Shattered Vows: Escaping My Mafia Husband

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r three thousand dollars

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was on my finger, Enzo looked at

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are late, I deduct five hundr

ate to a Syndicate dinner. He d

ate to my doctor's appointment.

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the pouring rain and arrived at

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reen unlocked, a new

tina. Memo: An apology for m

ed as I opened

te for their date, he sent

t the hotel, he wired her

doctors to save my dying father, Enzo was in a

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flashed green: Transf

out, a towel slung low around his wai

tion on his phone and let

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man I had love

marriage, he had flown his private jet thro

n replaced by the cold, calculat

memory and locked my phon

tossed his dam

ch it, terrified the water would ruin t

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tightened. "You have been growi

the issue, my phone ra

tured aneurysm following the brain hemorrhage. We need to operate immedia

personal account. I only had s

savings and income into the Family's joint trust. He co

m. "Transfer one hundred thousand from

e screen. He casually poure

mily trust?" he sneered. "Two years ago, your family's house renovation

account too," I sai

calculator app. The tapping sound was

," he calculated coldly. "And you were thirteen minutes late coming home last night. Th

is waiting for li

g onto mine with chilling authority. "But rules are rules, Gemma. Every ti

ing joke from four years ago, weapo

ord. I grabbed my bag

p my coat from the rack and draped it over my shoulders. He

ing my ear. Then, his tone dropped into a lethal whisper. "Curfew is at

uched the doorknob

. The volume was loud enough for me t

to go back to my emp

ped a reply instantly: "Then don

I slammed the door behind me, w

dollars. I called my best friend, Clara, w

l wasn'

hree blocks away and pawned my grandfather's

t look. "Selling this now is

e cash immediat

nected to the Syndicate. Less than ten minutes

ous growl that usually made grown men tremble. "Se

mine t

back and talk to me properly?" he roared. "Did

descending drawl. "Just submit, Gemma. Beg for my forgi

f, waiting for me to break down and beg. Once I submit

my voice complete

1:01 PM, my

late. $500

1:02

late. $1,00

by my father's bed, watching the rise

nal notification r

$240,000. Insufficient funds for

father cling to life. And for that, I now owed the m