Dangerous Secrets: My Mafia Stepbrother

Isabella had started by crying softly, but after Emanuele consoled her, she couldn’t help but start sobbing loudly.

The more she cried, the more intense it became, tears streaming down her cheeks, wetting Emanuele’s clothes, leaving the area around his chest damp. His brow furrowed tightly, feeling as though his heart was being weighed down by a heavy stone.

The sadder Isabella cried, the more sorrowful Emanuele felt. He realized that seeing Isabella cry was more upsetting than the wounds he had suffered.

Emanuele was filled with regret now, regret that he hadn’t been honest with Isabella from the beginning, instead of letting her find out on her own, making her feel she wasn’t trusted.

For Isabella, this was an immense blow.

“I’m sorry, Isabella, please don’t cry. Your tears break my heart. I didn’t want to tell you about this, I was afraid it would hurt you. Look how upset you are now.”

Upon hearing this, Isabella pushed Emanuele away. Due to Emanuele’s injured knee, already unstable, Isabella’s push made him even more unsteady, causing him to collide with the nearby table.

The pain caused Emanuele to furrow his brow. Isabella hadn’t realized Emanuele was so fragile now; she hadn’t pushed hard, yet he couldn’t stand steady and collided with the table. Seeing Emanuele’s pained expression, Isabella felt a bit concerned.

However, thinking about Emanuele’s deception, she couldn’t bring herself to forgive him. Isabella turned to leave.

Seeing Isabella leaving, Emanuele immediately grabbed her hand, feeling as though if he didn’t hold onto her this time, she would drift further away from him.

The rift between them would be irreparable.

No, this couldn’t happen. Absolutely not.

Thinking this, Emanuele swiftly held onto Isabella.

“Let go of me!” Isabella angrily said.

“Don’t go, Isabella, please, my knee hurts. Please stay and take care of me,” Emanuele pleaded.

“Isn’t Karen here to take care of you? She seems quite happy to take care of you, strutting in front of me, saying you want to divorce me and be with her.”

Thinking about what happened at the mall today, Isabella’s anger flared even more. If it wasn’t for Emanuele’s indulgence towards Karen, would Karen have dared to humiliate her like that?

“By the way, I slapped Karen today. Are you going to hold that against me?” Isabella’s lips curled into a cold smile.

“No,” said Emanuele, ignoring the pain in his leg, walking over to Isabella, and pulling her into his arms again.

“I let her stay because I know she won’t give up on me, so I want her to give up on me by taking care of me. Otherwise, she’s just too troublesome,” Emanuele buried his head in Isabella’s neck. “You also know, her status is not ordinary. I have some business with her brother. Whenever her brother comes to Chicago, he always brings her, and I really dread her admiring gaze.”

The sweet scent from the girl invaded his senses, making him feel as though his body was no longer in pain. It felt like it had been a long time since he had held Isabella like this.

Although last night, he had embraced Isabella while she was drunk, that embrace was different from the one now, while Isabella was sober.

Now, Emanuele felt calm being next to Isabella. Though he had explained to her, Isabella felt she still hadn’t calmed down.

“Why did you hide your injury from me?” Isabella asked. “Did you think I wouldn’t worry about you if I knew your condition?”

“I’m sorry, Isabella, that was indeed wrong of me. I didn’t want you to worry, and I couldn’t face that side of myself. Thinking that I, a powerful person, would become disabled and unable to live like a normal person, it made me very sad. And for you, having a disabled husband in the future. Isabella, forgive me, I didn’t mean to hide it from you.”

“But, Emanuele, no matter your condition, I like you. I don’t think you need to see yourself that way. Even if you are disabled, in my heart, you are still a remarkable person. You wouldn’t lose your position as the head of the Mafia because of a disability, nor would you lose your place in my heart.”

Isabella sighed. She really felt helpless.

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She had been so upset for solong, and it seemed Emanuele had also suffered a lot.

Upon hearing Isabella’s words, Emanuele suddenly felt a warm, melting feeling in his heart. His previous worries had vanished.

He hadn’t expected it to be this easy.

Emanuele lowered his head to kiss Isabella. However, at that moment, there was a knock at the door.

Impatiently, Emanuele furrowed his brow. “What is it?”

“Mr. Lombardi, our Miss had an asthma attack; she’s being treated at the hospital,” said Karen’s bodyguard from outside.

An asthma attack? Emanuele furrowed his brow. He looked at Isabella.

Thinking that Emanuele might blame her, Isabella couldn’t help but smile. “Are you going to blame me for this?”

Would Emanuele possibly attribute any health issues to her?

Seeing that Isabella actually thought he would blame her, Emanuele couldn’t help but feel a pang in his chest. He hadn’t expected that there would be no trust left between him and Isabella.

For a marriage, trust is crucial. How could he possibly reprimand Isabella on behalf of someone else? He couldn’t bear to.

“No, Isabella, don’t worry. I never doubted you,” Emanuele said, then called out to the people outside, “Take good care of her, and don’t bother me!”

Isabella hadn’t expected Emanuele to be so indifferent to Karen. She thought of what happened at the mall.

Karen truly might have been hospitalized because of their altercation.

“Emanuele, maybe it really was our altercation at the mall that caused Karen’s condition,” Isabella said.

Emanuele covered Isabella’s mouth. “No, darling, it’s not your fault. Karen provoked you herself.”

After saying this, without waiting for Isabella’s response, he leaned down and kissed her, longing for this moment for a long time. No one could disturb him now.