Three Divorces Later, The Mafia Princess Is Getting Married Again Chapter 06
Dario’s POV:Â
Marcella laughed for a good while before wiping her eyes. “I just wanted an excuse to throw aÂ
massive party, so I told everyone I was getting married. It was just a joke, you didn’t actually buyÂ
it, did you?”Â
“We’ve been pulling pranks like this on each otherÂ
for the last ten years, haven’t we?”Â
I couldn’t bring myself to smile. A sharp, physicalÂ
pain flared in my chest.Â
I had divorced the woman I loved most in theÂ
world over a friend’s casual prank.Â
Recalling the absolute calm on Aurelia’s faceÂ
when she signed those papers, panic began toÂ
claw at my throat.Â
I pushed Marcella away. “This joke went way tooÂ
far. I need to get back to Aurelia right now!”Â
Marcella grabbed my arm, blocking me. “Dario! This is our party! What could possibly be moreÂ
important than this?”Â
I stared down at her, a stark reality crashing overÂ
- me. “Marcella, I’m sorry, but that co–op isn’t a gift for you. That was a lie I told just to comfort you. I’m sorry. The curtains and the chandelier are yours, and I’ll have them shipped to your cottage.”Â
“But you can’t live in the co–op anymore.”Â
“What? Are you kicking me out?” Marcella shriekedÂ
in anger. “We promised we’d be best friends for life!” She began to sob violently. “You’re willing to hurt me over some woman?”Â
“Aurelia is a true mafia princess, and she is myÂ
actual wife,” I said coldly. “You are just a friend.”Â
Marcella yelled back, “You call her a princess? Didn’t you always hate that about her?”Â
“Dario, how long are you going to keep up thisÂ
act?”Â
“Her uncle used his title as Don to force you to be with her, and then he forced you to marry her. That’s why you planned to publicly dump her at the wedding–to brand her as a three–timeÂ
discarded woman!”Â
“Because the one you actually love is me! Not thatÂ
arrogant, vain princess!”Â
“No, no!” I stammered, desperation rising. “HowÂ
could you misunderstand? The one I love has always been-”Â
Marcella whipped out a piece of paper. “This is theÂ
love letter you wrote me, complete with a pressedÂ
rose. Don’t try to deny who you really love!”Â
I recognized the letter instantly, and the realizationÂ
hit me like lightning. That was a letter I had written.Â
for Aurelia! But when I heard she disliked roses, IÂ
threw the letter away without ever sending it.Â
“I love Aurelia,” I whispered, my voice trembling.Â
“She is my wife…”Â
Marcella scoffed, “Then why did you divorce herÂ
so easily? She’s been divorced three times now. InÂ
the eyes of those old fossils in the Romano family,Â
she has zero alliance value left. Her life is onlyÂ
going to get harder. If you actually loved her, howÂ
could you bear to let everyone look down on her?”Â
Marcella’s words tore through my mind like aÂ
hurricane.Â
Images of the past flashed before my eyes.Â
Years ago, I did have a crush on Marcella, findingÂ
her vibrant and confident.Â
But over time, my gaze had been completelyÂ
stolen by Aurelia.Â
She was a lonely princess, wrapped in aÂ
mysterious, noble aura. Yet, she valued loyaltyÂ
above all else, even when her friends were just twoÂ
ordinary mafia soldiers.Â
For her friends, she used her immense status toÂ
secure a family inheritance.Â
For her friends, she willingly entered marriagesÂ
and endured divorces.Â
Beneath that detached exterior beat a fierce,Â
courageous heart. Anyone who truly knew herÂ
would fall for her, and I was no exception.Â
Marcella was wrong. Aurelia’s uncle had neverÂ
threatened me. I was the one who pursued herÂ
relentlessly.Â
I had shadowed her steps, showering her withÂ
diamonds and flowers, swearing I would neverÂ
make her regret choosing me. I did everything inÂ
my power to prove I was more deserving of herÂ
than her two childhood friends.Â
Truth be told, I was fiercely jealous of Leandro andÂ
Silas. I envied the massive real estate theyÂ
occupied in her heart.Â
So when Marcella announced her bacheloretteÂ
party, I came up with the idea to fake a divorce toÂ
reclaim my bachelor status.Â
I didn’t do it for Marcella. I did it for myself.Â
I wanted to use the sting of temporary heartbreakÂ
to punish Aurelia, ensuring that from then on, herÂ
heart would belong entirely to me.Â
But now…Â
What had I done?Â
My chest burned with an agonizing fire.Â
If I was hurting this much, she must be in agony.Â
And yet here I was, wasting time on this island.Â
“No! No! I have to find Aurelia!” I screamed inÂ
agony. “She’s waiting for me!”Â
I shoved Marcella aside and sprinted down theÂ
dock, desperate to find a speedboat to take meÂ
back to the mainland. I finally spotted an unlocked<Â
boat, but as I neared it, the voices of Leandro andÂ
Silas floated off the deck.Â
“Where did that idiot Dario run off to? He didn’tÂ
actually go back for Aurelia, did he? What if sheÂ
takes him back?”Â
“We need to push Dario and Marcella togetherÂ
fast. That’s what Marcella wants anyway. Besides,Â
Aurelia will be too heartbroken to ever marry againÂ
after this.”Â
“That way, she’ll stay our friend forever.”

