The Mafia's Secret Romance

s my everything. I didn't even care anymore that he had killed someone close to my heart, I just wanted him to come back to me. As I watched him strug

Months

a laughing entered my ears, causing me to smile a bit at the temporary feeling of feeling normal instead of the daughter of an influe

red blonde hair and stared at me with his beautiful blue eyes. I couldn't help idolizing him like I've always done, but I can't be blamed, he look

been said, but we have been living two separate lives, different from e

ent of silence, using my nicknam

h, slowly nodding my

ront of me. "Honestly, I've been doing a lot of thinking..

ve become. He always told me how sexy my ambitions and drive fo

orld. I miss my Elena who used to laugh at my silly jokes, but lately, you've b

s for us to behave like normal couples despite the fact that I have been busy running numerous of my father'

want things to go this way.

a, I do. But I can't be your handbag who your fath

ered what he was saying. I had been focused

"I need to break fr

ou're saying," I whispered. "I've never really considered yo

pe you find fulfilment in always trying

emely empty but there was nothing I could do; about my life and my circumstances.

r of the times I disregarded him, I was determined to finish what I

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fact that I had built myself as a worthy business woman capable of ruling a

a reputable figure in New York as one of the most influential women, also in the Mafia crime

and began to smoke. As he looked at me, his facial expression had an obvious au

on the nickname he gave me since I was a ch

paring myself for the words that were

ater found out your cousin, Andrew, had stolen them away from our rivals, the Santoros, and brought them t

multimillion dollar deal!? He was too stubborn, reckless, impatient and hot-bl

n. He's sure to mess it up" I said, unable to keep my frustratio

't unusual. "Elena, I know your abilities better than anyone in this busin

d and making mistakes with money, life choices and women, was being given, on a platter of go

lume. "I have put in my all into this family, even forsook

thetic. "Pumpkin, you have been a valuable asset to this family,

than to follow my father's decision. His mind was already made

ked extremely hard to make my father trust me fully enough to leave his empire in my hands now that he wa

t plans for the impending deal and how impressed my father looked. My anger deepened. I would

d and when I was done, I entered my room and locked my

final result of how everything went, s

to this point in my life. I held my chest. The pain of being disregarded by my own father was still fresh in my heart and I knew it would