All Chapters of THE MAFIA LORD'S ABANDONED WIFE : Chapter 11 - Chapter 13

We arrived at my penthouse in Paris at 11 PM, both dirty from the warehouse, both exhausted, but alive."Maligo ka muna," sabi ko kay Alessandro habang binubuksan ko pinto ng penthouse ko. "Amoy warehouse ka na.""Ikaw din," he said, smirking. "Pero you still smell like my wife.""Guest bathroom ka. Wag kang maliligo sa room ko," I said, pointing."Yes, Ma'am."I went to my room, took a quick shower, and changed into a simple black dress. Not sexy, just comfortable. Paglabas ko, si Alessandro nandun na sa kitchen ko, trying to cook steak, naka-white towel lang sa balikat, hair basa, sleeves nakatupi."Anong ginagawa mo?" I asked, leaning on the doorframe."Cooking dinner, as promised," he said, not looking, focused on the steak. "Steak, not burnt eggs. And red wine. For my wife.""I'm not your wife," I said automatically, pero mahina na."You are," he said, flipping the steak perfectly. "Five years ago, you were my wife. Today, you are still my wife. Legal pa rin tayo, Elena. Hindi pa

One week after the fire.The De Luca mansion was noisy for the first time in five years. Not because of a party, but because of construction.I was standing in the burnt garden, wearing a simple white shirt and jeans, hair tied up, no makeup, holding a blueprint. Beside me was Alessandro, also in white shirt and jeans, sleeves up, hands still bandaged from the burns last week, holding coffee for both of us."Elena, dito ba? Mas malaki?" He pointed at the center."Hindi, mas malayo ng konti yung marble stone. Para mas maraming roses sa paligid," I said, marking the blueprint.For one week, we didn't talk about Mafia, about casinos, about revenge. We only talked about Matteo's garden."Boss, Madam E, yung white roses from France dumating na," sabi ni Marco, carrying a box."France? Bakit France?" I asked.Alessandro looked at me, shy. "Kasi sabi mo dati, French white roses ang favorite mo. Yung mabango. So I ordered 500 pieces. From Paris. Para kay Matteo."I looked at him, my heart sof