Betrayed For A Fake Heir: The Wife's Exit

Betrayed For A Fake Heir: The Wife's Exit

Rafaela Kokkotou

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At the auction, my husband raised his paddle and bid five million dollars on the only keepsake I had left of my dead mother. But he didn't buy the sapphire necklace for me. He handed the velvet box to his pregnant mistress, Mia, right in front of the entire New York underworld. When I reached for it, Mia faked a stumble. Dante moved with the speed of a predator. He shoved me hard to clear space for her. My body slammed into a marble pillar, shattering my hip, while he scooped her up and carried her out, stepping over my dress without a single glance. That was only the beginning. He forced me to drain my blood to save her during a false emergency. He exiled me to a freezing cabin with no heat, leaving me to be buried alive in an avalanche while he comforted her over a lie. Lying in the hospital bed after surviving the snow, I realized I no longer hated him. Hate is passion. Hate implies he still matters. I felt nothing but a cold, heavy silence. So when he finally left the house to hunt down the truth about Mia's baby, I didn't wait for his apology. I left my wedding ring on the bathroom counter. I dropped my phone into a sewer grate. By the time the Dragon of New York realized his wife was gone, I was already in Seattle, painting a new life where monsters couldn't find me.

Betrayed For A Fake Heir: The Wife's Exit Chapter 1

At the auction, my husband raised his paddle and bid five million dollars on the only keepsake I had left of my dead mother.

But he didn't buy the sapphire necklace for me.

He handed the velvet box to his pregnant mistress, Mia, right in front of the entire New York underworld.

When I reached for it, Mia faked a stumble.

Dante moved with the speed of a predator. He shoved me hard to clear space for her.

My body slammed into a marble pillar, shattering my hip, while he scooped her up and carried her out, stepping over my dress without a single glance.

That was only the beginning.

He forced me to drain my blood to save her during a false emergency.

He exiled me to a freezing cabin with no heat, leaving me to be buried alive in an avalanche while he comforted her over a lie.

Lying in the hospital bed after surviving the snow, I realized I no longer hated him.

Hate is passion. Hate implies he still matters.

I felt nothing but a cold, heavy silence.

So when he finally left the house to hunt down the truth about Mia's baby, I didn't wait for his apology.

I left my wedding ring on the bathroom counter.

I dropped my phone into a sewer grate.

By the time the Dragon of New York realized his wife was gone, I was already in Seattle, painting a new life where monsters couldn't find me.

Chapter 1

The auctioneer's gavel hung in the air, a breath away from sealing my fate, until my husband's hand clamped over my wrist like a steel manacle.

He forced my arm down to the table.

With his other hand, he raised his paddle, bidding five million dollars on the only thing I had left of my dead mother.

He wasn't buying it for me.

The sapphire necklace, the Moretti legacy, shimmered under the stage lights, mocking me with its cold brilliance.

Beside him, Mia Russo let out a soft, staged gasp and pressed her hand to her chest, her eyes wide with feigned shock.

"Sold."

"To Dante Vitiello."

The Capo dei Capi of the New York Famiglia.

The man who had pursued me for ten years, who had slaughtered the Russian Bratva leaders just to ensure no one else could look at me, was now handing the velvet box to the pregnant ex-girlfriend of a low-level associate.

The room went dead silent.

Every Underboss, every politician, every rival Don in the room watched.

They knew the necklace was my dowry.

They knew the lethal disrespect this signaled.

Dante didn't look at them.

He didn't look at me.

He looked at Mia, his expression unreadable, masking the ruthless violence that usually simmered behind his dark eyes.

"You're shaking," he said to her, his voice a low rumble that used to vibrate against my spine in the dark.

Mia clutched his arm.

"It's just the anxiety, Dante. The baby... I feel faint."

She leaned into him, playing the fragile porcelain doll.

I stood there, a statue carved from ice and humiliation.

"Give it to me," I said.

My voice was steady, though my insides were dissolving into acid.

Dante finally turned to me.

His tuxedo fit him like armor.

He was beautiful in a way that promised destruction.

"Serena, don't make a scene," he said, his tone dismissing me as if I were an unruly child. "Mia needs something to ground her. She's carrying the future of this family. It's just a necklace. Be the bigger person."

Just a necklace.

It was my mother's soul.

He knew that.

He had held me while I cried over her grave.

I reached for the box.

Mia stumbled.

It was a clumsy, obvious pivot, her heel catching on nothing.

But in Dante's eyes, it was a catastrophe.

He moved with the lethal speed of a predator.

He shoved me.

It wasn't a gentle nudge.

It was a forceful, protective strike designed to clear the space around his priority.

I flew backward.

My hip slammed into the sharp edge of a marble pillar.

Pain exploded in my side, stealing the oxygen from my lungs.

I crumpled to the floor, the silk of my gown tearing against the stone.

The room gasped.

Dante didn't hear it.

He had Mia in his arms, lifting her bridal style, his face twisted in concern.

"Are you hurt?" he asked her.

"I think... I think I'm okay," she whispered, burying her face in his neck.

He turned and walked out of the ballroom.

He walked past me.

He stepped over the hem of my dress.

He didn't look down.

I sat on the cold floor, surrounded by the most dangerous men in the world, and realized I was completely invisible.

My hip throbbed, a dull, rhythmic reminder of where I stood.

I wasn't the Queen anymore.

I was the obstacle.

I pulled myself up, ignoring the offers of help from the pitying crowd.

I didn't go to the hospital.

I went straight to the divorce lawyer.

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“At the auction, my husband raised his paddle and bid five million dollars on the only keepsake I had left of my dead mother. But he didn't buy the sapphire necklace for me. He handed the velvet box to his pregnant mistress, Mia, right in front of the entire New York underworld. When I reached for it, Mia faked a stumble. Dante moved with the speed of a predator. He shoved me hard to clear space for her. My body slammed into a marble pillar, shattering my hip, while he scooped her up and carried her out, stepping over my dress without a single glance. That was only the beginning. He forced me to drain my blood to save her during a false emergency. He exiled me to a freezing cabin with no heat, leaving me to be buried alive in an avalanche while he comforted her over a lie. Lying in the hospital bed after surviving the snow, I realized I no longer hated him. Hate is passion. Hate implies he still matters. I felt nothing but a cold, heavy silence. So when he finally left the house to hunt down the truth about Mia's baby, I didn't wait for his apology. I left my wedding ring on the bathroom counter. I dropped my phone into a sewer grate. By the time the Dragon of New York realized his wife was gone, I was already in Seattle, painting a new life where monsters couldn't find me.”
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