Dangerous Secrets: My Mafia Stepbrother

Emanuele hadn’t finished speaking with Isabella when the call was abruptly disconnected.

Immediately, a sense of helplessness washed over Emanuele, and he let out a sigh.

Isabella had always been independent-minded, and Emanuele was well aware of it.

Previously, he had admired Isabella’s strong-willed nature and had been drawn to her.

Now, however, Emanuele suddenly found Isabella’s character to be both admirable and challenging.

She simply did not listen.

Once she made up her mind about something, she wouldn’t heed his words and would act on her own accord.

She was truly the first woman who refused to listen to him.

At that moment, Isabella was still busy at the hospital.

The wounded were many, one after another, and she felt like she couldn’t stop working.

Most of them had been injured together, all in the same explosion, so the timing for their treatments coincided.

Seeing Isabella so occupied that she didn’t even have time to drink water, David couldn’t help but say to her, “Isabella, why don’t you take a break? You’ve just returned from Italy, and though it’s busy here, both I and the other doctors can handle things.”

“You’re too kind. While you and the other doctors can manage, if I can help, it would make things much easier for you all. David, I feel so useless. Even though I’m Emanuele’s wife, I can’t help him with anything else. This is the only way I can assist him, so I want to make an effort to help him.”

Only then would Isabella feel a sense of joy.

Despite being busy, she was genuinely happy.

The thought of being able to help Emanuele made her happy.

After a while, David looked at Isabella and smiled. “You are special.”

Isabella looked at David, not understanding why he said that.

“I’ve met many Mafia queens, and they are nothing like you. They just need to accompany their husbands, attend various events, and bear many children for their husbands. That’s their mission. Isabella, you are the first Mafia queen I’ve seen who is different.”

Upon hearing David’s words, Isabella was momentarily stunned.

She suddenly realized that indeed, most Mafia queens’ roles revolved around bearing five or six children for their husbands.

They would raise the boys to be Mafia heirs, while the girls had more freedom, either to marry or, perhaps, to secure alliances for the Mafia.

In short, a Mafia queen’s needs were limited to these.

But she wasn’t like that. She was different.

At that moment, Isabella suddenly felt that she might not be a qualified Mafia queen.Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

All she wanted was to stand by Emanuele’s side, hoping that when Emanuele had matters to handle, she wouldn’t stand by helplessly, unable to do anything, just in need of protection.

She also hoped she could help Emanuele.

But now, Isabella suddenly realized that she might not be able to bear children like other Mafia queens.

In the past, she may have thought of having two or three children.

But now, Isabella felt that she couldn’t bear a child with Emanuele in the near future.

Emanuele had mentioned wanting to have a child with her now, but Isabella keenly felt her body’s resistance to the idea.

It was a protective state that made her never contemplate having another child with Emanuele.

She was truly afraid. Afraid that if she were to become pregnant again, she wouldn’t know if she could endure it all over again.

Losing once had already caused her so much pain; she couldn’t fathom what it would be like to go through it again.

She couldn’t have a child with Emanuele now. Did this mean she wasn’t a qualified Mafia queen?

“Ah, it hurts!” Absentminded for a moment, while administering medication to a patient, Isabella applied too much force, causing the patient to cry out in pain.

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to,” Isabella said.

She quickly snapped back to attention. Damn it, she needed to focus on her work.

After a busy day, Isabella finally returned to her apartment to rest.

At that moment, she truly felt the exhaustion in her body.

Upon seeing Isabella return, Lilly looked at her and said, “Isabella, you’re finally back. I heard you came back early from Italy, so I cooked some food, waiting for you to return. Why are you back so late?”

“I went to the hospital,” Isabella said, now so fatigued that she had no energy left to speak.

She just wanted to take a shower and then get a good night’s sleep.

She realized her physical stamina was quite poor.

Other doctors could handle it, but she could only manage half a day before feeling drained.

It seemed she needed to start exercising more.

Seeing how exhaustedyou looked, Lilly couldn’t help but ask, “Isabella, are you okay? You look very tired. Is the hospital very busy right now?”

Isabella nodded. “There were many injuries from the warehouse attack, and now they are all receiving treatment at the hospital. There are also few doctors available, so it’s been a busy day.”

Upon hearing this, Lilly’s lips trembled, her eyes beginning to well up. She knew that all of this was because of her, but she didn’t know what to do. She felt sorry for Isabella and Emanuele. This wasn’t what she intended, but her family had been threatened, and she had no choice.

At that moment, Lilly’s phone vibrated, reminding her of an incoming message. She hurriedly walked to the side to check.

Isabella didn’t notice Lilly’s strange expression. She went upstairs, turned on the bathtub faucet, preparing for a comforting hot bath before a good night’s sleep. She needed to be well-rested for her work at the hospital the next day.

Lilly, on the other hand, went to a corner and opened the message.

“We’ve left you a handgun, right under Emanuele’s apartment, in the flower bed. Go and get it, then kill Emanuele.”

Upon reading the message, Lilly’s pupils trembled.

Kill Emanuele? She couldn’t do that!

“You promised me that as long as I helped you monitor Emanuele and Isabella’s activities until you seized that batch of weapons, you would spare my family. How can you go back on your word!”

Lilly had only agreed to help because she thought Emanuele would only suffer the loss of a shipment of weapons and not be in mortal danger.

She never expected that they would now demand something else.

Lilly felt dizzy, as if she might collapse at any moment.