Outside a private registrar’s office in Manhattan, my fiancé canceled our appointment for the ninth time. It was always the same reason: a phone call from Talia.
We’d been in love for six years. Six years, and this was the ninth time Salvatore had left me standing on this patch of sidewalk.
The first time, Talia had called in tears, claiming that once my engagement was formally recognized by the Family, she would lose Salvatore’s protection and be forced back to Sicily by her father.
Salvatore had said he couldn’t let anything happen to a girl entrusted to him by an allied Family. He postponed on the spot.
The second time, Talia got food poisoning at a dinner party on territory under Salvatore’s control. He left me behind to rush to her side at a private clinic.
He Married Another So I Accepted My Arranged Husband Chapter 22 On the day of the arbitration, the street outside the neutral club was packed. Even though Northstar had already filed for bankruptcy, its clients, routes, and systems had once touched the interests of countless partners. Everyone was waiting to see who would walk away
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He Married Another So I Accepted My Arranged Husband Chapter 21 I read the email twice. Desmond turned off the music that had been playing softly in the background. “Do we need to go back to New York?” “Yes.” I opened the attachment. The Ferraro Family was arguing that since Northstar had always been registered
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He Married Another So I Accepted My Arranged Husband Chapter 20 That evening, I said to Desmond, “I need to go back to New York.” He replied, “I’ll go with you.” “My business here is settled. I’m free for the next two months.” “After this is over, we can travel. Consider it our honeymoon.” He
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He Married Another So I Accepted My Arranged Husband Chapter 19 I switched off the tablet and let out a long, slow breath. The truth always comes out. And those who do wrong always pay the price. I just hadn’t expected Salvatore to confess in front of so many witnesses, or for the company to
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He Married Another So I Accepted My Arranged Husband Chapter 18 While eating breakfast, I casually flipped through industry news on my tablet. One headline caught my eye. *Northstar Logistics Files for Bankruptcy Protection* Right beside it were several others: *Salvatore Ferraro Crashes Lugano Wedding* *Truth Behind Wedding Scandal Exposed* *Talia Moretti Named as Other
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He Married Another So I Accepted My Arranged Husband Chapter 17 I took the photograph and froze. It was a picture of me and Desmond as children, taken in a private clinic. I was in the middle of losing my baby teeth and was grinning with a gap where one of my front teeth should
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He Married Another So I Accepted My Arranged Husband Chapter 16 The guards closed in around him. Desmond stepped forward, shielding me with his body, but he didn’t speak for me. His eyes stayed on my face, waiting for my decision. I took a few steps back, putting more distance between myself and Salvatore. I
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He Married Another So I Accepted My Arranged Husband Chapter 15 Once the news spread, another wave of attacks began online. Desmond’s inbox and comment sections were flooded again. *So the Bellandi boss likes this kind of woman.* *Were there really no other women left in the world?* *She’ll betray you too, sooner or later.*
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He Married Another So I Accepted My Arranged Husband Chapter 14 Desmond sat calmly on the sofa beside me. He was reading the messages over my shoulder, his brow drawing tighter with each one. I spoke first. “If you regret this, it’s not too late.” “We can dissolve the marriage and the agreement between our
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He Married Another So I Accepted My Arranged Husband Chapter 13 That comment had been pushed to the very top. From there, more and more people started digging into my past. Guests who had attended the wedding began adding their own accounts in the comments, some even posting photos and videos they’d taken. *I was
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