After He Watched Me Drown, I Built My Empire

I Built My Empire After the Lake

A serialized novel · 24 chapters published · 3 free to read

Her mafia-heir boyfriend and his best friend shoved her into a lake and walked away while she sank. She climbed out, walked away from the Family, and set out to take the seat they never meant her to have.

Tropes & themes: contemporary · female lead · dark romance · dark mafia · revenge · romance · public-scandal · betrayal · mafia underworld

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Chapters

1. Chapter 1: The Swim Test (free)
2. Chapter 2: Three Rules (free)
3. Chapter 3: On the Dock (free)
4. Chapter 4: Tea in the Study (free with an account)
5. Chapter 5: Drafting Set (free with an account)
6. Chapter 6: The Bridge Her Father Built (free with an account)
7. Chapter 7: Her Mother's Green Dress (free with an account)
8. Chapter 8: Her Father's Chair (free with an account)
9. Chapter 9: Dock Lights (free with an account)
10. Chapter 10: Forty Seconds (free with an account)
11. Chapter 11: The Old Man's Bed (free with an account)
12. Chapter 12: Say It Out Loud (free with an account)
13. Chapter 13: No Touching (free with an account)
14. Chapter 14: Remo's POV (free with an account)
15. Chapter 15: The Yacht Club (free with an account)
16. Chapter 16: The Old Don's Heart (free with an account)
17. Chapter 17: The Cameras (free with an account)
18. Chapter 18: The Table (free with an account)
19. Chapter 19: Across the Lake (free with an account)
20. Chapter 20: Remo's POV (free with an account)
21. Chapter 21: The Party That Never Was (free with an account)
22. Chapter 22: The Funeral (free with an account)
23. Chapter 23: Her Right Hand (free with an account)
24. Chapter 24: First Light (free with an account)

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