Dangerous Secrets: My Mafia Stepbrother

Isabella, at this moment, cried as if she were an abandoned child, utterly desolate. Evelyn had never seen Isabella so sorrowful before. She had cried so much that she was almost out of breath.

“Isabella, please, calm down, just a little,” Evelyn held Isabella, constantly comforting her. “Emanuele likes you so much, it’s impossible for him to suddenly stop liking you. There must be some problem, perhaps he has some inner struggles?”

Inner struggles? Isabella paused, but in reality, she didn’t believe this at all. Emanuele was such a powerful person, and now the crisis in Chicago had been resolved. Logically, he was powerful, invincible. What other problems could there be? Emanuele was so proud, she had never seen him threatened by anything, let alone pretend not to like her in front of her. They had been through so many crises before, which had all been resolved. There shouldn’t be anything else threatening him. Even if there were a threat, according to Emanuele’s character, he would have dealt with it immediately. If he truly regarded her as his beloved, as his most precious treasure, he wouldn’t push her away at this time. She was already so heartbroken, she ran away, and Emanuele didn’t even come to chase after her. Isabella was at a loss as to how to explain Emanuele’s behavior.

“Evelyn, you don’t need to help him explain. He definitely just doesn’t like me anymore. Otherwise, why, when he got injured and went to the hospital, didn’t he tell me? You say he didn’t tell me to prevent me from worrying, and I believed that. But not only did he not tell me, he also found another woman who likes him and who has hurt me in the past to take care of him. What does Emanuele mean by this?”

Actually, Isabella thought she had a pretty good temper. If Emanuele just didn’t tell her, she would be angry but still worried about Emanuele. But Emanuele not telling her and having another woman accompany him made Isabella unable to help but think more. Evelyn had originally wanted to defend Emanuele, hoping he and Isabella would be fine without any misunderstandings. However, after hearing Isabella’s words, she felt she had no way to explain for Emanuele.

Yes, it was too strange. Concealing the news of his injury, that could still be explained. But finding another woman to accompany him, that was really strange. Isabella was tired of crying. At this point, with alcohol in her system, she also felt dizzy and drowsy, feeling like she wanted to sleep. Evelyn held her, and Isabella lay on Evelyn’s chest and fell into a drowsy sleep. Evelyn looked at Tony and Harry, “What should we do?”

“I’ll call the boss,” Tony said, immediately dialing Emanuele’s number. Soon, he hung up and told Evelyn, “The boss wants us to take the madam back to the apartment.”

At this point, apart from the apartment, Isabella had nowhere else to go. Evelyn knew that although Isabella and Emanuele had quarreled, they were not yet divorced and still had to live together. But Evelyn was still a little worried, “Can I go back with you guys? I want to take care of Isabella.”

“Of course.”

After getting into the car, it dawned on Evelyn why Isabella had suddenly come back. According to the timeline, at that time, Isabella was in Italy and called her to ask about her progress with James. She naively thought that Isabella was genuinely concerned about her love life. It turned out not to be the case. Isabella just wanted to know about Emanuele’s situation. Knowing that James had a date with her, Isabella must have judged that Emanuele had already resolved the crisis in Chicago, so she immediately returned to Chicago. It turned out there was a problem on her end. She had thought Isabella was only concerned about her relationship with James. She was really too naive.

At the apartment, Lilly received a call from Harry, boiled sobering tea, and waited for Isabella to return to feed her. “My goodness, how much did Isabella drink? The smell of alcohol all over her, and she’s passed out. I’ve never seen Isabella like this,” Lilly looked at Isabella’s condition, feeling very distressed. It was hard enough for her to come back, and she ended up getting herself drunk. Now Emanuele was also in the hospital. Lilly didn’t understand what was going on.

Evelyn said to Lilly, “It’s okay, Isabella’s not in a good mood, just let her lie down.”

Lilly nodded. After taking care of Isabella lying on the big bed in the room, Evelyn breathed a sigh of relief. Isabella looked peaceful and obedient when she was asleep after getting drunk. Evelyn really didn’t know what had happened between Isabella and Emanuele, but she really didn’t want Isabella to continue feeling sad. After staying for a while, Evelyn left.Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

She hadn’t been gone for long when Emanuele also returned. Karen really wanted to come with Emanuele, but he scolded her and made her stay in the hospital, not allowing her to come over. If she insisted on coming, he would have to send her back to Russia. Scolded by Emanuele, Karen had no choice but to stay at the hospital. She was really aggrieved. What was so good about Isabella that made Emanuele scold her like that? She didn’t understand why Emanuele wanted to be with Isabella. It really made her angry!

Emanuele returned to the apartment and saw Isabella lying on the bed asleep. Her face was flushed, with a frown on her forehead and tears on her cheeks, looking extremely sorrowful. Even though she was asleep, she seemed unhappy. Seeing this, Emanuele felt a pang in his heart. He reached out and gently wiped the tears from Isabella’s face. Just as his hand touched Isabella’s cheek, she grabbed his finger.

“Emanuele, don’t go,” Isabella murmured softly.

At this moment, Emanuele felt as though his heart had been firmly grasped, a pain spreading through him. Startled, he thought Isabella had woken up, only to see that her eyes were tightly closed. It was just a dream. In her dream, did she dream that he was going to abandon her? Emanuele had never doubted Isabella’s love for him. This girl had given up so much for him, and at that time, Emanuele had been proud of Isabella’s love for him. But now, he would rather Isabella didn’t love him so much. If she didn’t love him so much, she wouldn’t be so heartbroken now.

In reality, Emanuele also didn’t want Isabella to be so heartbroken. He looked at his own leg. Just back from the hospital, he had walked a long way, and now his leg was starting to hurt. His knee was severely injured, and even a few steps were painful now. However, Emanuele had still insisted on coming. He really wished Isabella didn’t love him so much. If she didn’t love him so much, she probably wouldn’t be so upset now. And he couldn’t face Isabella in his current state. He felt like a terrible person. Sitting on the edge of the bed, watching Isabella sleep, he sighed and said softly, “I’m sorry, Isabella.”

Isabella slept until the next day. The hangover made her head ache, feeling like it was about to split open. She regretted drinking so much. Dizzy and uncomfortable, she looked around and was stunned. She had returned to the apartment?