Dangerous Secrets: My Mafia Stepbrother

At this moment, Karen was throwing things inside the hospital room. After receiving some treatment, Karen’s condition had stabilized. However, her emotions were far from stable. She was still very angry.ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

“Wretched woman! Isabella and that wretch Evelyn dared to bully her like that at the mall, she wanted to kill them. But she was also very sad. Her bodyguards had already informed Emanuele of her situation, yet Emanuele didn’t come to see her, treating her as a stranger. It was despicable. Despite taking care of Emanuele for so long, working tirelessly every day, personally cooking for Emanuele, and when he didn’t like the food she prepared, she would go out herself to buy it. In the end, this man was still as cold as ice, devoid of any warmth. Karen felt very tired. Must one be so humble when loving someone? Thinking of this, Karen immediately called her brother. When the call connected, Karen cried, ‘Brother, Emanuele has been bullying me. You have to help me.’

‘How can I help you, Karen? It was your own decision to stay in Chicago to take care of Emanuele. I advised you, but you didn’t leave. What do you want me to do now?’ Michael decided to be a bit harsh with Karen. He felt that their family had truly spoiled Karen. Emanuele had already expressed his attitude towards Karen; he didn’t like her, and moreover, he was already married. But who knew that Karen liked Emanuele so much, she didn’t care whether Emanuele was married or not, and continued to entangle with Emanuele. If this were to spread, their Bratva princess would be seen as a homewrecker, wanting to be the lover of a married man. Michael felt his dignity was being completely trampled by Karen. But he knew about Karen’s stubbornness. So, he could only try Emanuele’s method. Only if Emanuele hurt Karen to the point of her giving up, would Karen probably be willing to let go.

Karen hadn’t expected that her brother wouldn’t speak up for her. She immediately became anxious, ‘Brother, don’t you love me? Please talk to Emanuele for me, ask him not to treat me this way.’ She knew her brother had a business relationship with Emanuele. Emanuele didn’t like her, but out of respect for her brother, he should treat her a bit better.

‘Karen, what do you want me to say to Emanuele? He’s a married man, and he has a good relationship with his wife. What can I say? Ask him to like you? Do you want to be a third party and ruin their marriage?’ Karen hadn’t expected her doting brother to speak so harshly.

‘Enough! Brother, how can you say that about me? You’re saying your sister is a third party? Clearly, I met Emanuele first, and I liked him a long time ago. It’s just that Emanuele doesn’t like me, that’s all. How can I be a third party? If we’re talking about who came first, it’s Isabella who is the third party; she snatched Emanuele away, that wench.’ Karen became more and more excited as she spoke, then she told Michael about what had happened at the mall today. Of course, she only mentioned how Isabella had bullied her, slapped her, and had James threaten her to apologize, without mentioning her own bullying of Isabella. Karen portrayed herself as a pitiful victim.

When Michael heard what Karen said, he furrowed his brow. Initially, when he heard that Karen was being bullied, Michael was actually very angry. However, Michael quickly calmed down. He felt something was not right. Isabella didn’t seem like that kind of person; she wouldn’t just hit Karen for no reason.

‘Karen, Isabella isn’t that kind of person. How could she just attack you for no reason?’ He didn’t believe it.

‘She had a conflict with Emanuele, and I happened to be taking care of Emanuele. Isabella thought I was her rival, and when she saw me at the mall, she hit me.’ Karen lied. After all, she had been hit by Isabella, did she need any other reason? Her brother should stand by her.

Michael furrowed his brow. If it had been before, he would have believed Karen, but Karen wasn’t the first to slander someone. He didn’t want to be foolish enough to rush to Karen’s defense without investigating everything. Besides, he felt that Karen should have learned a lesson by now.

‘Since you know that being with Emanuele now will easily lead to misunderstandings, you should have left Emanuele earlier and returned to Russia. Whenever you want to come back, I will cometo pick you up.’

‘No, I’m not going back. Brother, Isabella bullied me, why won’t you help me? I can take photos for you, we can even video call so you can see the condition of my face.’ Karen said, crying. What’s going on? How did her brother become like this? Clearly, Michael had always been very loving and doting towards her. When she was bullied, her brother would have stood up for her immediately. But now, he wasn’t helping her, and even wanted her to return to Russia. No, she wouldn’t go back! ‘You are our Bratva princess here, but in Chicago, you are suffering. Karen, don’t you understand? Hurry back.’ Michael said patiently to Karen.

Karen immediately hung up the phone. She wasn’t going back! She had already suffered enough here, and if she couldn’t make Emanuele like her, then all the suffering she was enduring now would be for nothing. No, she had to go find Emanuele. Saying this, Karen got off the bed and went to Emanuele’s hospital room. She deliberately chose to stay in this hospital for treatment because it was close to Emanuele. When she missed Emanuele, she could easily find him.

Now, Karen went straight to find Emanuele. Since Emanuele didn’t want to come to her, she would go to him. She wanted to complain to Emanuele that Isabella had hit her! Before setting off, Karen looked in the mirror. The swelling on her face had already gone down a bit and wasn’t so obvious. This wouldn’t do; if it wasn’t serious, how could Emanuele feel sorry for her? Karen took out her makeup bag and applied blush to her cheeks, making her facial injuries look more severe.

Then, Karen went to find Emanuele. There were still bodyguards guarding Emanuele’s door. When she approached, the bodyguard stopped her, “You can’t go in.” Karen was very surprised, “I’ve been taking care of Emanuele these past few days, and you didn’t stop me. Why are you stopping me today?” How strange! Could it be that that wench Isabella had complained in advance? The bodyguard only said that it was an order from above. Karen couldn’t go in; she could only shout at the door, “Emanuele, I have something to tell you. Why won’t your bodyguard let me in?”