After Being Dumped, I Married the Mafia Boss

Elena Hartley gave Adrian Blackwood five years. He called off their engagement. Her family had wanted the match to ride Adrian's coattails; when Adrian stopped calling, they beat her. New York society decided no one would marry a woman like her.

Later, Adrian suddenly called her over. She hadn't seen him in three months. Sophie Hartley, her stepsister, was on his lap. Adrian wanted to marry Sophie—Sophie was innocent, Elena was not. Elena took off his mother's bracelet and handed it back without crying. Her birth mother's ring was already gone; she had given it to Adrian when they got engaged.

Rumors spread: Elena would do anything to please a man, she had been used up, she couldn't have children. That night Dante Moretti called. The uncrowned king of the West Coast. Rumor said he couldn't use his legs, and no one dared tell him no. He asked her to marry him. She agreed, and told no one until the wedding.

Before the wedding, Elena had lunch with her best friend Bella. Sophie appeared, wearing Elena's birth mother's ring and damaging it. Elena slapped her. Adrian clamped a hand around Elena's wrist and demanded an apology. Elena refused. Adrian slapped her to the floor and warned her never to show her face in front of him and Sophie again.

Elena sent Adrian's jewel box and the blank wish card he gave her when he was twelve back through Vincent, Adrian's assistant. Vincent told her to stay away and never told Adrian. Elena told Vincent she was Mrs Meretti now.

Two days later, Elena met Dante for the first time. His legs were not in great shape, and he would need her help that night.

Only after that did Adrian think about Elena again. Vincent admitted he had sent her away. Adrian ordered Vincent to call her back within thirty minutes, or tomorrow he would really get engaged to Sophie.

Dante had been faking his disability for years to lure out enemies, and had loved Elena since they were young. Under his indulgence, Elena became a calm, independent mafia wife. Adrian regretted everything, tried to win her back, and ended up broke and alone. Elena and Dante got the real love story.