Alle Kapitel von Abandoned, I Became the Mafia Don's Beloved: Kapitel 1 – Kapitel 8

With that, I walked away without looking back.I thought I'd made myself clear enough. He wouldn't come again.But the moment I opened my door and stepped inside, a hand shot out and blocked it, then pushed into my apartment.I nearly jumped out of my skin and looked up in horror. It was Jesse."Get out!" I said coldly."Years apart and your temper's gotten worse."He looked at me with that half-smile, about to say more, when the phone in his pocket rang.He frowned at the name on the screen, but answered anyway."Jesse, did you get the suits? Why aren't you back yet?"A syrupy female voice came through the line.It was Lina, the woman he'd married for the alliance.Her voice used to make my skin crawl.Now, hearing it, I felt nothing."Coming back soon. Something urgent came up. I'm hanging up." Jesse's voice was cold. He ended the call."Your Donna's looking for you. You should go." I held the door wide open, my tone flat."Jealous, hearing her voice?" Jesse smirked, reaching up to t

I looked up at the man holding me, my eyes instantly welling up. My voice was thick with hurt."Landon…"Landon untied the rope from my wrists and pressed a tender kiss to the marks. "Does it hurt?"My tears fell immediately. I whimpered, "Yes!"Five years married to him, and he'd spoiled me so thoroughly I couldn't stand the slightest bit of pain anymore.The moment I saw him, I wanted to pour out every grievance I had.Jesse watched us locked in each other's arms, his face full of disbelief. "Isabella, these five years… you've been with him? You… you fell in love with him?"Both Jesse and Landon turned to look at me, waiting for my answer.But I said nothing. I just buried myself deeper into Landon's arms, not even glancing at Jesse.That gesture alone said everything.Jesse's hands clenched tight, his teeth grinding. "Have you forgotten how we used to love each other? How could you just stop loving me?"I let out a cold laugh.Of course, I hadn't forgotten how we used to love each o

Jesse's POVThe moment Jesse got back to the estate he used to share with Isabella, he smashed everything in sight.He couldn't believe it. Isabella, who had loved him so much, had fallen for another man. Had a child with him. And that man was someone he couldn't even begin to compete with.Landon Gambino.Don of the largest mafia family in North America. Controller of the biggest arms trade. A man even the FBI thought twice about touching.And Jesse? He was nothing but a rising rookie who'd just taken the Henry family's Don seat. His foundation was shaky. Enemies inside, threats outside. Even Lina's family could boss him around.How the hell was he supposed to compete with Landon?Jesse slammed his fist into the wall. His knuckles split open, blood seeping through.He didn't seem to feel it. His eyes stayed locked on the photo of him and Isabella on the wall.In it, Isabella was holding onto him tight, smiling so sweetly, looking up at him with nothing but love in her eyes.They had b

The Jesse in front of me now was a wreck, on his knees, sobbing.He said he was wrong. He said he'd given up the Don's seat. He begged me to leave with him, promised he'd treat me right from now on.I almost laughed out loud.I knew exactly why he was like this. It was because Landon had stripped him of the Don's seat.There wasn't a single ripple left in my heart. I gave him one flat glance, then turned away and headed for the gate.Jesse had tried to assassinate the Gambino family's Don. By all rights, he should be dead. But I let him live. Live without the Don's seat.Not out of love.But because he loved the power and status of the Don's seat so much. So I wanted him to taste what it felt like to lose the thing that mattered most to him.The boarding bridge was long. Landon's hand stayed wrapped tight around my waist the whole way.His brows were drawn, his eyes fixed on me without blinking, like he was afraid I'd vanish the moment he looked away.I turned my head and caught his ga