The Mafia King's Unknown Doctor Wife novel Chapter 330

Elena was delighted to see her phone buzz with a new text message from her husband Max.

"You got back from your work trip, right?" he asked. "Are you free for a date next week?"

Elena couldn't type fast enough. "Yes," she quickly replied. "I can't wait to see you in person again."

"I was hoping we could do something different this time," Max responded. "I want this date to be special."

Elena's heart fluttered. What could her lover be planning?

Her phone buzzed again before she could ask any questions.

"There's this greenhouse, The Rose of the City, that holds a big masquerade party every year," Max explained. "It's to celebrate the last day of winter and welcome the way for spring—that's at least what their website says."

Max sent Elena a link to the website. The Rose of the City was gorgeous—it looked like a garden house maintained by some fantasy fairies and woodland animals. It was giant and housed some truly impressive plants.

But most importantly, The Rose of the City was known in the mafia world as being fully neutral. As far as crime went, the owners and workers didn't align themselves with any of the local mafia families. They neither accepted blood money to run their operation nor paid "protection" fees that criminals would sometimes demand in exchange for not causing trouble.

Ordinarily, that would be like a death sentence. Practically every business in all of New York was owned or partnered with a mafia family for a reason. Yet The Rose of the City had managed to stay open for generations—it was a known fact that you didn't mess with that greenhouse, that it provided a valuable service of being one of the few truly neutral pieces of territory within the entire state.

Elena couldn't have been more pleased. Her husband wasn't only doing something nice for her—he had taken into account her mafia status when planning this whole outing. He had really listened to her concerns!

And if Massimo was going to finally tell Elena the truth in person, he needed to make sure this date was perfect and romantic. After all, he needed to do this properly—otherwise, Elena might react badly to the news. Massimo needed to show Elena a fantastic time and really show her why they should stay together.

After Massimo had shown Elena all he was capable of and proven his devotion, then he'd reveal himself. Hopefully, that would be enough to get Elena to stay by his side.

Massimo was, of course, nervous that it wouldn't be enough. This was the love of his life! But Massimo resolved to be a real man about it.

So he spent late nights and early mornings planning the date down to every second—he determined what car to drive, what costume to wear, when to arrive, where to get dinner beforehand, and more. If he gave his all, Massimo could at least be assured he did all he could to save this relationship.

Elena's workload was surprisingly light considering all the work they had to catch up on. But the Ferraro family was no longer trying to juggling planning the biggest mafia party ever on top of doing the family's daily mafia duties, so Elena found the whole thing to be rather peaceful. Which, while odd for mafia work, was something Elena greatly appreciated.