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Annulled Love, Mafia's Fall: She Bulldozed All Novel Cover

Annulled Love, Mafia's Fall: She Bulldozed All

On my wedding night, I made a vow to Liam Gallo, the most feared man in New York. "If you ever betray me," I whispered, "I will vanish from your life as if I never existed." He laughed, thinking it was a romantic promise. It was an oath. Three years later, I discovered his betrayal. It wasn't just an affair; it was a public humiliation. His mistress, Ava, sent me photos of herself in my places, wearing jewelry he'd given me, taunting me with her presence in my life. And Liam let her. The final blow came at our Hamptons estate. I saw them together, Liam and a triumphant, pregnant Ava, in front of his inner circle. He was choosing her, his pregnant mistress, over his injured wife, demanding I apologize for upsetting her. In my own home, I was an obstacle. In my own marriage, I was a prop. The love I clung to for years finally died. Ava's texts confirmed it all, including a picture of an ultrasound captioned "Our baby," and another of her wearing the necklace he named "Maya's Dawn." So, on the morning after our anniversary party, I enacted my plan. I liquidated my assets, bulldozed the garden he planted for me, and served him divorce papers. Then, with a new identity, I walked out of the service exit and disappeared into the city, leaving the man who broke his vows to the wreckage of the life he destroyed.
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Chapter 2

Maya POV:

The rooftop restaurant was a stage, and Liam was its director. He'd booked the entire place-a known neutral ground where the heads of the Five Families sometimes met to broker peace. Tonight, it was for a different kind of performance: The Happy Marriage of Don Liam Gallo.

Journalists, the ones on his payroll, snapped photos as we arrived. Liam's hand was a heavy, possessive brand on the small of my back, guiding me through the whispers and flashing lights. I smiled. It was a mask I had perfected over three years, a placid surface hiding the screaming void beneath.

"You're beautiful tonight, mia cara," he murmured, his lips brushing my ear.

I didn't answer. I just smiled wider for the cameras.

He led me to a table at the edge of the terrace, the city sprawling beneath us like a carpet of fallen stars. He was all charm and devotion, ordering my favorite wine, telling stories that made me sound like a saint-the one pure thing in his dark world. I wasn't a person; I was a prop. A well-cared-for, beautifully dressed prop for the Gallo Family's public relations.

Halfway through dinner, fireworks erupted across the sky, a sudden explosion of color. A grand, public spectacle arranged just for us. For our anniversary. The crowd of diners-all carefully vetted associates and allies-applauded.

Liam beamed, taking my hand. "For you, Maya. To show the world how much I love you."

As he leaned in to kiss me, his phone, lying face-up on the table, flashed to life. My eyes flickered down.

A text from Ava.

You're so good at this. Does she believe a single word?

My blood ran cold. The kiss he pressed to my lips felt like ice. I pulled back slowly, my smile never wavering. He was so arrogant, so sure of his control, that he didn't even bother to hide his phone.

He picked it up, his thumb swiping across the screen. I watched, my face a perfect porcelain mask, as he started to type a reply. My gaze drifted past him, to the fireworks painting the sky in bursts of red and gold. They looked like blood and money.

Then I heard him chuckle. A low, private sound.

I leaned forward slightly, pretending to admire the view.

"The necklace looks better on you anyway," he was muttering as he typed. "I'll get it back for you tomorrow."

The 'Maya's Dawn' necklace.

The symbol of my status. The piece of jewelry named for me. He was promising it to his goomah.

This was no longer just a betrayal of our marriage. In our world, this was a different kind of sin. It was a public stripping of my position. An announcement to his mistress that the Don's wife was temporary. Replaceable.

The air left my lungs in a silent rush. The beautiful, glittering city below me blurred into a meaningless smear of light. And in that moment, the love I had for him-the love I had clung to like a drowning woman clinging to an anchor-finally, completely, died.

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