The Betrothed Bride

Author: Ornella Carey

Chapter 1 Prelude

Word Count: 1196 | Released on: 21/10/2023

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rences that arose from my ambition and blindness. I saw her pacing nervously, running her fingers through her beautiful dark, long, silky hair with an anxiety that w

stine, perfect face t

ot of resentment. That mix was destroying me from the inside in a way I hadn't anticipated. She was supposed to be just a pawn in t

happens, Amaya," I told her, and h

, Alessio... I don't

wriggled out of my grasp and conti

ake everything work out." I insiste

this pregnancy in the midst of chaos, in the midst of stress, in the midst of constant fear that once it's known, my baby will be a target," she burst out, tears st

but go against her wishes and embrace her, giving her th

will protect them," I

idn't pull away from my arms. "I hat

ow, I

t to be used like cattle... I wanted to be happy, I just wanted a no

r deepest fears

, I only wanted to mess with that precious thing he was hiding. I had no idea that I would end up loving his daughter madly, and that was my greatest downfall. The girl wa

ll of this, my d

se my mind was trained n

ven though I didn't want to, even though you decided to start a war..." She pulled a

her for a

elfish bastard who gets what he wants," I admitted, causing her to furrow her brow and clench her fists tightly in my shirt. "But all that doesn't chan

If you loved me, you wouldn't have com

n apart by loving you, and that's not up for debate, Amaya... You're still my wife and you wi

live in this li

ng in a way th

ecially if you have our child in your womb... So, if you want to cry, fight, argue, or berate m

cheeks. That's what I wanted to see in her, that's what I needed to bring out so that she wouldn't end up in shattered pieces. Nevertheless, I h

that shook our bodies, a kiss that accelerated our souls, a kiss that brought out everything we had stored inside us. Amaya

we had until neither of

e for you to understand,"

ht her. There were six tests from different brands, and each and every one of them conf

ile and answered the unspoken q

ents, and today I'm th

ve me the biggest smile in the world before the sou

ned us; I had

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“"A stubborn young woman never imagined she would end up married to a mafia boss." Amaya lives with the constant suspicion that the bubble of her reality will burst. Being the illegitimate daughter of an oyabun, the leader of one of the Yakuza clans, her life was a path to anonymity. Raised outside of mafia traditions by her American mother, who was a beautiful woman, she was not welcomed within the mafia's ranks. However, she was always warned that when her father needed her, she must present herself. Her life takes a one-hundred-eighty-degree turn when she's kidnapped from university and brought before her family. At a dinner where she is not only exposed to the top echelons of the clan but also showcased in front of other mafiosos, she captures the attention of one of them, someone who steals the future she had envisioned for herself. Alessio is the capo of the Camorra and a beast in his own right, making his word law. After his parents' murder and the fire that scarred part of his face, he needs to form the right alliances to strengthen himself with everything necessary to go to war against the Russians who seek to seize his territory. In pursuit of this, he strikes a deal with the Yakuza, one that results in him being married to one of the oyabun's daughters-a man who aims to deceive him. After extracting what he needs from Alessio, the oyabun plans to teach him a lesson by using his own daughter. Neither of them was prepared for what lay ahead.”