He Made Me a Joke—The Mafia Made Me Queen

Synopsis

Every April Fools' Day, Wilson Hale and Chloe Mercer turned our anniversary into a joke. A fake proposal. A prank ring. A room full of laughter. Every year, Wilson was certain I loved him too much to leave. This year, cake cream was smeared all over my face, my ring clattered onto the marble floor, and he still smiled, as if I would forgive him before dawn. He forgot one thing. I wasn't Vivian Gray, the lonely girl with nowhere to go. I was Vivian Vescari, daughter of the most feared mafia family on the East Coast. I left that world because I wanted to be loved for who I was—before anyone knew my name. For six years, I thought Wilson was that person. Then I learned that even his first confession was an April Fools' bet. So I stopped being the joke. I went home.