Dad's eyes narrowed, his voice firm. "Alexander, you need to tell Vanessa about her. She deserves to know the truth."
My expression turned stubborn, and my jaw clenched. "I'll tell her when the time is right, just now."
It is my secret to bear. Not theirs.
Andria's face is reddened with frustration. "The time is right, Alex! She's engaged to you, for crying out loud! She has a right to know about your past, about your daughter."
My eyes flashed with anger. "I said no. Drop it."
Vincent threw up his hands in exasperation. "Fine, but you're making a mistake, Alex. Nessa is not a fool, she'll find out eventually. And when she does, she'll feel betrayed. You're playing with fire, Alex."
My expression didn't budge, my silence a clear indication that the conversation was over. Xavier shook his head and walked away, leaving me to my secrets.
"Questo accordo prevede che entrambe le mafie tornino insieme. Non romperlo
T: This arrangement is for both mafia to get back together. Do not break it apart"Abbiamo bisogno di tutto l'aiuto possibile per fermare Victor"
T: We need this every help we can get to stop Victor.~~~
"You acting through with all this marriage thing?"
"Yes"
"Why? You always said you never wanted a girlfriend much less a marriage, and with your ex-girlfriend might I add"
What he said was true I had no intention of being in this world but the first time I saw her, she just caught my eye, it felt like everything was in place when we were talking, she saw the real me, she saw the devil and she never ran for the hills, she saw how messed up my world was but maybe its because she too was stuck in that world.
I never understood where our relationship started falling off and then things happened I didn't believe it for a second because she loved my family like it was her own and she loved me and I loved her. But I guess not everything is meant to be especially for me. After her 'Death' it took me years to get back to my normal routine
My family is one of the richest in the world if not the most, we have both legal and illegal businesses in every country you can think of, and we invest in everything and anything that will bring in money for us. Except for Russia, Mexico, or any other Spanish countries, Chicago is alongside France but that is about to change since I'll be marrying their mafia princess.
At first, I had no intention of taking over from my father but after my oldest brother was injured, I was the next one in line, we went on a mission to take the gang because of Mr. White's son who was in love with my sister and wanted to fight for his fucking love that was one-sided, we were taken by surprise when he showed up at our compound first and my brother ended up getting shot in his chest, he bleeds heavily and on the way to the hospital his heart stopped for five minutes.
Mr. White knew nothing of his son's mistakes and signed over his mafia to us as compensation but well that wasn't enough so he died right after he signed that contract. We have billions of people working for our family and we cover their health care coverage and the persons they live with, we may be killers, crime, nails and merciless but we aren't heartless at least not to the persons who show us loyalty and and and make no mistake once you cross a line there's no coming back because the moment you slip is the moment you die.
"Don't you have papers to sort out or any other kind of business?" I was getting annoyed by the questions he was asking which he already knew the answer to but kept asking them.
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The Secret We Hold
RomanceHe's a 6'4 man, with a body made like a Greek God. A known billionaire in the outside world but a devil and Capo in the underworld. Only cares about his family and business. Alexander Valentino, 26 years old, Italian, multi-billionaire, and don...