All Chapters of My Best Friend Rigged My Transfer, I Became a Mafia Underboss: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

Less than two minutes after I replied to their email, their response arrived. "Welcome aboard, Ms. Greco."As I read it, I slowly began to relax.I'd turned the Turner family down three times, so reaching out to them now had made me nervous.In that moment, the weight finally lifted, and my eyes stung.I lowered my head, but I barely had a moment to catch my breath.Then the door swung open. It was Charles, carrying a cake.He set the cake on the table and ruffled my hair. "So? Did you submit your request?"I took a deep breath. What I'd just seen had left a knot in my stomach.Charles opened the box. "Your favorite flavor. Think of it as an early celebration of our new life in Boston."I studied him. His smile was easy and natural. I couldn't find a single crack in it."We'll both be in Boston?" I asked.Charles's smile didn't falter. "What kind of silly question is that? Of course we will. Isn't that the whole reason we've worked so hard all these years? To go to Boston and take over

The transfer assignments hadn't been announced yet.But the older members of the Caruso family threw us a party to celebrate early. I had a little red wine, then sat in a corner scrolling through my phone.The older members gathered together to talk about their children's plans.The whole place was buzzing.A little later, one of the older members suddenly turned to my mother. "If I remember right, all three of them applied for the Boston arms route, didn't they?"They meant Charles, Susie, and me.Another older member said, "Susie's been clever since she was little. Those kids are going to make it into the inner circle for sure."The praise made Susie duck shyly behind Charles.Charles smiled too, then turned and ruffled her hair.Susie said, "Oh, I'm not that great."As long as I'm with Charles, I don't care where I apply."I'd miss my boyfriend too much if we were apart."The words were barely out of her mouth before everyone's eyes went wide.Someone started whooping. "You two are

Almost everyone in the Caruso family had heard by now.So had our old classmates. Suddenly, everyone was talking.Before this, everyone had heard that my request had been changed and I hadn't fixed it in time, so I'd be stuck on the docks for life.Now a completely different story was going around.Naturally, I was at the center of it all.Under the Turner family's post about me, Susie and Charles were the ones getting tagged the most.Everyone was waiting to see how they'd react.But before long, Charles deleted the post he'd shared.A few seconds later, Susie deleted hers too.Just like that, the whole thing exploded online.By the time I found out about any of this, I was already with the Turner family.First, I was taken to the office to meet Julian Turner, the Don of the Turner family. I didn't know why, but I was on edge the whole way there.Then I saw him, and for a few seconds I just stared.He was young and handsome, with an intense, expressive gaze. When he saw me, he smiled.

In a black suit jacket, Charles looked clean-cut and more mature than before.We'd only been apart six months, but there was a new sadness in his eyes.I looked at him without saying a word.He spoke first. "Long time no see, Selena. Do you have a minute? I want to talk to you."I didn't answer.He came closer, watching my face carefully.After a long moment, he spoke again, his voice rough. "I knew you were coming to meet Marco today, so I got here early to wait for you.""What for?""He wants to see you... If I had to guess, he's going to try to talk you into working for our family. After all, that whole thing online blew up in a big way."And..." He went quiet for a second. "And Susie's assignment was revoked."So that was why her name hadn't come up.I looked at him. "So what do you want to talk about?"I had a pretty good idea already. Charles kept his head down, like he was working out what to say."I want you to tell Marco that everything online was fake. That we were just messi

I listened quietly and let him say everything he had to say.I said slowly, "But I'm the Turner family's underboss now. And this is your fault, not mine."You're the one who caused all of this."I don't want to hear your voice. You make me sick."When I finished, Charles's broken, ragged scream came through the phone. "Selena!"I didn't wait to hear the rest. I hung up.Once the call was over, I slowly began to relax. I felt lighter than ever.That day, I met with the arms dealers from Southeast Asia as planned.I used the negotiating strategy I'd worked out with the others in the Turner family.It all went smoothly. They signed the contract without a second thought.The moment I had the contract in hand, I knew Charles had failed the Caruso family's test. He couldn't even hold on to one arms route.From then on, there would be no place for him in the Caruso family.After that, I spent my time traveling all over the world for work. I barely made it home anymore.Most of the time, Julia