GemNoir

“You need my help, Tesoro. You choose. A marriage with me or be torn apart by them” His voice was cool as though this wasn't a matter of life or death.

I didn't want this life. My father had gambled a lot and left me with a lot of enemies and now I needed the help of Don Vincenzo LaRosa who was my high school bully and now the Don of the most powerful mafia family in Italy if I was going to survive it.

It was just a marriage of convenience but I realized something. He wasn't helping me out of a good heart. I had been sold without my permission to him. I was the mafia's pawn.

Sold to the Capo

It felt like the air has been knocked out of my windpipes as the man stared at us, a grin still on his face.

Vincenzo didn't show that the news affected him, if anything, he looked more amused than worried.

Someone else knowing about the ledger? We were risking selling ourselves out to the other families.

"You're not going to ask me what I want?" The man arched a brow, his gaze darting from Vincenzo to mine every few seconds, trying to gauge our reactions. "I do know about the ledger from a trusted source and I happen to find out that it's no longer in your possession which is why I'm here, I'm sure you know that I won't strike a deal if I could help it. I don't like making deals with enemies" The man's smile wiped away and was replaced with a deep scowl that made his forehead crease.

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