When her fiancé bets her away at their own wedding, a bride turns the humiliation into a weapon by marrying his most dangerous rival instead. Now bound to a powerful mafia figure, she must navigate a world of loyalty, betrayal, and revenge while her spurned ex plots to reclaim what he lost.
with her own eyes, that I had found someone who would truly cherish me. Knowing that, Luca had once stood at her hospital bed and made a solemn promise. Mrs. Carter, I'll give Elena the wedding she truly wants, and I'll take care of her for the rest of my life.
That moment felt as if it had happened only yesterday, but the man who'd made that promise had already broken his own vow. Seeing my silence, Luca must have believed he had struck the right nerve. He stepped closer and stroked my hair, as if soothing a petulant child.
You know the venue now. There's still time to rebook your flight. there's a pre-wedding party tonight you don't like crowds so Bianca's coming with me instead take some time to calm down then he and Bianca left the apartment the door slammed shut behind the cake Bianca had brought slid off the
edge of the entryway cabinet cream and sponge splattered across the floor just like the three of us already broken beyond repair I closed my eyes took hold of my suitcase and walked out of the apartment I had lived in for six years The moment I climbed into a cab, my phone lit up with a new message. Bianca had sent a video. The
lights were dim inside one of the private clubs owned by the Moretti family. Bodyguards in black stood outside the private room. Inside, Luca sat with his closest friends and several members of the Moretti inner circle around a long table, playing a card-passing game. They had to pass a playing card from mouth to mouth without using their hands. By the time it reached
the card was so soft it barely clung to her mouth. She leaned toward Luca, card between