THE MAFIA BOSS DISCOVERS HIS FIANCÉE’S SICK SECRET
Chapter 1 – [THE MAFIA BOSS DISCOVERS HIS FIANCÉE’S SICK SECRET]
“Sit her down, Hannah. You’re making a spectacle of her.”
Vanessa Bellini stood beside the dining table in a fitted red silk gown, wa…
TAKE A PICTURE OF US, DIANE. I WANT TO REMEMBER THE NIGHT HE FINALLY CHOSE ME.” THE MAFIA BOSS’S MISTRESS HANDED HIS WIFE A PHONE IN THEIR OWN LIVING ROOM—BUT WHEN HER HUSBAND PUT HIS ARM AROUND THE YOUNGER WOMAN, HIS WIFE ASKED HIM TO DO ONE LAST THING
Chapter 1 – THE INK WAS ALREADY DRY
“Daniel… when exactly did you decide I wouldn’t be living here anymore?”
The silence in our living room grew so heavy I could hear the fire cracking behind them…
THE LIES BURIED BENEATH THE FAMILY TABLE
Chapter 1 – [THE LIES BURIED BENEATH THE FAMILY TABLE]
And he told me to apologize.
Twenty-four relatives were gathered around our Chicago dining table. Crystal chandeliers glowed overhead, and Vane…
TAKE OFF THAT UNIFORM AND GIVE IT TO HER! SHE’S THE ONE WHO DESERVES YOUR JOB!” THE MAFIA BOSS’S FIANCÉE HUMILIATED HIS 25-YEAR-OLD MAID IN FRONT OF FORTY DINNER GUESTS
Chapter 1 – SHE’S THE ONE WHO DESERVES YOUR JOB
“Emily, untie your apron. You’re finished here.”
Vanessa Bellini stood beside the dining table in a fitted red silk gown, smiling as though she’d just…
YOU CAN SIT IN THE BACK, MARIANNE. I’M THE WOMAN STANDING BESIDE HIM NOW.” THE MAFIA BOSS’S MISTRESS TOOK THE MOTHER-OF-THE-BRIDE CORSAGE FROM HIS WIFE—BUT WHEN HER HUSBAND PINNED IT ON THE YOUNGER WOMAN
Chapter 1 – THE WHITE ORCHID AND THE LIE
“You can sit in the back, Marianne. I’m the woman standing beside him now.”
It was supposed to be mine.
Tomorrow, our only daughter was getting married.
An…
MY HUSBAND BROUGHT HIS MISTRESS TO SUNDAY DINNER
Chapter 1 – MY HUSBAND BROUGHT HIS MISTRESS TO SUNDAY DINNER
“Let’s try to be friends, Rose.”
Twenty-three relatives watched.
Vivian Bellini wore a fitted red silk dress. My husband, thirty-five-ye…
SHE’S LYING, LUCA! THAT OLD WOMAN STOLE FROM ME, AND YOUR MAID IS HELPING HER COVER IT UP!” THE MAFIA BOSS’S FIANCÉE HUMILIATED HIS 25-YEAR-OLD HOUSEKEEPER IN FRONT OF FORTY GUESTS—
Chapter 1 – THE MAN SITTING AT THE TABLE WAS LUCA’S ADOPTED BROTHER
The man sitting directly to Luca’s right was Matteo Moretti.
He was thirty-four years old, wearing an immaculate charcoal suit tha…
The Red Silk Dress and The Mafia’s Secret
Chapter 1
“Take her away from my chair, Hannah.”
Vanessa Bellini stood beside the banquet table in a fitted red silk gown, pulling the fabric away from an elderly woman’s trembling fingers.
Thirty-…
The Wooden Horse
Chapter 1 – THE WOODEN HORSE
“Put that filthy thing down.”
Vanessa Bellini stood at the head of the dining table in a fitted red silk gown, pointing at the little wooden horse in my son’s hands.
My…
THE MAFIA BOSS WATCHED ME PULL MY SEVEN-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER OFF HER KNEES BESIDE HIS ENGAGEMENT TABLE—THEN HIS FIANCÉE SAID, “SHE VOLUNTEERED TO CLEAN UP HER OWN MESS
Chapter 1 – THE ENGAGEMENT DINNER DISASTER
“Put her back down, Madison.”
Vanessa Bellini’s voice cut across the dining table.
I froze with my hands beneath my daughter’s arms.
Seven-year-old Ellie…