Bound By Vows: My Sleeping Mafia Husband

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chemical retardant hung in the air

a blackened, ugly scar remained on the lawn

, and blood oaths, but never this. Never a bride setting fi

eaving the rest of us standing in the wre

k. His face was a mask of cold fury. He reached me and, without a word,

haking hiss of rage. "Do you have a

w herself between us, shielding me. "Why wo

ess she'd been defiling minutes ago. She was trying to look innoce

discreetly, capturing every humiliating sec

. "For this... this piece of trash, you dest

tantly. A practiced, perfect performa

a was nowhere in sight. "This is all that girl's fault! Clara! She's a lunatic,

st. She turned back to my father. "This isn't the time to place bla

n her voic

the estate. Find that crazy bitch! I don't want

across the vast grounds, flashlight b

to defend myself. "It was Clara! She's th

ching sound. She clapped a hand over

t. Her gaze narrowed, locking onto Je

e turned sharp, pierc

center of the family's wreckage. The air

ed freely now, a sile

stroke. He pointed at me, his mouth ope

itimate bride was the ultimate disgrace. It wasn't just about i

ng her aside, her voice a venomous w

pulling her behind me. "Mom

sealed our fate. It was no l

, that our branch of the family was finished. Our influence, our standing, our

nora

, I watched my son Paolo lose control and my grandson E

not kept the Falcone name alive for four decades to watch it be dragg

headed cane, my assistant Helen

and tapped it once

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rough the noise, silencing everyon

f ice. "Hasn't the Falcone name bee

nce was

sistant, my voice too low for the others to hear.

ce and disappear

radio. They had searched the bridal suite. Clara's phone,

As if she had vani

gh Paolo and Lucia. An angry, vengeful wo

lder that she winced through her sobs. He did not notice. His eyes kept darting toward the house, toward th

e careless men

my voice. "And keep every Park representative inside the gates until Clara

d his head and

understood that this was no longer his wedding to ruin or his scandal to explain. The mo