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The Mafia King's Contract Bride
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1 Chapters
Chapter 6 The Safe House Isn't Safe img
Chapter 7 Blood on My Hands img
Chapter 8 The Voice That Lied img
Chapter 9 The Secret That Changes Everything img
Chapter 10 The Rules Change img
Chapter 11 When Queens Speak img
Chapter 12 The Price of Power img
Chapter 13 After the Blood Dries img
Chapter 14 Enemies in Silk Gloves img
Chapter 16 The Perfect Rival img
Chapter 17 The First Blow img
Chapter 18 The Devil's Proposal img
Chapter 19 A Traitor in the Shadows img
Chapter 20 The Night She Disappeared img
Chapter 21 The Devil He Created img
Chapter 22 The Man Who Should Be Dead img
Chapter 23 A King's Weakness img
Chapter 24 Elena's Dangerous Secret img
Chapter 25 The War Begins Tonight img
Chapter 26 Blood Between Brothers img
Chapter 27 The Truth Elena Was Never Meant to Know img
Chapter 28 A Bullet for a Bride img
Chapter 29 The Night the Mafia Crown Fell img
Chapter 30 A Kingdom Built on Ashes img
Chapter 31 The Enemy Who Never Died img
Chapter 32 The Man Who Should Be Dead img
Chapter 33 The Truth That Breaks Everything img
Chapter 34 The Man in the Coffin img
Chapter 35 The Man Who Returned from the Grave img
Chapter 36 The Council Arrives img
Chapter 37 Three Kings of War img
Chapter 38 The Fourth Player img
Chapter 39 The Shot No One Saw Coming img
Chapter 40 Blood and Truth img
Chapter 41 The King Steps Out of the Shadows img
Chapter 42 The Girl Who Remembered img
Chapter 43 A Dangerous Proposal img
Chapter 44 The Bullet in the Dark img
Chapter 45 The Flight to the End img
Chapter 46 The Lion's Vault img
Chapter 47 Welcome to the Lion's Den img
Chapter 48 The Daughter's Sin img
Chapter 49 The Price of Blood img
Chapter 50 The Second Account img
Chapter 51 The Ghost of Sergei Hale img
Chapter 52 The World Without Money img
Chapter 53 The Kingmaker img
Chapter 54 The Assassin Storm img
Chapter 55 Adrian's Dark Truth img
Chapter 56 The Offer img
Chapter 57 A Choice That Breaks Everything img
Chapter 58 The Trap Inside the Trap img
Chapter 59 The City of Wolves img
Chapter 60 The Night of the Meeting img
Chapter 61 The Fortress Trap img
Chapter 62 The Truth Volkov Wanted img
Chapter 63 The Shot That Changed Everything img
Chapter 64 The Prisoner in the Shadows img
Chapter 65 A Deal with the Devil img
Chapter 66 The Transfer img
Chapter 67 Zero Hour img
Chapter 68 The Last Move img
Chapter 69 After the Fall img
Chapter 70 Between Life and Death img
Chapter 71 The Hours That Break You img
Chapter 72 What Comes After War img
Chapter 73 A World Without Shadows img
Chapter 74 The First Fragment img
Chapter 75 The Server Beneath the City img
Chapter 76 No More Ghosts img
Chapter 77 What We Keep img
Chapter 78 The Price of Freedom img
Chapter 79 The Line We Don't Cross img
Chapter 80 The Ones Who Watch img
Chapter 81 The First Move They Didn't See img
Chapter 82 The Trap That Waits img
Chapter 83 The Game He's Already Playing img
Chapter 84 The Rules We Didn't Know We Were Playing By img
Chapter 85 What He Cannot Lose img
Chapter 86 The Place No One Touches img
Chapter 87 The Way In img
Chapter 88 The Room That Shouldn't Exist img
Chapter 89 The First Consequence img
Chapter 90 The First Break in the Glass img
Chapter 91 When the Board Goes Still img
Chapter 92 The Fault Line img
Chapter 93 The Shift img
Chapter 94 The Man Who Moves img
Chapter 95 The Move That Breaks Him img
Chapter 96 The Pull img
Chapter 97 The Choice He Can't Make img
Chapter 98 The Breaking Point img
Chapter 99 When He Steps Out of the Shadows img
Chapter 100 The End of the Game img
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The Mafia King's Contract Bride

Author: Jez stories
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Chapter 1 The Contract That Cost My Freedom

The first time I saw Luca De Santis, I understood why people whispered his name instead of saying it aloud.

He didn't look like a monster. That was the terrifying part.

He stood near the floor-to-ceiling windows of his penthouse, Manhattan glittering behind him like a kingdom he already owned. His black suit was tailored perfectly, his dark hair combed back with deliberate precision. Calm. Controlled.

Deadly.

My hands trembled as I clutched the thin leather purse hanging from my shoulder. Every instinct screamed at me to run but running wouldn't save my father.

"Sit," Luca said without turning around.

The single word hit harder than a shout.

I obeyed.

The chair felt too small, too fragile, like it might collapse under the weight of what I was about to do. My heart slammed against my ribs as Luca finally turned to face me.

His eyes were dark. Not angry. Not curious.

Empty.

"You understand why you're here," he said.

I swallowed. "Yes."

"Say it."

My throat tightened. "My father owes your organization money. A lot of it."

Luca nodded once, like we were discussing the weather. "And your father has failed to pay."

"He tried," I said quickly. "He lost his job. Then the hospital bills"

"Excuses don't erase debt," Luca interrupted.

Silence stretched between us, heavy and suffocating.

I forced myself to lift my chin. "You said there was... another option."

That finally earned a reaction.

A slow, dangerous smile curved his lips.

"There is."

He walked toward me, each step unhurried, measured. Predator calm. I resisted the urge to shrink back as he stopped directly in front of me.

"You'll marry me."

The words hit me like a slap.

"I what?"

"One year," Luca continued, as if he hadn't just rewritten my life. "You'll live with me. Appear as my wife in public. Obey my rules."

My breath came in short bursts. "You can't be serious."

"I never joke," he said quietly.

I stood up, shaking. "There has to be another way. I'll work. I'll pay you back. I'll"

"You have nothing I want," he said flatly.

My chest burned. "Then why me?"

Luca studied me like a puzzle. "Because you're disposable."

The word cut deeper than I expected.

"If you refuse," he went on calmly, "your father dies tonight."

Tears blurred my vision, but I refused to let them fall. "And if I agree?"

"Your father lives."

"That's it?"

"For now."

My fingers curled into fists. "And after one year?"

Luca stepped closer, lowering his voice. "After one year, the contract ends."

Something in his tone made my stomach twist.

"What happens to the women who married you before me?" I asked softly.

The room went still.

Luca's gaze hardened. "You don't ask questions that don't concern you."

That was answer enough.

My pulse roared in my ears. Every instinct told me this was a trap but I had no choice.

"Give me the contract," I said.

Luca turned to the table and picked up a thick folder. He slid it toward me, his finger tapping a specific page.

"Sign."

My eyes skimmed the document. Legal language. Clauses. Conditions.

Then I saw it.

A line buried deep in the contract.

Termination is at the sole discretion of Luca De Santis.

My heart skipped. "This clause-"

"Means you belong to me for one year," he said. "In every sense that matters."

My hands shook as I picked up the pen.

If I didn't sign, my father would die.

If I did... I might.

I signed anyway.

The moment the pen left the paper, Luca's expression changed. Satisfaction flickered across his face.

"Welcome, Mrs. De Santis," he said.

My stomach dropped.

As if summoned by fate itself, Luca's phone buzzed. He glanced at the screen, then looked back at me.

"They've prepared your room," he said. "You'll move in tonight."

"Tonight?" I whispered.

He leaned closer, his voice a low promise. "You should know something, Elena."

My heart pounded.

"No woman who has married me has ever left this house alive."

The words settled into my bones like ice.

And that was the moment I realized.

I hadn't just signed a marriage contract.

I had signed my own death sentence.

            
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