Chapter 10 – The Mafia Boss’s Revenge
Chapter 10 – The Mafia Boss’s Revenge
Victor Blackwood had spent his entire life learning one lesson.
Never let your emotions control you.
Anger made people careless.
Fear made people weak.
Love made people vulnerable.
That was why Victor had built walls around himself.
A man like him could not afford attachments.
Until Ethan was born.
Until Isabella died.
Until Lily walked into his life.
And now, someone had touched the one thing Victor had sworn to protect.
His family.
The security room was silent.
The photograph remained on the screen.
Serena.
Isabella.
Victor's father.
Three people connected by a secret that had been buried for years.
Marcus stood nearby.
His expression was tense.
"Sir..."
Victor did not answer.
He was staring at the photograph.
Trying to understand.
How?
How had Serena been connected to his family before she appeared as the perfect fiancée?
How had nobody discovered it?
Then one thought entered his mind.
Someone had made sure nobody discovered it.
"Find everything."
Victor finally said.
Marcus looked at him.
"Everything?"
Victor turned.
His eyes were cold.
"Her childhood."
"Her family."
"Every person she has ever spoken to."
A pause.
"Every lie she has ever told."
Marcus nodded.
But Daniel, standing nearby, noticed something.
Victor was not investigating anymore.
He was preparing.
"Victor."
Daniel said carefully.
"You need to be careful."
Victor looked at him.
"Why?"
"Because this isn't just Serena."
Daniel pointed at the photograph.
"Someone powerful protected her."
Victor understood.
Someone who knew how to erase records.
Someone who could manipulate security.
Someone who could reach inside the Blackwood organization.
A person who had been waiting.
But Victor had spent years being patient.
Now his patience was gone.
Meanwhile...
Lily sat in the nursery with Ethan.
The child was playing with wooden blocks.
For the first time in days, he seemed calm.
But Lily was not.
She could feel the tension in the house.
She had seen Victor angry before.
But this was different.
This was not the anger of a businessman.
This was the anger of a father.
And that scared her.
When Victor entered, Lily immediately noticed.
"You're going after her."
It wasn't a question.
Victor stopped.
"You heard?"
"Everyone can feel it."
A silence.
Lily looked at him.
"Victor, don't lose yourself."
His expression changed slightly.
"You think I'm going to become someone dangerous?"
Lily hesitated.
"I think you already are."
The honesty surprised him.
Most people lied to Victor.
Lily never did.
"But..."
She continued.
"I don't think Ethan needs a dangerous father."
A pause.
"He needs his father."
Victor looked away.
Because those words reached somewhere no threat ever could.
"I failed him."
Victor whispered.
Lily shook her head.
"You protected him."
"After he was hurt."
"You came back."
A pause.
"You chose him."
Victor looked at her.
"And you did too."
For a moment, neither spoke.
Then Ethan dropped a toy.
The sound broke the tension.
Lily smiled faintly.
"See?"
Victor looked at his son.
"He doesn't care about revenge."
A small smile appeared.
"He cares about toys."
For the first time that day...
Victor almost laughed.
But peace didn't last.
That night, Victor launched his counterattack.
Not publicly.
Not emotionally.
Quietly.
The way he had destroyed enemies for years.
First, he froze Serena's access to Blackwood accounts.
Then he investigated every company connected to her.
Then he exposed the people who had helped her.
Within hours, three of Serena's allies disappeared from the business world.
Not physically.
Professionally.
Their secrets were released.
Their illegal dealings became public.
Their protection vanished.
Serena watched the news from her apartment.
Her face became pale.
Victor wasn't attacking her.
He was removing everything around her.
Her phone rang.
Adrian.
She answered immediately.
"You said he wouldn't find out."
Adrian was silent.
Then:
"I underestimated him."
Serena laughed bitterly.
"You underestimated the nanny too."
A pause.
"Yes."
Adrian's voice became darker.
"That was our mistake."
"What do we do now?"
Serena asked.
Adrian looked at the city lights.
"Take away what he loves."
Serena froze.
"Ethan?"
"No."
A pause.
"The nanny."
The next morning...
Lily received a message.
Unknown number.
You saved a child who was never yours.
She frowned.
Another message appeared.
Now watch what happens when you lose him.
Her blood ran cold.
She immediately looked toward Ethan.
He was playing with Victor in the garden.
Safe.
For now.
Victor noticed her expression.
"What happened?"
She showed him the phone.
His face changed.
Not anger.
Something worse.
Fear.
Because this was not a threat against him.
It was against Lily.
"I'll handle it."
Victor said.
But Lily shook her head.
"No."
Victor looked at her.
"No?"
She held his gaze.
"Every time someone tries to hurt me, they expect me to disappear."
A pause.
"I'm tired of disappearing."
Something changed in Victor's expression.
Respect.
Because Lily was no longer the frightened nanny from the marble floor.
She was someone who had survived.
"Then we do this together."
Victor said.
Lily looked surprised.
"Together?"
Victor nodded.
"Yes."
But neither of them noticed the person watching from across the street.
A woman wearing sunglasses.
Serena.
She watched Lily and Victor standing beside Ethan.
A family.
The thing Serena wanted most.
Her fingers tightened around her phone.
"Victor chose her."
Her voice was filled with hatred.
"After everything..."
She smiled.
"Then I'll make him regret choosing."
That evening, Marcus delivered a new report.
Victor opened it.
The first page contained Serena's history.
The second contained Adrian's connections.
The third...
Made Victor stop.
Because there was a name.
A name he never expected.
Isabella Blackwood.
Victor's eyes narrowed.
"What is this?"
Marcus looked uncomfortable.
"Sir..."
"Tell me."
Marcus took a breath.
"Your wife knew Serena."
Silence.
"Before Ethan was born."
Victor stared at the document.
Impossible.
Then another line caught his attention.
Private meeting recorded between Isabella Blackwood and Serena Montigue.
Date:
Ten years ago.
Before Serena ever met Victor.
Before anyone knew her name.
Victor looked up.
"Where is the recording?"
Marcus hesitated.
"We don't know."
Then Victor's phone rang.
Unknown number.
He answered.
A woman's voice spoke.
"Victor."
He froze.
Because he knew that voice.
Even after all these years.
"Isabella?"
Silence.
Then the voice whispered:
"Don't trust anyone."
The call ended.
Victor stood completely still.
Lily noticed.
"Who was it?"
Victor slowly lowered the phone.
His face had lost all color.
Because there was only one explanation.
Someone had just used his dead wife's voice.
And somewhere in the darkness...
Serena smiled.
The revenge had begun.
But she didn't understand something.
Victor Blackwood was not dangerous because he was powerful.
He was dangerous because someone had finally given him a reason to stop holding back.
And now...
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The entire city was about to learn what happened when a mafia boss stopped protecting people...
And started hunting them.
