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Frozen at First Sight: The Mafia Boss Saw His Ex-Wife With Twins While Dining With His New Wife / Chapter 9 / 9

Chapter 10 - The Winter After the Storm

Two years later.

The snow was falling over Chicago again, turning the Gold Coast and Lincoln Park into a quiet, glittering postcard of winter magic.

Inside a sprawling, sunlit brownstone in Lincoln Park—a home filled with the sound of running footsteps, laughter, and the rich scent of cinnamon and roasted coffee—the kitchen was alive.

At the large oak dining table, six-year-old Leo was meticulously building a bridge out of breadsticks, while Maya argued passionately with him about whether trains could cross pastry architecture.

In the center of the kitchen, Luca Moretti stood wearing a comfortable gray cashmere sweater, stirring a pot of hot cocoa on the stove. His hair was slightly grayer at the temples, but the hard, hollow exhaustion that had once defined his face was entirely gone.

Footsteps sounded on the hardwood floor behind him.

A pair of slim, warm arms wrapped around his waist from behind, and a familiar chin rested gently against his shoulder blade.

"You're burning the marshmallows, Mr. Moretti," Nia whispered against his sweater, a teasing smile in her voice.

Luca turned in her arms, wrapping his hands securely around her waist, pulling her flush against his chest. He looked down into her dark, luminous eyes, feeling the steady, unchanging warmth of her presence.

"Never trust a CEO in the kitchen," Luca murmured, pressing a soft kiss to the top of her dark curls. "That's rule number one."

"And rule number two?" Nia asked, tilting her head up, her eyes dancing with quiet amusement.

"Never let her go," Luca said softly, his voice thick with a devotion that didn't need corporate contracts or expensive galas to prove its worth. "Not for all the gold in Chicago."

From across the kitchen, Leo shouted over his breadstick bridge: "Dad! Maya stole my marshmallow!"

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