Ten minutes before our marriage alliance was signed, my own brother, Marco, crossed my name off Luca Valenti's engagement agreement and promised me to Vincent Valenti—the man every mafia family avoided.
After an ambush at the docks three years ago, Vincent had been drugged for years by a doctor hired by his stepmother, nearly costing him his inheritance. All because Chloe, my family's adopted daughter, cried that she deserved Luca more than I did.
I didn't beg my family to reconsider. I accepted Vincent's engagement ring in front of both families. Luca humiliated me instead, ordering me to wear a server's uniform and wait on Chloe. She even forged a waiver to steal my rightful stake in Moretti Holdings.
At Chloe's engagement party, I forced a witness to expose the forged signature and uncovered a plot to drug Vincent into a violent outburst.
Luca lost his place as heir. Chloe, Marco, and my parents lost their power, while Vincent's stepmother, Vivian, was suspended pending investigation.
Vincent regained his health and standing. And I finally took control of my own life.
