THE MAFIA BOSS’S THREE-YEAR-OLD NIECE SECRETLY LED HIM UPSTAIRS—THEN HE HEARD HIS FIANCÉE THREATEN THE MAID AND WHISPER, “CHILDREN DISAPPEAR TOO”
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Chapter 19 - ELENA LEFT MY HOUSE
Not because she stopped loving me.
Because she needed independence.
“I came here as staff.”
She said.
“If we stay together, I need to know I can walk away without losing my job, home, or Mia’s security.”
Correct.
She moved into her own apartment.
Used compensation recovered from her father’s estate.
Started training in hospitality management.
I hated sleeping alone.
Good.
Growth is uncomfortable.
We dated.
Actually dated.
Restaurants.
Parks.
Mia choosing movies.
My mother approving Elena with one very enthusiastic blink.
Sixteen months later, I proposed.
At Bianca’s garden.
Mia held ring.
Then refused to give it to me.
“Mine.”
We negotiated.
May you like
Chocolate solved it.
Elena said yes.
