My Boyfriend Had a Wife Before Me Chapter 06
I was lying in the bedroom of a villa.
This was the private estate of the Sterling Family.
Unlike the Moretti Family, which built its Mafia Empire
through violence and Territory, the Sterling Family had once
been one of the oldest Blood Families in the European underworld.
They had controlled a powerful intelligence network,
financial channels, and countless Family alliances across Europe.
But years ago, after a brutal power struggle, the Sterling
Family chose to step away from the center of the underworld.
Everyone believed the Sterling Family had lost the influence they once possessed.
But they had forgotten one thing.
A truly ancient Family never disappears.
They simply wait for the right moment to return.
The bedroom door opened softly.
My father and my brother walked in.
Sweetie, are you feeling better?”
Looking at the two familiar faces that had also become
strangers after five years apart, tears instantly filled my eyes.
My father’s hair had turned much whiter than before.
The wrinkles around his eyes had deepened.
My brother looked stronger and more mature, with a
calmness in his eyes that I had never seen before.
But no matter how much they had changed…
The concern they showed me had never changed.
I choked back my tears.
“I’m sorry. Dad!”
“I shouldn’t have ignored you back then.”
I shouldn’t have cut ties with the Family because of Cassian.”
My father sat beside the bed and gently patted the back of my hand.
His eyes were filled with pain.
Baby, you don’t need to apologize.”
“We never blamed you.”
‘And we never stopped looking for you.
For the past five years, they had searched everywhere for any trace of me.
But Cassian had created a false identity for me.
He had hidden my real information.
He had even transferred all my Luxury Art Collection
ownership rights and awards under Aralyn’s name.
They couldn’t find a single trace of me.
If I hadn’t been taken to that underground club this time.
If someone hadn’t accidentally revealed information about
my location…
They might never have found me.
They had been looking for me all these years.
Back then, I had ignored my parents‘ warnings.
had followed Cassian to Geneva without hesitation.
I had even blocked every way my family could contact me.
Looking back now…
It was the most foolish thing I had ever done.
My father looked at me seriously.
‘Arabella.”
His voice became firm.
‘Don’t worry.”
“We won’t let you suffer anymore.”
“Cassian owes you.”
“And we will make sure he pays back everything he took from
you.”
“You just rest here.”
“Leave the rest to us.”
I looked at him in surprise.
“Dad…”
“What are you going to do?”
My brother let out a cold laugh.
“He destroyed five years of your life.”
He took everything you worked for.”
He lied to you and treated you like you meant nothing.”
And he actually handed you over to those people at that
underground club and let them lock her in a basement.”
I will never forgive him for that!”
His expression turned cold.
He should pay for this!”
My father nodded.
“We will make sure he loses everything.”
“You don’t have to be afraid anymore.”
*No one will ever hurt you again.”
Looking at my father and brother…
The pain and helplessness I had endured for so long finally had somewhere to go.
Cassian’s betrayal had destroyed the last bit of hope I had held onto.
no longer had any illusions about him.
I slowly nodded.
Okay. Thanks, brother.”
My brother moved faster than I expected.
Not long after, an unmarked letter appeared inside Cassian’s private study.
There was no sender.
No seal.
No trace of where it had come from.
It was as if someone had placed it there without anyone noticing.
Cassian opened the envelope.
The message inside was short.
But every word made his expression darken.
After returning to Cassian’s side, Aralyn had never truly cut
contact with her former husband.
The two of them had already made their plans.
Once they gained control of one of the Moretti Family’s key
supply routes, they would create an accident and make Cassian disappear.
Then they would take over the Moretti Family’s remaining power.
Cassian stared at the letter.
His first reaction was disbelief.
It was ridiculous.
Someone was clearly trying to turn him against Aralyn.Absurd.”
He let out a cold laugh and threw the paper onto the desk.
Aralyn had stayed by his side for years.
She had been gentle and patient.
She had taken care of their child.
She had always followed his decisions without question.
How could she possibly be planning something like this?
But for some reason…
The words on the letter refused to leave his mind.
Like a hidden blade buried beneath his skin.
The timing of Aralyn’s return really was strange.
She had come back right after he had secured several
important alliances and expanded the Moretti Family’s influence.
And recently…
She had occasionally asked subtle questions about the Family’s supply routes and movements within the underworld.
Those details had seemed meaningless before.
He had never thought twice about them.
But now…
They slowly connected.
And the uneasiness inside him continued to grow.
At that moment, there was a knock on the door.
His Right–Hand Man walked in quickly.
Don Moretti.”
“There is something you need to see.
He stepped forward and placed a file on Cassian’s desk.
“We have continued investigating Miss Sterling’s disappearance.”
“We still haven’t found where she is.”
“But we found something unusual about Aralyn.”
His expression became serious.
“You need to see this yourself.”