My Mafia Lover Drugged Me So His Mistress Could Have His Baby

On my twenty-seventh birthday, I hid a lab report confirming my pregnancy in my bag, planning to tell my boyfriend, Varek Montesi, that after three years of hoping, we were finally having a baby. But Varek and Sabella Marzano, my childhood best friend and the person I trusted most, walked ahead of me for ten full minutes without even noticing I'd fallen behind. At my birthday lunch, the table was covered with seafood I was severely allergic to, while my birthday cake was mango—Sabella's favorite flavor. Late that night, Varek leaned against my shoulder and said, "Sabella's upset. I need to go be with her." Fighting back nausea, I grabbed his arm. "Can you stay? There's something really important I need to tell you." He pulled away. Only later did I learn that the ordinary doctor who lived with me in a run-down apartment was actually a powerful Mafia Don who controlled a vast criminal empire. He and Sabella had been sleeping together behind my back, and he'd even promised to give her a child before ever letting me have his. Then Sabella leaned close to my ear and smiled. "Your three miscarriages weren't accidents. Varek had been slipping drugs into your milk every night to make sur…

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