Chapter 1 - The Crying Heir
The magnificent private dining room inside Ristorante Bellagio was bathed in the warm, golden light of glittering crystal chandeliers. But the atmosphere at the head of the long mahogany table was suffocatingly tense.
Mara, a twenty-five-year-old waitress wearing a pale-yellow dress with white lace trimming, stood nervously holding a heavy silver serving tray. She was desperately poor, exhausted, and currently enduring the vicious cruelty of Camilla, the wealthy, arrogant woman sitting near the head of the table.
"You spilled water on my designer shoes, you worthless peasant!" Camilla hissed, intentionally shoving her glass off the table so it shattered at Mara’s simple white shoes. "Clean it up before I have you fired!"
Mara’s expressive brown eyes filled with tears, but she didn't dare speak.
Sitting next to Camilla was Dominic Moretti, New York’s most feared Mafia boss. Tall, extremely muscular, and exceptionally handsome, he wore a fitted black dress shirt unbuttoned at the top, revealing intricate black tattoos across his chest and a distinctive black dragon across his knuckles. Dominic completely ignored his screaming fiancée.
His entire focus was on his eight-month-old son, Nico.
The infant, wearing a luxurious mint-green outfit with white floral embroidery, was crying desperately in his father’s massive, tattooed arms. Nico thrashed, his bright blue eyes locking onto Mara. The baby violently stretched his tiny hands toward the terrified waitress.
Dominic’s piercing dark eyes snapped up, locking onto Mara with an icy, commanding stare.
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"Hold him," Dominic ordered, his deep, authoritative voice slicing through the elegant room.
👉 Camilla scoffed at the ridiculous order, completely unaware that the waitress was about to shatter the mafia boss's entire reality.
