บททั้งหมดของ My Sister-in-law Tried to Sell Me, I Replaced the Mafia Heir: บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 9

Everyone in the underworld, from Sicily to North America, knew one thing.Vito Gambino, head of the Gambino family, seemed destined to have only sons.Even the estate's guard dog had given birth to an all-male litter.There were 22 boys in a row, enough to fill every branch of the family business, from arms and shipping to casinos and beyond.So when my mother went into labor at a private hospital on Long Island, Dad didn't get his hopes up.He sat in his study at the estate, a cigar between his lips, paging through a list of family holdings.He was deciding which business to give his 23rd son when the boy came of age."Don! The Donna's had the baby. It's a girl!"The old butler rushed into the study without even stopping to straighten his bow tie.Dad's Cuban cigar dropped onto the Persian rug.He ran for the door without his coat.At the hospital, he looked through the glass and saw for himself that I really was a girl. The man who terrified New York's underworld suddenly had tears i

It was Anthony.I ran to him in tears, clinging to my last hope."She hit me. And she locked Maria up!"I pointed to the handprint on my cheek."She said she'd make you marry me off to someone in Mexico!"When Anthony saw my face, his expression darkened.He turned sharply toward Elena."You hit Liliana?"A moment earlier, Elena had looked cold and cruel.But the instant she saw Anthony, her eyes filled with tears."Let me explain, Anthony. Liliana lost her temper first."She hurried over and caught his sleeve."She smashed a glass. She kept calling me an outsider."I only wanted her to understand she can't always get her own way."She lowered her head. Tears spilled down her cheeks."I admit I was too rough with her."Anthony frowned."Whatever happened, you shouldn't have hit her."Elena froze for a moment, then her eyes welled up again."I know. But she said all it would take was a word from her, and Vito would replace you."I shook with anger."You're lying! You grabbed my hair fir

Bang!Another gunshot.The man holding the syringe screamed as the shot tore through his right hand. He collapsed among the broken glass.The other two went white and hit the floor almost at the same time.Dad handed his gun to a man behind him and stepped over the blood on the floor.He crouched before me, took off his cashmere coat, and wrapped it tightly around me."Look at Daddy, Liliana. You're safe now."He cupped the back of my head.He was so gentle he hardly seemed like the man who'd just fired that gun.I clutched his lapels and sobbed."Daddy, she was going to drug me. She told them to take my clothes off..."Dad went rigid.He looked at the handprint on my face, the marks on my throat, and my torn collar.A few seconds passed. Then he looked up.The father who'd just held me was gone.Only the Don of the Gambino family remained.He handed me over to his most trusted man."Keep her safe. No one comes near her without my permission."Then he turned away.Broken glass crunched

The men escorting Elena hesitated when they heard she was pregnant.She broke free and stumbled back to the greenhouse.Her hair was a mess. Mud and dust covered her designer suit.At the foot of the steps, she sank to the ground, clutching her stomach with both hands."Vito, I really am pregnant!"She struggled to catch her breath."My private doctor in Rome confirmed it two days ago. I'm two months along!"Silence fell.Anthony, still on the floor, snapped his head up.Hope returned to his defeated face."Dad, Elena's having my baby!"He shook off the guards and scrambled toward my father."Your grandchild. The next generation of the Gambino family!"Dad said nothing.He just drew me closer.Then he looked down at Elena's stomach."Get the doctor."Paolo Conti, the Gambino family doctor, arrived with his medical bag.In front of everyone, he drew Elena's blood and examined her with a portable ultrasound machine.A few minutes later, Paolo removed his gloves."Don, the tests confirm t

After that night, a rare snowstorm swept across Long Island.Soon, no one spoke of Elena or the Bellini family again.Anthony never had a role in any of the Gambino family's businesses again.And within the Gambino family, there was a new rule no one dared to test.No one was to harm Liliana.When my other 21 brothers heard what had happened, they rushed back to New York overnight from wherever they were on family business.By morning, all 21 men stood outside Dad's study in dark suits.In front of the lily crest, they swore, "As long as we're alive, no one will ever hurt Liliana again."I was 15 that year.For the first time, I truly understood something.I'd never been a doll who depended on the Gambino name for everything.It was the other way around.In a family built on guns, money, deals, and betrayal, I was the one person they would never bargain away.Six years later.On my 21st birthday, the entire Gambino estate on Long Island blazed with lights.My 21 brothers spent all afte