A Wife For Nico Vescari
The craziest thing I’ve ever done was let a dangerous man touch me, and not pull away.
“Trust me.”
Words like that could mess you up in this line of work. Then he did something I didn’t expect, he stretched out a hand. Even I knew when not to doubt a helping hand.
I sighed. Well, roadkill it is then.
I clasped his hand and his firm grip pulled me up out of the line of fire.
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Cake Coogan survives by her fists and her fury, spending her life fighting in underground rings to keep herself and her mother alive. But one stolen payout, one stranger’s intervention, and one accidental bag switch drops her into the crosshairs of Nico Vescari.
Nico Vescari; mafia heir, feared and ruthless, a man who kills with a steady pulse—wants his money back. What he gets instead is Cake: the girl with the iron fists, mismatched eyes, and a journal he should never have read. Fascinated, furious, and threatened by how she makes him feel, he gives her a choice that isn’t a choice at all—marry him for a year… or lose the only family she has left.
Cake becomes both weapon and wife. She’s pulled between power plays, underground fights, and a man whose touch feels like fire even when she swears she hates him. Nico’s family is dangerous, his enemies worse, and his rules suffocating, but the most lethal thing between them is the feral desire none of them want. As bodies fall and alliances burn, Cake is forced to choose between revenge and the man who has broken her, protected her, and ruined her life in equal measure.
In a story of obsession, and betrayal,only the strongest survive.
And Cake Coogan is not prey.
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Chapter: 132.~CAKE~The front door slammed hard enough to shake the walls, and reality crashed back into me all at once.I stormed back to their room to see Sienna still crying and Enzo looking like he had gone three rounds in a boxing ring.And I had a headache forming from where my skull kissed the edge of a nightstand because my emotionally unstable husband had accidentally shoved me into furniture after discovering his siblings were apparently starring in the most disastrous forbidden romance imaginable.I turned around so fast my neck protested. “What,” I said flatly, “the actual fuck?”Sienna looked up at me with red eyes. “Cake—”“No.” I held up my hand immediately. “Actually no, because I genuinely need a minute to understand how we somehow got here.”Enzo wiped blood from his mouth with the back of his hand and exhaled hard.“Oh don’t start breathing heavily at me like you’re the victim right now.”His jaw flexed.Sienna pulled the duvet tighter around herself. “Please don’t do this.”“Do
Last Updated: 2026-06-01
Chapter: 131.~NICO~I woke up at four-thirty in the morning irritated.Not because of work. Not because of Tomaso. Not even because my head still hurts from everything that happened yesterday.I woke up irritated because my wife wasn’t beside me.I stared at the ceiling for a moment before dragging a hand over my face. Cake had insisted she wanted to stay with Sienna for the night after we got back from the beach.I let her.Mostly because she looked emotionally exhausted after the video from her mother. Part of me knew she needed space to breathe after crying herself sick against my chest for nearly an hour.But another part of me hated sleeping without her now, and that realization alone annoyed me.I sat up and reached for the black shirt hanging over the chair before pulling it on. My hair was still messy from sleep as I stepped out into the hallway.I nodded at the guards on duty that were stationed along the corridor.I headed toward Sienna’s wing, more out of habit than caution. I didn’t wa
Last Updated: 2026-05-31
Chapter: 130.~CAKE~The ocean looked calmer than I felt.Waves rolled toward the shore in slow patterns while the sunset stretched across the sky in shades of orange and gold. The air smelled like salt and cold water, and somewhere behind us, Nico’s Corvette sat parked near the empty road overlooking the beach.Neither of us spoke after getting out of the car.I sat on the sand with my knees pulled against my chest while Nico stayed beside me, one arm resting over his bent knee, his eyes fixed on the water like he was trying to organize his thoughts before speaking.The silence between us wasn’t awkward.I rubbed my fingers through the sand absentmindedly before finally speaking first because if I kept sitting here with my thoughts any longer, I’d lose my mind completely.“I know the main reason for this contract marriage was your revenge plan against Tomaso and all that,” I said. “I just feel you could’ve kept your business a little more private. Even if it was contractual business.”He didn’t lo
Last Updated: 2026-05-30
Chapter: 129.~CAKE~ The first thing I felt was warmth.The second was panic.My eyes snapped open instantly, and for one horrifying second, I had no idea where I was. I looked around to see I was in a hospital.Oh God.I pushed myself upright too quickly and immediately regretted it when dizziness hit me again.“Easy.”I froze.Nico sat in the chair beside the bed watching me, still wearing the same black shirt from earlier. His sleeves were rolled halfway up his forearms now.I wasn’t scared of him, just terrified of what he might know.“What is this?” I asked immediately.“You fainted.”“I gathered that part.”“You scared me again,” he muttered.I ignored that completely and looked around the room properly this time.It was a private VVIP room. This was definitely Gustavo’s place.My stomach dropped instantly. No no no no.I looked back at Nico sharply. “What tests did he run?”His brows furrowed slightly at the question. “Blood pressure. Bloodwork. Basic examination.”Bloodwork.Jesus Christ.
Last Updated: 2026-05-29
Chapter: 128.~NICO~“Is she sick?”Elianna crossed her arms immediately after stepping into the bedroom. “What kind of question is that?”I looked back at Cake lying unconscious on the bed.She hadn’t moved since I carried her out of the bathroom ten minutes ago. I had covered her with the blanket because her hands were cold when I touched them, and I hated that I noticed things like that now.“She threw up,” I said flatly. “Then she passed out.”Elianna’s expression flickered slightly before the attitude came right back. “Maybe because she spent the entire night emotionally spiraling after your little projector disaster.”I ignored the jab. “Has this happened before?”“She’s stressed.”“That wasn’t my question.”She sighed heavily. “No. I haven’t seen her faint before.”I stared at Cake again.Her face looked pale against the pillow. Her hair was still slightly damp from the shower she’d taken earlier, and she looked exhausted even unconscious.That irritated me more than it should have.Because
Last Updated: 2026-05-29
Chapter: 127.~CAKE~I woke up feeling disgusting.My mascara from last night still clung faintly beneath my eyes despite the shower I took before bed, and my neck hurt from sleeping weird.My phone sat beside me on the bed.No vibrating. No calls. No messages lighting up the screen every thirty seconds.He had finally stopped, and that somehow hurt more than the calls did.I stared at the ceiling for a long moment before rolling onto my back slowly. My body ached from sleeping in the same position for hours. My head hurt too, not from crying because I still hadn’t cried, but from thinking too much.I hated thinking too much.Thinking too much was how people ended up joining cults and buying crystals online.The bedroom door opened quietly.Elianna walked in carrying two mugs and wearing one of Javier’s shirts that practically swallowed her whole. My brows furrowed slightly.Huh.I’d seen Javier wear this too. Interesting.I mentally filed that away for later because clearly something suspicious w
Last Updated: 2026-05-28
Chapter: EPILOGUE EPILOGUE — PENELOPEFour years laterThe smell of vanilla and buttercream filled the kitchen as I smoothed icing over the last layer of the boys’ birthday cake. There was flour in my hair, frosting on my cheek, and my heart was so full I thought it might burst.“Mommy!” one of the twins—Donovan—came barreling in with his brother right behind him, little feet slapping against the tiles. “We’re four today! Fourrr!” he squealed, throwing his chubby arms around my legs.“Yes, you are, my sweet boy,” I laughed, bending down to kiss his cheek before his brother, Damien, demanded his turn.“Donny! Damien! Stop attacking your mother while she’s working,” came Christian’s voice from the doorway, deep and amused.I glanced up at him, smiling despite myself. He leaned against the doorframe, arms folded, that same smug grin on his face even after all these years.He’d officially handed over his company to Liam a few weeks ago—much to Liam’s visible annoyance—and now spent most of his time running
Last Updated: 2025-08-06
Chapter: 143.PENELOPEIt had been months since the incident with Lucas, when he threatened my life and my family.Nine long months of rebuilding the bakery, starting all over again, in a bigger and brighter location.Later that month, Jess finally ended things with Liam. After he got out of the hospital, he tried. God, he’d tried—but Jess never looked back. I’d never seen her laugh as much as she did with the new guy she was dating now. Liam kept his distance, though I sometimes caught the look in his eyes when she walked into a room—bitterness and regret all tangled up.Christian stepped down from his father’s head of security, handing the reins to Alex, who had finally found his footing. Alex thrived in the role, and every so often he’d stop by the bakery, sketchbook in hand, and help me dream up designs for the next season. He even drew a new portrait of me for Christian, one that hung in our bedroom now.Sweet Delights stood even taller than the old one, with wide windows that let in the morni
Last Updated: 2025-08-06
Chapter: 142CHRISTIANThe first thing I tasted was blood, stumbling to the ground when his fist collided with my jaw the moment I found him.I forced myself back onto my feet.The inner basement smelled like gasoline and sweat. Somewhere behind me, I could hear the faint echo of sirens and shouting, and that was enough fuel for me to stay and kill this bastard.He stood a few feet away, bleeding from where Liam had shot him, his shirt was torn, another knife glinting in his hand.That smug little grin still played on his lips, even now.“You’ve never been too soft on her,” he sneered, circling me like a wolf. “What changed, Christian? I actually liked you. But she made you soft, made you weak.”“That doesn’t concern you, Sawyer.” I spat blood onto the concrete floor, straightened as much as my body would let me, and met his eyes.“It does concern me, if she had felt anything back for me, I may have considered aborting this revenge plan. But she called me out, put me in my place, and picked you ov
Last Updated: 2025-08-04
Chapter: 141.PENELOPEI don’t even remember how I got out of that basement.One second Christian was telling me “I’ve got you” while he untied me, and the next Alex’s hand was gripping mine, pulling me up the stairs, his voice steady and calm as chaos raged around us.Liam limped behind us, refusing help even though the knife wound in his thigh was still bleeding.The building was swarming now. Red and blue lights painted the walls. Uniformed officers rushed past. Someone shouted into the radio. Another officer barked orders at someone else.But all I could hear was the echo of Lucas’s words in my head.“Break her. Not love her.”“My father rotted in prison because of your family.”“I vowed to destroy everything they loved. Even this child inside you.”My chest hurt so bad I thought I might actually be dying.I stumbled outside into the cool night air, but it didn’t help. Nothing helped. My heart was racing, my ears ringing. I couldn’t catch my breath.From somewhere above, a deep, furious voice c
Last Updated: 2025-08-03
Chapter: 140.CHRISTIANWe pulled up to the warehouse just as the last rays of light bled out of the sky.The place was quiet. Too quiet.Liam cut the engine and glanced at me, his knuckles flexing on the wheel.“You ready?”I didn’t answer. I was already getting out, slamming the door behind me, my gun in my hand as my shoes crunched over gravel.The doors weren’t locked. A single guard outside raised his head at the sound of us. He didn’t even get to speak before Liam barreled into him, dropping him with one solid punch. I didn’t stop to watch.Inside, more of Lucas’s men moved to intercept. Liam dove into them without hesitation, fists flying, the sound of bone and muscle cracking echoing through the empty space. I didn’t look back—I trusted him to handle it.My eyes were fixed on the hallway ahead.I followed the faint trail of light spilling from a room at the end, every step fueled by nothing but her name in my chest. Penelope. Penelope. Penelope.When I finally reached the doorway, I froze.
Last Updated: 2025-08-02
Chapter: 139.CHRISTIANAs we stepped off the plane, Liam fell into stride beside me and slid his phone into my hand without a word.“It’s your father,” he muttered.I blinked at him, my brow furrowing. My first instinct was to pull my own phone from my pocket—except there wasn’t one. There hadn’t been since the night I swung that bat at Maria’s hand and heard it shatter as it hit the floor. I hadn’t thought twice about it then. My entire focus had been on making her scream, and getting the truth out of her. I hadn’t had time to replace it.Now, holding Liam’s phone felt foreign. I pressed it to my ear. “Hello—”“We can’t find Penelope.”Those four words stopped everything.I froze in the middle of the jetway, my chest constricting as if someone had shoved a fist into it.“What do you mean you can’t find her?” My voice came out sharper than I intended.“I employed guards for her,” his voice came slowly through the receiver. “It was your brother’s idea ever since I announced her pregnancy at the par
Last Updated: 2025-08-01
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