All Chapters of After My Fiancé Played Me, I Married the Mafia King: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

9 Chapters

Chapter 1

Shortly after I hung up the video call, Rhett arrived. Lina trailed behind him."How are you feeling today?" Rhett asked, his voice full of concern.Lina set a bouquet down by my bed. To my disbelief, it was the bridal bouquet from their wedding!"Vera, I've been worried sick about you! It's all Rhett's fault. If he can't even keep you safe, I'll never forgive him."Lina gave Rhett a playful punch on the arm."It really was my fault this time. I'll be more careful at business meetings from now on."The day before, Rhett and I had attended a banquet.The host, the Matteo Family, was a business rival of the Raines Family.Though the two Families hadn't openly clashed, I had kept my guard up.When a waiter brought Rhett a glass of champagne, I took a sip first to test it for poison.The champagne was poisoned. I coughed up blood and passed out on the spot.I later heard the banquet had descended into chaos. The Matteo Family swore they hadn't poisoned anyone.But Rhett was the first to dr

Chapter 2

Lina was already pregnant!My heart twisted. But that wasn't the only thing eating at me."The champagne wasn't poisoned by them, was it? You were the one who spiked it."I stared at Rhett. The idea that the Matteo Family would openly poison a drink at its own banquet was too ridiculous to believe.The only explanation was that Rhett had staged the whole thing so he could wipe them out once and for all.He knew I always tasted his drinks first. All he had to do was spike the champagne, let me drink it, blame the Matteo Family, and open fire."Yes. You know me well enough to understand why I had to do it. A surprise attack was the only way to take them down for good. And it worked."Don't worry, though. The dose wasn't lethal. I kept it small."Rhett admitted what he had done without hesitation."And the wedding? How did you get the Elders to agree?""The Elders were against it, but Lina's pregnant. And besides, you signed the consent form yourself."My heart skipped a beat. I had trust

Chapter 3

Lina was my father's illegitimate daughter!She was my father's child by another woman, and he had secretly raised her in a villa on the outskirts of the city.Every so often, he brought Lina to our house and told everyone she was a maid's daughter. That gave her an excuse to spend time with me.He'd been trying to make us close all along."Lina is family. She's your little sister. I expect you two to get along."Vera, don't make this difficult for me."I looked at him with disgust.My mother had loved him with all her heart. How could he have done this to her?"I'll never accept that bastard! Why should the child you had with the other woman stand equal to me?""Watch your mouth!"My father slapped me across the face."Lock her in the cellar! She can come out when she's learned her lesson!"At his order, two bodyguards grabbed me and dragged me down to the cellar.As the eldest daughter of the Rossini Family, I had only ever been the one who put people in this cellar.Now I was the on

Chapter 4

Lina emptied the entire pitcher over me. My soaked clothes clung to my skin.The cold draft in the cellar made me shiver uncontrollably."You—!" I snatched the pitcher from her, ready to smash it over her head.But mid-swing, I forced myself to change the angle and slammed the pitcher into the wall instead.Glass shattered, scattering shards across the floor.The cellar had security cameras.Everything Lina had done was meant to provoke me so Wyatt and Rhett would hate me even more.If I actually hurt her, I would only be digging my own grave.Sure enough, I caught the look of disbelief on Lina's face. She had expected me to crack her skull open.But she recovered quickly and threw herself to the ground, pretending to be terrified.Her head struck the floor, and her hand landed on the broken glass. Blood ran from her scalp and her palm.Before I could even react, my father burst in and kicked me across the room."Vera! Lina came down here with food to make peace, and this is what you d

Chapter 5

The dread in Rhett's chest kept building until he opened the invitation.Inside were the names of Vera Rossini and Rocco Valentino, Don of the Valentino Family.Rhett's breathing turned ragged when he read the invitation.He grabbed his coat and strode toward the exit. Confused, Lina hurried after him and blocked his path."Rhett, where are you going? You promised you'd stay with me!"Lina pressed herself against Rhett's arm, her voice sugary-sweet."I really can't go up there alone. Stay with me, please?"That kind of thing used to work on Rhett every time. He had always thought Lina was like a soft little lamb when she clung to him.Not tonight. Now, it only irritated him.Rhett's gaze settled on the wound on Lina's forehead.The cellar footage had already made him suspicious, so he had sent Vincent, his underboss, to get Lina's complete prenatal records from the hospital.Vincent discovered that Lina was indeed pregnant, but the fetus had a genetic defect and the pregnancy had to be

Chapter 6

"You're not afraid of me?"Rocco stepped closer, one slow step at a time, until my back hit the wall. He planted his hands on either side of me, boxing me in.I lifted my chin and met his gaze calmly."Of course not, Rocchino."Surprise flickered across his face. "You remember me?"Of course I did.I had been eight when my father took me to the Valentino estate.In the back garden, I found a group of older boys bullying Rocco.I chased them off. When Rocco silently picked himself up, I rounded on him."Hey! Why are you just letting them push you around like that?"Rocco was ten at the time.His mother had died, and his father had remarried.The boys who tormented him were his stepmother's sons. His father ignored him, and his stepmother despised him.If Rocco fought back, his life would only get worse.So I started visiting often. With me around, nobody dared touch him.Rocco became my closest friend, and he asked me to call him "Rocchino."It was the nickname his mother had given him.

Chapter 7

I reached the gate just in time to hear those words."You're as arrogant as ever, Rhett. I'm not something you can bargain for."Rocco's expression went cold."You want Vera to go back with you? You spent your entire three-year engagement using her. You talked her into handing over business assets and resources, and you took advantage of every connection she'd spent years building. When assassins came after you, you deliberately used her to draw their fire. You poisoned her just to give yourself an excuse to destroy another Family."And don't think one small concession gives you the right to send her back into that hell!"Rhett's face darkened as Rocco exposed all his schemes."As if you're any better. Vera, you can't marry Rocco."Come with me, Vera."Breaking your heart was my mistake. Come home with me. All I want is for you to be my wife, the Donna of the Raines Family."I'll divorce Lina. I see it now. You're irreplaceable."I laughed bitterly."You really think I'll come running

Chapter 8

"Marriage isn't something I take lightly. I don't know whether you're marrying me out of spite or whether you've truly let Rhett go."The choice is yours. If you want to leave with Rhett, the way out is clear. I won't stop you. I respect whatever you decide."But if you choose to stay, be certain. Once you're with me, I'm never letting you go."I stepped forward and took his arm."You're underestimating me. I thought very carefully about this marriage. I'm done with Rhett. All I want now is to take back everything that belongs to me."Outside the gates, Lina grabbed Rhett's hand and begged. "Rhett, I hid the truth about the baby for your sake! The Elders were already against our marriage. The pregnancy was my only leverage to win their support. I did it for us."Next to what Vera's done, I made one small mistake. She betrayed us. You should just kill her."Rhett pulled his hand free."I'll have someone take you home. We'll deal with all of this at the Family council."When Rhett walked

Chapter 9

"I didn't think you'd come to kill me yourself, Father."The FBI cuffed my father. His face was twisted with resentment."You started this. I raised you for over twenty years, and you tried to destroy me. I was only defending myself.""Why did you choose Lina over me? You know I'm more capable than she'll ever be."And yet you spent years scheming against me for her sake."My father looked away."Your mother and I had nothing but an arranged marriage. I never loved her. If not for her family's connections, I never would have married her. Having you was just a way to keep the arrangement stable. Lina is the child I had with the woman I actually loved. But because of you, she had to grow up pretending to be a servant's daughter."I owe Lina more than I can ever repay. Asking you to secure the Donna's seat for her was the least you could do. You owed her that.""No. I never owed Lina anything. You feel guilty, so you made me pay the price. That's not debt, Father. That's cruelty."I looke

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