, my eyes sweeping over the cemetery, searching every path, every monument, every cluster of trees. Nothing. The wind stirred the branches overhead, sending a few drops of rain onto my shoulders, and apart from the distant voices of mourners leaving the burial, the cemetery had gone eerily quiet.I frowned. I wasn't imagining t