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The Substitute Bride of the Mafia Tycoon Chapter 25: Answers
After that conversation, I decided to isolate myself in my room. I don’t know what to do anymore. He said that he had known me ever since, that we had a memory together, but I doubt it. I know that he’s completely a stranger to me and I know that he will not lie to me. I’m baffled. I don’t know if I can believe him after he hides that he was a Mafia member and a member of an organization. I don’t know if it’s right for me to believe in him and give him the trust that he deserves because he is still my husband, but I’m terrified. I know I should trust him, but I don’t know. I’m going crazy with what’s happening. There seems to be too much going on in my mind and I can’t be quiet if it isn’t answered. I can’t even remember how many days have passed. All I wanted was to think and let myself process everything and thankfully, Zeno let me. He’s been letting me think every time he gives me answers. I admire him for giving me time, but I feel bad at doubting him. If ever we both shared mem
The Substitute Bride of the Mafia Tycoon Chapter 26: See
“Then how did everyone find out that I’m Annalise and not Rose Vergara?” I inquired.Zeno cleared his throat and caressed my shoulder using his thumb. “Everything was planned. That woman is one of Thaddeus’ agents. We planned everything, especially when she heard about your breakup with your ex-boyfriend.”His face puckered when he remembered that scene. I was devastated before because the man that I loved broke up with me and accused me of being busy with my career, but I ended up getting rejected after passing the novel to my editor.All of them didn’t talk when Zeno answered the question and it hit my head hard when I realized that I cheated before without thinking.I silently let out a curse and bit my lower lip. Probably that was the reason his face crumpled because I got into a relationship while I lost my memories because of the accident. But I swear that I had no clue that I was in a relationship with Zeno!“I know what you are thinking,” Zeno muttered when he saw my face turn
The Substitute Bride of the Mafia Tycoon Chapter 27: Memories
The harmonious symphony that’s coming from Ciara’s phone replenished the entire area. The luminous smile was written on their expressions until it turned out to be an amusing laugh.They all look delighted while Elijah is talking, sharing experiences in his life, but Kazimir keeps his face straight. Happiness isn’t striking on his face, but I can see his eyes glisten even if he’s a little distant from me.We all had a wonderful dinner. It’s vibrant, and it was all thanks to them because they visited us here. However, after learning what our problem is, I can’t help but feel distressed. Everyone was trying to live as they could even if they were chased by death.I had an awful feeling about this, but this wasn’t the right time to waste this wonderful evening. Hopefully, this emotion will vanish.They spent their night here at Kazimir’s house. It’s kinda huge and I don’t know how many rooms it has, but Zeno decided to sleep in my room.After we shared the same bed and did that thing, I
The Substitute Bride of the Mafia Tycoon Chapter 28: No
“Zeno!”“Yes, baby?”“I wanted to eat ramen but I don’t know how to make it.”“Leave it to me.”“Huh? Do you know how to cook?”“Of course! Have you forgotten that it’s one of my past times?”“We’re going to watch a movie.”“Right now? But I’m still doing my homework. Did you finish yours?”“Yes. I’ll fetch you, okay?”“But I’m doing my homework, Zeno!”“Bring your homework so I can teach you how to answer that.”“How did you know that I’m having a tough time resolving it?”“I just know.”“Zeno!”“Why are you screaming?”“It’s because of the photo that you have uploaded to your social media account! What was that?”“So they know what your role is in my life?”“They flood it with a bunch of comments, Zeno! My gosh!”“It’s okay. You deserve to be recognized as my woman, so what’s wrong with that? And so guys know their limits too.”“What’s your real motive? To warn the guys or to warn the girls to back off?”“To warn the guys. I hate seeing them following you, so I posted our photos and
The Substitute Bride of the Mafia Tycoon Chapter 29: Mangoes
“I don’t know if she will wake up now.” I mentally creased my forehead. Someone is talking but I can’t wake up. I’m aware that I’m sleeping, but why can’t I wake up?“It’s been 18 hours, Reese!” a familiar voice said. Wait — is that Zeno?“Dude, calm down. I know that she will wake up.”What are they talking about? Their voices are familiar but I can’t distinguish who they are. And come to think of it, my memories are back.Everything that happened before, I can now remember. I must say that we’ve been through a lot, especially Zeno, who did everything he could just to save me and protect me from his opponents.He isn’t cruel. He’s freaking risking his life for me and here I am, believing what the woman named Rose said before that he’s a cruel man. Although they told me that everything was planned, I can’t help but feel bad.“Zeno, I’m sorry for not being able to be at your side while you are striving so hard just to survive and get the justice that you are aiming for.”I wanted to te
The Substitute Bride of the Mafia Tycoon Chapter 30: Shower
“You’ve been eating weird foods ever since you woke up, Annalise,” Ciara uttered, and when I glanced at her for a moment, her worried facial expression welcomed me.“What?” I asked while eating a strawberry that was chopped into bite-size pieces with banana and chocolate on top. Zeno also places some nuts, marshmallows, and edible gold.Seeing the food that Zeno prepared, my mouth watered, so I didn’t think twice about tasting it. If I was going to rate this, it’s an excellent job, 100/100.“It’s weird to dip the banana in chocolate, Annalise,” she muttered, but I just shook my head at her. Some of our friends were just looking at me, enjoying the food that Zeno prepared.I don’t know why they’re concerned about me eating mangoes that were dipped into sweet shrimp sauce, then proceeding to eat strawberries and bananas with chocolate on top and sprinkled with marshmallows and nuts.“You skipped heavy meals, Annalise,” Jake uttered, one of Zeno’s friends. His full name is Adrielle Jake
The Substitute Bride of the Mafia Tycoon Chapter 31: Wait
“You want to eat mango with spicy shrimp sauce?” Zeno asked. We’re in my room, watching movies on the TV with his arms on my waist. It’s been days since we’ve been like this, being sweet with each other, but sometimes, his scent makes my face crumpled and I can’t even find a reason I hated his smell. Since then, he decided to use my perfume, which suits him more. From being smelly to a classic, glamorous fragrance, sweet but balmy, slightly sharp floral with fresh mandarin on the top; jasmine, plum, orchid, and rose. Isn’t it pleasing to smell him like me? I nodded my head and looked at my husband, who was now sighing deeply. “Why do you like eating those?” “Because it is delicious!” I screamed, but he just gazed at me as if he were examining my entire existence. “Annalise, you’ve been skipping meals because you like eating that freaking mango with shrimp sauce,” he stated, but I just raised my eyebrow at him. Zeno shouldn’t interfere with what I wanted to eat because that is wh
The Substitute Bride of the Mafia Tycoon Chapter 32: Photos
It’s been a year since we saw each other. Part of me is still missing and waiting for him, but my eyes focus on this guy, who’s smiling at me.“Annalise, what do you want for dinner?” Ciara inquired, then entered my room.“Ramen and fried chicken will do, Ciara,” I replied without taking my attention to the guy in front of me.Ciara didn’t leave my room right away after hearing my answer and I could feel her eyes dart at me as if she was judging my entire existence. I know that she wanted to assure me, but I’m tired of waiting for nothing.If Zeno came back, I’d be happy and I would throw myself at him right away. But since this is reality, I need to focus on surviving too. I don’t want to give myself false hope, waiting for him for so long, but we’re not sure if he will come back to me, safe and sound.“Annalise, I apologize if you are suffering,” Ciara whispered, enough for me to hear what she just said.I smiled bitterly, not minding if she saw me smiling like that. Before loving Z
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The Substitute Bride of the Mafia Tycoon Chapter 44: Iris Lorelei
“Annalise!” Zeno exclaimed when we arrived at this luxurious house.I can’t tell if I can be happy now that I have finally seen him because of the incident. I wanted to cry about the situation we have because things are now getting worse than I expected. I thought we would live peacefully, but it seems like it’s now impossible.“How are you? Are you hurt?” Zeno asked when he reached for me before glancing at Czyanne. His eyes became soft and tried to touch Czyanne.Zeno’s face and body are still the same as the last time I saw him. Good thing he’s doing his best to maintain his body and health while dealing with our enemies.“How’s Jake?” Ciara asked, so our attention darted to her, who was now looking at Kazimir.“He survived. He only got a slight wound, but he will come here immediately when he is sure that no one will follow him,” Kazimir replied.I examined our companions and noticed that there were a few people I didn’t know. Maybe it’s their allies, but I have no time to know th
The Substitute Bride of the Mafia Tycoon Chapter 43: Run for your life
“Annalise! You better hide!” Jake exclaimed when he opened the door. My forehead creases when I glance at him because he’s pale and he’s breathing so hard, as if something happened. He immediately picked up Czyanne, who was peacefully lying on the bed, before handing him to me.Ciara suddenly entered my room while also panting. I’m confused. They look confused and scared for some reason that I don’t know. Why do they look so tense?“Damn it! Kazimir! They found us!” Ciara screamed while holding a gun, which made my eyes widen.“Annalise, open your signal so they can track you,” Jake commanded, and I followed him right away, only to find out that they were now in a panic.“We didn’t expect them to locate Annalise that fast!” I heard Keifer say.“Ciara, go with Annalise,” Jake uttered.“Jake, that’s dangerous! You need to come with us!” Ciara yelled at him.“I need to pester them so you can go to the location that Kazimir has sent! You both need to go there as much as possible!” Jake sh
The Substitute Bride of the Mafia Tycoon Chapter 42: Mafia King
“Oh! You’re here. I was calling you a while ago. You didn’t hear it?” I heard someone ask, so I glanced at the door to see Ciara, who was looking at me.“No, I was preoccupied,” I answered.“About what? You’ve been zoning out lately. If ever that something was bothering you, you can share it with me,” Ciara uttered.I let out a deep sigh when I remembered my parents’ suspicious acts. The guns, the bodyguards, my father’s business at night. Everything seems to have a meaning behind that. So instead of thinking about it, I’d rather ask them if my parents are connected to them and if they are also a member of their organizations.“Ciara, do you think my parents died because of the mafia? Are they connected to your organization?” I asked frankly, and she was taken aback as if she didn’t expect me to ask that question. Her eyes widened, her lips parted, and it indicated that she was surprised by my question.Based on her reaction, my parents seem to be members of a mafia organization, and t
The Substitute Bride of the Mafia Tycoon Chapter 41: Connect
“What is the news about Kazimir’s house that exploded or burned in Germany?” I heard Ciara ask.I am currently cooking our food. I’ve been cooking for a few days now and I can say that I’m getting used to it. Except for baking because I’m having a hard time, but at least I’m making progress. When I felt Ciara’s presence, I suddenly looked at the kitchen’s entrance and saw Jake beside her, who had just woken up. Fortunately, I was about to finish cooking so I also prepared the plates and utensils that we will use. What I cooked was also simple. I prepared a roast beef sandwich and a chicken sandwich. For drinks, I prepared a bourbon spiked hot chocolate for us and it was all thanks to Zeno’s cookbook.“They didn’t find any evidence there. Keifer tried to find the footage in that house but found nothing. Luckily, Elijah deleted all the footage from where we were still living there before he transferred everything to his laptop,” Jake retorted and sipped his hot chocolate. He glances at
The Substitute Bride of the Mafia Tycoon Chapter 40: Suffer
Zeno is heading back to our country. It feels awful, but I endure it since I realized he was doing it for the sake of us, so I ought not to complain. He was done gathering all of his possessions and gazing at me as if I might vanish into his existence.“Have I never said how lovely you are?” Zeno inquired, using his raspy voice. I don’t know why his voice sounded different to me. It appears to be capable of expressing a wide range of emotions, but perhaps I am not.I shook my head lightly and tilted my head, waiting for him to explain it but the corner of his lips curved until it turned out to be a wide smile before approaching me, wrapping his arms around my waist and pulling me closer to him like he used to.“You have a glistening reddish tan skin, almond eyes with natural long and curly eyelashes.” His fingers caressed my eyes until his fingers went down to my nose. “A cute nose that suits your face and then my favorite part,” he smiled before giving me a sweet and passionate kiss
The Substitute Bride of the Mafia Tycoon Chapter 39: Come back
“Oh my! We caught a lot of king crabs! They are so huge!” I exclaimed when Zeno finally placed the trap on the frozen sea. It’s just nice because it’s just one trap. As far as I remember, Ciara bought ten traps that she commanded from our bodyguards.When we woke up, we immediately got ready to check the traps that Jake and Ciara had set. They also placed a blue flag beside the baits, so we knew where we were going. We were also lucky to catch numerous king crabs today. Sometimes you get nothing, sometimes you will catch tons of king crabs. Surprisingly, the first trap we visited was almost full. Fortunately, we also had a lot of bodyguards with us and they were carrying many coolers.Our bodyguards helped remove the king crabs from the trap. You will not notice that they are bodyguards because they look like ordinary people like us. Maybe that’s one of their disguises, so they won’t be mistaken for our allies.We returned the small king crabs we caught to the hole they made yesterday
The Substitute Bride of the Mafia Tycoon Chapter 38: Try
I slowly opened my eyes, and Zeno’s face welcomed my sight. When my vision adjusted, I noticed that he was staring at me while there was a smile written on his lips. “Good morning,” he greeted while using his breathy voice.“Good morning,” I greeted and closed my eyes when his lips reached mine.I was clinging to the bedsheet tightly because of the shock. It’s still early, but this man kissed me suddenly! I haven’t even brushed my teeth yet, and he does this! Sometimes I really can’t help but be surprised if this man wakes up in the morning, staring at me until I wake up, then kissing me without a warning!Gradually, his head slowly moved away, indicating that the kiss we shared was over. When I met his eyes, I just frowned because of what he did. But the crazy thing is, he just smiled at me as if he liked my reaction.“What? You didn’t expect me to get my morning kiss at you?” he asked me mischievously. He even raised his eyebrows repeatedly to tease me. He couldn’t even erase the sm
The Substitute Bride of the Mafia Tycoon Chapter 37: Always remember that
I opened my eyes when I felt that someone was staring at me and, to my astonishment, it was Zeno. He was carrying our son, Czy and it suits him being a father. To my surprise, I almost sat up immediately as my eyes widened. My mouth was barely open when it suddenly occurred to me that this was not a dream.“Zeno?” I uttered while looking at him, baffled. “How did you get here? Didn’t they follow you? I thought you were busy protecting your friends in digging for data that would help you find the person behind this matter?”Two weeks have passed, if I’m not mistaken. After the meeting that night, Kazimir flew back to our country to continue their agenda.We’ve been trying to adapt to this place and I often fall asleep in the daytime because Czy has always been awake at night even if I try to flash him his father’s photo.“They didn’t. Kazimir assured me that I could visit you and our son.” He sat next to me and kissed my forehead, and I closed my eyes for a few seconds to feel his warm
The Substitute Bride of the Mafia Tycoon Chapter 36: Montejo
“Where are you?” Zeno asked when I opened the signal of the earphone that Kazimir gave. I gently close the door so that Czy doesn’t wake up. He was currently sleeping because he was tired of playing with Ciara and Jake.When I closed the door of my room, I inhaled deeply. “I was in Finland because Ciara said we had to leave right away because she and Jake felt like someone was following us. Kazimir could do nothing but agree and we evacuated immediately. I just didn’t expect that we would be leaving in the morning.”“What do you mean? Do they feel like someone is following you?” Zeno asked and I could hear that he was bewildered by what he heard.“Yes,” I answered.“It turns out that Kazimir was just going there. Fortunately, he felt good and quickly. I don’t know what I will do if something bad happens to you two,” he mumbled, gritting his teeth. “Take care always. If something bad ever happens, just leave your signal on so we can track you right away.”My forehead creased at what he
