After Matteo betrayed our marriage, I didn’t make a scene.
I did only one thing.
Every time he spent the night away from home, I went to the Vitale family’s preferred jeweler and sold one of the gifts he’d given me.
A necklace. A watch. A handbag. A pair of earrings.
Each payment went straight into a private account I’d opened before we were married.
Six months. Forty-seven items.
On the day I sold the last of them, I placed the agreement ending our marriage and relinquishing my spousal protection on the dining table.
Matteo didn’t even read it. He just smiled and signed his name.
“Sure, Daisy. Go ahead. Just don’t come to regret it. No more of my credit cards, no more Vitale family protection. I’ll be waiting for you to come crawling back.”
I said nothing. I just pointed to the empty wall behind him.
Six months ago, twenty-three photographs of us had hung there.
He hadn’t even noticed they were gone.
I Sold His Gifts To Leave My Mafia Husband Chapter 05 The next afternoon, when Matteo drove into the garage, he was still in a decent mood. The dock ceasefire terms had gone smoothly that morning. The Conti family had agreed to open a new shipping route, and during the celebration, Bianca had draped her
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I Sold His Gifts To Leave My Mafia Husband Chapter 04 I stood in the freezing wind, the phone still pressed to my ear. Grandma huddled in the wheelchair and whispered, “Daisy, I’m cold.” This time, she said my name correctly. I shoved the phone into my bag and crouched down to hold her. “I’m
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I Sold His Gifts To Leave My Mafia Husband Chapter 03 It was already four in the afternoon by the time I got to Sunnyside. The building stood on the edge of Queens, far from the routes the Vitale family usually traveled. The care center had been converted from an old apartment building. The hallways
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I Sold His Gifts To Leave My Mafia Husband Chapter 02 Bianca Conti first messaged me three months ago. She was the Conti family’s representative in the dockside ceasefire negotiations, which meant she could get past the guards at Matteo’s apartment and ensure the silence of anyone who saw her. That day, I had just
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I Sold His Gifts To Leave My Mafia Husband Chapter 01 After Matteo betrayed our marriage, I didn’t make a scene. I did only one thing. Every time he spent the night away from home, I went to the Vitale family’s preferred jeweler and sold one of the gifts he’d given me. A necklace. A
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