Married to Mafia Boss novel Chapter 86

Chapter 86

Throughout his life, Gabriel had never been scolded like this by his father. Unable to swallow this anger, he naturally placed the blame on Marco and Alia.

If it weren’t for Marco scheming behind his back, how could the Verona family suddenly decide to collaborate with Cortez Tech? And he wouldn’t have been made to look so pathetic at the Black Hawk charity banquet.

Gabriel clenched his fist, imagining the newspaper in his hand was Marco, wishing he could strangle him.

El, what happened?‘ Maria pretended not to know, though she had already heard clearly what was going on.

Men like stupid women, don’t they?

So around Gabriel, Maria tried her best to portray herself as a sweet, obedient, and understanding yet naive woman.

Gabriel had a belly full of anger to vent, but seeing Maria’s face, he seemed to see a glimmer of hope. He forced a smile and asked, “When are

Alia?”

‘I’ve already arranged it. We’re having lunch together today,” Maria replied with a gentle smile, as if she didn’t mind at all that Gabriel was thinking about another woman.

“You’re so capable. Truly worthy of being my wife, Gabriel said, putting his arm around Maria. “Let’s go. We’ll head over now.”

Maria held him back. “El, if I speak to her alone, she might listen. But if you come…”

Maria had bribed people close to Gabriel, keeping his every move under her control.

She knew clearly that Gabriel hadn’t managed to win Alia over, and Alia treated him as coldly as a stranger.

Her true purpose for meeting Alia was known only to herself. How could she let Gabriel come along and ruin her plans?

Maria arrived at the meeting place early and ordered some of Alia’s favorite dishes.

While waiting, Maria thought back to events from long ago.

That year, she was eight and Alia was six when they moved to a new home with their father and met ten–year–old Gabriel.

Their father had repeatedly instructed the sisters to please the eldest son of the Castro family, to comply with his every wish, and never to upset him.

Maria took her father’s words to heart. Whenever Gabriel was around, she served him well and was extremely careful.

But at such a young age, Alia didn’t care about such things. Being naive, she never took her father’s words seriously and even bit Gabriel once.

Unexpectedly, after Alia bit Gabriel, their relationship actually improved.

Gabriel even declared that anyone who dared to bully Alja would have to answer to him, and he treated her exceptionally well afterward.

At that time, Maria couldn’t understand why Gabriel was particularly nice to Alia. She was right there in front of him, so why did he never see her?

Her father had also intentionally encouraged her to get close to Gabriel, hoping she could capture his heart and eventually become the lady of the Castro family.

However, Gabriel only had eyes for Alia, taking her everywhere he went. There was never any place for Maria.

Years passed, and they all grew up.

Her father, in order to make her more accomplished–no, not to make her more accomplished, but to enable her to help Gabriel in the future arranged for her to study economics in the United States, preparing her thoroughly for a future role in the Castro family.

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But in her second year in America, news came from home that Gabriel and Alia were engaged.

He was the man she had always aspired to be with, and her father had always told her that she would one day be Gabriel’s bride. How could he be engaged

to Alia?

She had been waiting to complete her studies and return home to be ‘Gabriel’s beautiful bride.

Yet, far away in a foreign land, she received such heartbreaking news.

At that moment, it felt like the sky was falling. It seemed like the end of the world, and the pain in her heart surged in waves.

Her heartache only began to heal when another man appeared in her life.

She had never seen a man with such grace, cultivation, and perfect looks. With just one glance, she was deeply attracted to him.

After extensive inquiries, she discovered that the man was a finance Ph.D. student at Harvard named Mark Vittorio. Beyond that, she knew noth

him.

Later, she met Mark at a debate and speech event at school. She created opportunities for herself, making sure Mark noticed her existence.

Finally, she had the chance to talk to Mark. She actively pursued him, sent him emails, and even became his girlfriend.

Ironically, Mark was always extremely busy, often nowhere to be seen. After becoming his girlfriend, she had only met him twice.

Once at a school social event, and another time when she actively arranged to meet him. But even then, he left before they could finish a cup of coffee.

They had been in a relationship for two months, yet Mark hadn’t even held her hand.

Perhaps in Mark’s heart, he didn’t even remember her existence.

If he truly didn’t care about her, why had he agreed to be in a relationship with her?

Or perhaps, the relationship status was just her one–sided belief, and Mark never had such intentions.

Even until she returned to her home country, she never saw Mark again.

However, compared to a man who excelled in appearance and temperament, what she valued more was power. Gabriel of the Castro family was her true pursuit, the man she had always wanted to marry.

On the day she returned home, because Alia was busy with her design work, she asked Gabriel to pick Maria up. It was then that Maria learned from Gabriel’s own mouth:

Alia was always busy with studies and work, rarely having time to accompany him, let alone develop their relationship further.

Gabriel was merely complaining to her, but Maria knew her opportunity had come. As long as there was a gap between him and Alia, she could wedge herself

1. in.

So, she immediately thought of a plan.

In the scorching summer, heat stroke incidents were common. Using this as an excuse, she pretended to faint in Gabriel’s arms.

When mature male and female bodies collide, sparks naturally fly. Before going home that day, they first went to a hotel.

As Gabriel took her again and again, he called out Alia’s name, but she didn’t mind. After all, it was Maria who was truly lying beneath Gabriel,

If Alia wanted to be busy with studies and work, then let her be busy. As the elder sister, she could substitute for her sister in things Alia was unwilling to

1. do.

Some things, once they happen the first time, will happen countless times after. Eventually, getting pregnant with Gabriel’s child was a natural progression.

Married to Mafia Boss

Chapter 87

Alia POV