Left humiliated at the altar by the man she trusted, a bride finds her life upended when a powerful mafia boss steps in and claims her as his own. Thrust into a dangerous underworld of loyalty and violence, she must navigate her new role at his side while guarding her wounded heart. The central tension lies between the ruthless world he commands and the unexpected pull growing between them.
I'll take you to register tomorrow, okay? I didn't reply. I folded the dress into a paper bag, changed into a black jacket grabbed my suitcase and walked out of the suite as
I passed the hallway the dressing room door was now shut tight no sound came from inside I walked straight out of the hotel cab to South Bank mansion South Bank mansion Adrienne had said that would be our home after marriage a safe house by the river with a penthouse bedroom overlooking the water I reached
out and pressed the door lock the green light didn't come on the system coldly prompted access denied i pressed again still denied the door opened from the inside nico adrian's deputy stood behind it and greeted me i looked past him adrian's security nico stood there his eyes shifting and called my name i looked past him in the living room it had changed my
work table had been moved to a corner and covered with a dust cloth the wedding sketches that used to be on the table were gone replaced by pill bottles and therapy notes above the fireplace place the moretti black eagle and vein crest that i had revised 17 times was replaced by livia's favorite white ivories two men were sneaking boxes out of the master
nico noticed my gaze and quickly stepped sideways to block me but i shoved him aside stop inside those boxes i hurried over and opened the boxes they were all my belongings i demanded who