Too Late, Vitiello: The Bride Strikes Back

From the back cover

I was about to walk down the grand staircase to marry Dante Vitiello, a feared mafia Don, sealing a powerful blood oath between our Families.

But at the bottom of the marble steps, I found his former mistress wearing an exact replica of my three-million-dollar bridal gown, bleeding from a minor scrape and screaming that I pushed her.

Dante immediately stormed into the foyer, his dark eyes furious, and crushed my wrist in a violent grip.

"Bow your head and apologize to her," he demanded in front of the entire underworld elite.

His mother stepped forward and spat at me, calling me a vicious, jealous girl who brought shame to their empire.

The surrounding made men and high-society guests whispered in condemnation, entirely taking his side.

But the deepest betrayal wasn't his mistress crashing the wedding.

I soon discovered Dante had ordered his legal team to draft a predatory annulment contract the night before.

It was titled "Major Fault of the Bride," a meticulously planned trap designed to frame me and strip my family's port territories as reparations for this staged disaster.

I looked at the man I was supposed to marry, realizing he thought I was just a naive pawn he could humiliate, rob, and discard.

He truly believed I would break down in tears and submit to his power.

Instead, I pulled out my encrypted phone and summoned the Mafia Commission's Arbitrator.

"Cancel the marriage ceremony," I commanded coldly, preparing to shed my heavy bridal gown. "Tonight, there is no wedding."