Home / Romance / The Mafia Boss's Estranged Bride. / Chapter 131: Priority One

Share

Chapter 131: Priority One

Author: Megan McQueen
last update publish date: 2026-07-02 04:52:28

At the top of the folder was titled, Priority One and without wasting further time, Lorenzo opened the file. Inside it was a single sheet of paper that had a photograph clipped to it's corner. A name typed beneath it in plain black ink.

Marco read it over his shoulder and went very still.

"That's not possible."

"It is," Sofia said quietly.

Lorenzo said nothing at all because the man in the photograph wasn't a stranger or one of the men who had walked into the tunnels expecting Lorenzo not to w
Continue to read this book for free
Scan code to download App
Locked Chapter

Latest chapter

  • The Mafia Boss's Estranged Bride.    Chapter 133: Salute

    Sofia found Lorenzo still hunched over the security footage, in the study again that evening, as his eyes also scrutinized the folder from the day before that had Dante's man, the traitor, still sitting untouched beside Adrian Moretti's photograph which has been pushed to the corner of the desk like it could wait. "You should eat something," she said. "I already did.” "Ohh…right." His eyes stayed fixed on the monitor as it cycled silently through the feeds from the gate, the garden and the long gravel drive. "Marco's spiraling," Sofia said, taking the seat across from him and folding her hands. " He's not, he's just thorough." "I know, Lorenzo but then there's a difference between thorough and obsessed." Her voice had an edge to it now. "I watched him send four separate messages to a contact in Milan this morning requesting satellite coverage of the estate. Satellite coverage! Lorenzo, for just one man who stood near a tree line for ninety seconds." "Would you rather he did no

  • The Mafia Boss's Estranged Bride.    Chapter 132: Eyes in the Dark

    By morning, the villa had taken on a completely new face. There were new cameras everywhere on the outer wall in places that hadn't held cameras the day before, they were mounted at sharper angles that previously held blind spots nobody saw angles until last night. Two additional guards were stationed on the perimeter as they walked in slow, overlapping steps instead of one. The main gate, which had once opened for family cars without as much as a glance from the men stationed there, now required a code, radio call, and visual confirmation from two separate posts before it was allowed to move an inch.Lorenzo stood at the study window with an untouched cup of coffee as he watched the tree line where the figure had vanished the night before over and over again. It remained green and still exactly the way it always had been and the sight of it alone made the back of his neck prickle.Marco entered without knocking, he was clutching an ipad in one hand while dark circles carved deep u

  • The Mafia Boss's Estranged Bride.    Chapter 131: Priority One

    At the top of the folder was titled, Priority One and without wasting further time, Lorenzo opened the file. Inside it was a single sheet of paper that had a photograph clipped to it's corner. A name typed beneath it in plain black ink.Marco read it over his shoulder and went very still."That's not possible.""It is," Sofia said quietly.Lorenzo said nothing at all because the man in the photograph wasn't a stranger or one of the men who had walked into the tunnels expecting Lorenzo not to walk out alive. He wasn't hired muscle or a rival executive circling for scraps. This one was Dante's man.Lorenzo could still remember him standing at his father's shoulder in a dozen boardrooms, the way his voice explained logistics contracts during their business dinners like family business still echoed in his head. His father had trusted him with numbers most executives never saw."He's been feeding information to Moretti for past seven years," Sofia said. "There were wire transfers routed t

  • The Mafia Boss's Estranged Bride.    Chapter 130: The First Name

    "Now."Thar single word seemed lingered deep and hard in the room, as it hung between the three of them like the beginning of a war waiting for the “open fire" signal.Marco was the first to move. He walked to the study door and shut the door, turning the lock with a quiet click before pulling the curtains of the windows overlooking the garden. Outside, the glimmering sunlight still bathed the family villa, as Matteo's happy giggles drifted faintly through the glass. Marco allowed himself to listen to the sound for a little moment, letting the sound reminding him of the every reason none of them could afford to fail. When he turned back, the warmth from the dining room was gone, its atmosphere shifting to that of a command room.Lorenzo remained standing behind the desk, as he let his eyes rest on Adrian Moretti's photograph. The expression in his face was calm but Sofia recognized the look immediately. She had seen it years ago, a couple of times inside boardrooms where billion-dol

  • The Mafia Boss's Estranged Bride.    Chapter 129: The Men Beneath the Ashes

    The study fell into complete silence as Lorenzo continued staring at the forged signature as though he was willing the paper itself to suddenly reveal the hand that had written it. The elegant curves, the deliberate pressure of the pen, even the slight flourish beneath the final letter were identical to his own.It was perfect, painfully so. He lowered the document onto the desk with extraordinary care.Then, without looking up, he asked a single question."Who did this?"he asked, the calmness in his voice unsettling Marco far more than when Lorenzo had shouted."I want names."Marco stepped forward, his eyes fixed on Sofia."And you'll have them, just relax."Sofia reached for the laptop resting beside the folders and turned it toward them, the screen illuminated the dimly lit study, she clicked on it and a photograph appeared.A man in an expensive charcoal suit was climbing out of a black sedan, surrounded by security personnel as he entered a private building through a rear entran

  • The Mafia Boss's Estranged Bride.    Chapter 128: Beneath the Ashes

    The warmth that had filled the dining room moments earlier vanished with that single sentence."…someone has been destroying your empire."No one spoke.Lorenzo's eyes remained fixed on Sofia, as he searched her face for even the tiniest hint that she might be exaggerating or perhaps the long months of isolation had sharpened her suspicions more than the facts deserved. Instead, he found something far more unsettling.The certainty of all of it was etched strongly on her face. She held his gaze without blinking, and that alone told him all that he needed to know. Sofia had never been a woman who spoke carelessly. If she had chosen those words, then she must also have chosen them after exhausting every possibility that they might be wrong.Around the table, the easy laughter that Matteo had inspired only moments before faded into an uneasy silence.Marco was the first to notice the subtle change in Lorenzo's expression.His smile had disappeared and was now replaced by the calm, unread

  • The Mafia Boss's Estranged Bride.    Chapter 28: The Choice

    “…Lorenzo…” she called again, her voice was barely there. But it hit harder than anything else. Lorenzo froze.The gun was still aimed at Marco’s head, finger tight on the trigger. One shot was all it would take and it would all be over. The five years of betrayal, blood and lies would be finished.

  • The Mafia Boss's Estranged Bride.    Chapter 24: The Enemy Within

    The silence that followed was heavy and crushing, no one even dared to breathe too loudly because of what Sofia had just said had changed everything.“…he’s using your access code.” she said quietly.Lorenzo didn’t react or explode which only made the whole situation worse.“Say that again,” he sai

  • The Mafia Boss's Estranged Bride.    Chapter 22:The Man Who Refuses to Die

    “DAD!!!” Matteo shouted as his scream tore through the night. The ground had finally gone still and dust settled slowly in the air.The response that followed was a thick, heavy silence. The tunnel was gone, collapsed and buried under layers of concrete and steel.And Lorenzo was still inside.“No…

  • The Mafia Boss's Estranged Bride.    Chapter 5: The Secret That Breathes

    The room became saturated with heavy, suffocating silence that was waiting to explode. Lorenzo didn’t take his eyes off Isabella not even for a second.“What child?” he repeated, his voice calm. Too calm.Isabella’s pulse roared in her ears. Her every instinct told her to deny it, to shut it down b

More Chapters
Explore and read good novels for free
Free access to a vast number of good novels on GoodNovel app. Download the books you like and read anywhere & anytime.
Read books for free on the app
SCAN CODE TO READ ON APP
DMCA.com Protection Status