Blurb：
Discover the gripping mafia romance where power, passion, and betrayal collide. Serena believed her marriage to Pierce Voss, the ruthless boss of Kingsburg’s largest mafia, was unbreakable. He showered her with grand gestures—fireworks over the coastline, a private island, and unwavering loyalty. But on their tenth anniversary, everything shatters when Lena Young’s hidden pregnancy report falls from their wedding cake.
As Lena begs for Pierce’s attention, claiming terminal cancer and an unborn child, Serena’s own secret—a positive IVF result after 99 agonizing rounds—becomes a weapon of heartbreak. Trapped in a web of lies and public humiliation, Serena must navigate the dangerous world of the Voss Mafia to protect herself and the child she may lose.
Will Pierce Voss’s empire crumble under the weight of his deceit? Can Serena escape the man who once adored her? Dive into this emotional rollercoaster of love, revenge, and redemption in Kingsburg’s underworld.
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People used to say Pierce Voss, my husband, also the boss of the largest mafia in Kingsburg, and I were the kind of couple others envied.
He once lit fireworks across the entire coastline just to celebrate my birthday.
He bought me a private island because I mentioned loving the ocean.
He made the entire mafia respect me as the most esteemed woman in the world.
He shut every woman out of his world so I would never feel insecure.
I thought our love was unbreakable.
After ninety-nine rounds of IVF, I finally got a positive result. I was so happy I couldnt sleep the whole night, planning to surprise him at our tenth-anniversary party the next day.
But instead, I cut into our wedding cake and found Lena Youngs pregnancy report hidden inside.
She fell to her knees in front of everyone, sobbing.
Serena I have cancer. I dont have long. Please let me stay with Pierce for whatever time I have left. Give my child a name.
The room erupted, with gasps, whispers, cruel amusement.
And in an instant, the woman Pierce Voss had supposedly adored became the laughingstock of the entire Kingsburg city.
The love I had been so proud of shattered like cheap glass.
Clutching my own pregnancy report, I held back my tears and prepared to walk away with my baby, far from his world, far from the lies.
But before I could escape, someone framed me for harming her.
I was thrown into detention for three days.
And in those three days, I lost my child.
Pierce Voss lost me, and every last piece of love I ever had for him.
No matter how desperately he begs later, there is no returning to who we used to be.
Chapter 1
The crystal chandeliers scattered fractured light across the ballroom, turning everything into a glittering illusion, perfect, polished, and painfully expensive. Our ten-tier anniversary cake rolled in on a silver cart, drawing a wave of applause from the hundreds of guests who had come to celebrate our tenth wedding anniversary.
Mr. and Mrs. Voss, the attendant said with a rehearsed smile as she offered the knife. If youd do the honor.
Pierces hand slid over mine, guiding the handle into my fingers. His touch used to feel like a promise. Tonight, I didnt know what it meant.
We pressed downward together.
The knife hit something solid.
Pierces brow twitched. He pulled the blade back, reached into the fault line of buttercream, and drew out a folded sheet streaked with frosting.
A medical report.
His eyes flashed crimson at the edges.
The young server pushing the cart went white. I, Im so sorry, Mr. Voss, Mrs. Voss! I mustve, something slipped in. I didnt She stumbled forward, panicked hands reaching for the cake.
Her heel caught.
She fell hard.
The mask on her face was knocked loose.
A pale, exhausted face appeared.
And the room stopped breathing.
My breath froze.
Lena Young, I whispered.
Pierces consigliere. The woman whod supposedly taken a leave for health issues.
Before Pierce could speak, two of his men, black suits, Voss Mafia insignia at their cuffs, stepped forward and grabbed her roughly by the arms, ready to drag her out like a trespassing threat.
But Lena lifted her tear-swollen eyes to Pierce and clung to the hem of his suit trousers.
Pierce I cant wait anymore.
Her voice cracked like something dying. The doctors, they found cancer. Its bad. I dont have long.
The ballroom rippled with gasps.
Her fingers trembled as she pressed a hand to her stomach.
Serena please, she sobbed. Im pregnant. Just let Pierce stay with me for the time I have left. Give the baby his name please.
Pregnant.
The word stabbed through my ribs like a sharpened icicle.
My palm closed so tightly that my nails broke skin.
Inside my clutch sat my own pregnancy report, still warm from being clutched all night, still unreal.
Positive.
After ninety-nine rounds of IVF.
After a decade of injections, surgeries, miscarriages, and hope that tasted like poison.
After fighting for a child until hope became humiliation.
Ninety-nine attempts. And someone else succeeded without even trying.
Pierce didnt turn to look at me. He just stood there, staring at the crying woman at his feet.
His jaw worked once, like he was fighting himself.
Serena, he finally said, voice low, Ill explain when were home.
Then he nodded at his men.
Escort my wife out.
I didnt fight them.
Didnt speak.
Didnt cry.
I was delivered back to the mansion we had lived in for ten years, ten years of what I thought was devotion, loyalty, and hell disguised as love.
I sank onto the sofa, the pregnancy report burning like a brand in my palm.
Ninety-nine rounds.
Pierce had been there through every one.
Holding me through hormone crashes, rubbing my back when I wept until my lungs ached, whispering that we just had to try again, that he wanted a family with me more than the world.
And now another woman carried his child.
My world didnt crumble.
It went silent.
I reached for my phone.
My fingers didnt tremble, they were steady in a way that frightened me.
I texted my dad, who had run my familys affairs since Id run away ten years ago.
Dad, Im coming home. Ill take the position the family reserved for me. Seven days.
His reply came instantly.
Come home, Serena. Your place was never gone.
Ten years ago, I had abandoned everything, our family legacy, the Hale expectations, the life designed for me, to run to Pierce.
And for defying my family’s will, I had paid the price.
My syndicate had dragged me into the punishment hall.
Forced me into their brutal Blood Oath Reckoning, a ritual meant for traitors, not heirs.
A punishment he watched from behind barred doors as I bled for choosing him.
I thought I could love him forever and ever.
But tonight changed everything.
Ten years later, Im going back.
Back to the Hale estate.
Back to reclaim the power and identity I once threw away.
From this moment on, I would live my own life, and Pierce Voss would be nothing but a closed chapter.
A final, merciless ending.
Chapter 2
At dawn, Pierce Voss finally came home.
He set a check on the dining table, an obscene amount of money, the kind meant to silence people.
He hesitated before speaking.
Serena What happened between Lena and me was an accident. Ill handle it.
He pushed the check toward me.
Take this. Travel for a while. Clear your head.
My voice was steady. And how exactly are you planning to handle it?
His expression darkened.
Shes carrying my child. Ill stay with her until the end.
I asked quietly, So you intend to let her keep the baby?
Pierce paused for a long moment.
The child is innocent.
His jaw tightened. Dont make this harder for me.
Harder for him?
A laugh broke from me, sharp, cracked, painful. I laughed until tears blurred my vision.
Pierce looked at me for a long second, something unreadable flickering in his eyes.
Then he picked up his briefcase and walked out without another word.
Days later, every newspaper, magazine, and trending page online was filled with their names:
Pierce Voss & Lena Young
He had rented out an entire revolving restaurant to celebrate her birthday.
He took her to the private hot-spring resort that used to belong to our memories, ours.
Every photo was another slap across my face.
I had become the joke of the entire Kingsburg City.
At some point I realized my cheeks were wet.
My phone lit up, a message from the doctor:
Mrs. Voss, please remember your prenatal appointment.
My hand drifted to my stomach, to the tiny, hard-won life created after ninety-nine rounds of IVF.
This child was a gift from heaven.
And from this moment on, the baby had nothing to do with Pierce Voss.
After my appointment, I stepped out of the clinic and saw her.
Lena Young.
She blocked my way, face twisted with something far darker than the sweet, fragile woman she had pretended to be.
Youre pregnant too? she asked, voice cold.
I didnt answer.
She looked me up and down with open contempt.
Doesnt matter. Im the one Pierce loves, not you.
I said nothing.
I no longer cared about the answer.
I had already decided to leave.
Love, pride, none of it mattered anymore.
Seeing me walk past her without a reaction made her unravel.
If he loved you, he wouldnt have gotten me pregnant! she shouted behind me.
He doesnt want you anymore! Why wont you just leave?
I reached the staircase.
She rushed after me, leaning close enough for her breath to touch my ear.
Let me show you, she whispered, voice venomous,
who matters more to him, you or me.
Before I could react, she threw herself backward.
I tried to grab her, but I was one second too late.
Lena tumbled down the stairs, hitting the ground with a sickening sound.
Serena, why would you hurt my baby? she sobbed, wailing in pain.
The babys innocent
Blood pooled beneath her, spreading fast.
I froze in horror.
And almost at the same moment, Pierce burst through the doors, his face drained of color as he saw her on the floor.
Chapter 3
Pierce Voss rushed Lena Young into the ER and came storming back with two security guards behind him.
What did you do to her?
His voice was raw, like someone had touched the one thing he could never tolerate.
I froze. The naked suspicion in his eyes hit me harder than any slap.
He didnt even look at me again.
Take her away, he ordered coldly.
The guards grabbed my arms. I stumbled as they dragged me down the hallway. My shoulder slammed into the metal doorframe, blooming into a dark bruise within seconds.
Pierce saw it. His pupils tightened; something like regret flickered in his eyes.
Careful, he snapped at the guards. Dont hurt her.
But their grip never truly loosened.
They hauled me all the way up to the rooftop.
Pierce Voss! I finally found my voice. Is that what you think I am? Someone who would hurt a pregnant woman?
His expression shifted, pain, doubt, confusion.
Then why were you even there?
I let out a humorless laugh. Because I had my prenatal appointment.
But I didnt say it.
My life is still mine, Pierce, I said, my tone sharp. I go wherever I want.
His phone rang.
The moment he picked up, Lena Youngs panicked sobs spilled through the speaker.
PiercePierce, the doctor says the baby might not make it
His head whipped toward me, fury exploding in his eyes.
Serena, how could you? When did you become this vicious? You couldnt even spare an unborn child?
His words hit me like a thunderbolt.
I stared at him, the man I had loved for ten years.
And he stared back at me like I was a monster.
I just wanted a child! he shouted. Serena, Im thirty-three years old and I still dont have an heir! The Voss family doesnt have an heir!
Serena Hale, you owe me a child.
Owe him a child?
Our child, he never cared. Not once.
Pain ripped through me.
Pierce, Im pre,
He cut me off, voice hoarse.
You caused Lenas miscarriage. You will admit what you did. Youll apologize. Youll serve your time. And when youre out well go back to how we were.
Back to how we were?
Not anymore.
I looked him straight in the eyes.
I didnt push her. She fell by herself..
His jaw tightened. He hadnt expected me to fight back.
Take her to the station, he said. Charge her with assault. Seventy-two-hour hold.
I stared at him, stunned.
He would really throw me into jail, for her?
I bit down on my lip until I tasted blood. I said nothing.
The seventy-two hours in county detention were hell.
They threw me into the filthiest cell. The other inmates had clearly been paid, they took turns finding new ways to break me.
Day one: they stripped me for inspection and drenched me in freezing water.
Day two: someone ground glass into my food. My stomach cramped from hunger.
Day three: three women dragged me into a bathroom stall and beat me until my vision blurred.
I clenched my jaw, refusing to scream. Blood trickled from the corner of my mouth.
The ringleader grabbed my chin.
Heard you pissed off the Voss Mafia, she sneered. Word is were supposed to teach you a lesson.
Every ounce of love Id ever had for Pierce Voss died right there.
Then warmth spread suddenly down my legs, hot, uncontrollable.
Red seeped into the thin gray fabric of my uniform.
My baby.
Tears blurred my vision.
Somewhere far away, I heard guards shouting:
Damn it! You werent supposed to take it this far! If Voss finds out she lost the baby in here, youre all screwed!
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