Kiss Me While The World Burns
Victoria De Luca rules New York’s criminal underworld with an iron fist until a stolen EMP weapon, a decades-old murder, and a betrayal buried in blood threaten to destroy everything she built.
Giordano Salvatore was supposed to be a pawn. Instead, the billionaire weapons genius becomes the one man capable of unraveling her carefully guarded heart. As enemies close in, secrets surface, and a global hunt spirals into chaos, Victoria discovers that the greatest threat isn’t the governments, syndicates, or assassins hunting her.
It’s her own family.
With a stolen superweapon, a deadly conspiracy, and a love powerful enough to burn the world to ashes, Victoria and Giordano must decide what they’re willing to sacrifice—before everything explodes.
Because in a world built on lies, falling in love might be the most dangerous mistake of all.
Genre: Dark Mafia Romance | Romantic Suspense | Crime Thriller
Tropes/Tags: Mafia Queen • Obsessive Hero • Billionaire Arms Dealer • Secret Pregnancy • Touch Her and Die • Criminal Empire • Family Secrets • Twin Reveal • Power Couple • High Stakes Romance • Who Did This To You • Morally Grey Characters • Global Conspiracy • Enemies to Lovers-ish • Dark Romance Thriller
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Chapter: Too LateThe sharp, agonizing throb in Kany’s temple woke her up. She lay flat on her stomach against the freezing concrete floor of the ruined warehouse, gasping for air as thick smoke burnt her lungs. Her vision swam in sickening, blurred circles of grey and black. "Fuck..." Kany choked out, pressing her trembling fingers against the bloody gash on the side of her head. Memory rushed back like a tidal wave of ice water. The raid. Marcus. The execution squad. Alexander. "Victoria!" Kany screamed, the sound tearing out of her throat as pure panic slammed into her chest. She scrambled across the floor on her hands and knees, ignoring the agonizing pain in her broken wrist. She searched the concrete frantically until her fingers brushed against her cracked satellite phone lying near a pile of shattered glass. Her heart hammered against her ribs as she tapped the screen with her bloody thumb. The notification was right there. Her voice message to Victoria had been delivered. But there was no
Last Updated: 2026-07-24
Chapter: Betrayed 2The world seemed to lose all sound. Victoria backed away, her boots dragging on the marble as she stared at him, her body trembling uncontrollably. "Alexander..." she breathed out, her chest heaving as tears mixed with the blood on her face. "No... no, this makes no sense." She stood there, reeling from the sheer impossibility of it all. Memories crashed into her mind like a runaway train. The missing shipments. The leaked safehouses. The constant, uncanny precision with which their enemies had anticipated her every single move. Every time she had been sold out, framed, or pushed into a corner, Alexander had been right beside her, offering comfort, playing the devoted shadow. And the person who had recommended Alexander to her in the first place... the contact who had vouched for his loyalty... Even Tex... Tex had told her before he went down that Alexander was the one who had cleared the routes, the one who had handled the security protocols for the clinic shipment. It was
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Chapter: BetrayedThe rain beat a relentless, heavy rhythm against the tall, bulletproof glass windows of Victoria’s private study. Outside in the manicured gardens, silenced sniper rifles hissed from the woodline. One by one, the heavily armed tactical guards posted at the perimeter junctions crumpled to the wet grass, taken down before they could even trigger their alarm wristbands. Down the quiet hallway of the medical wing, Tex moved toward his small office to check on Victoria’s routine blood panel results. He paused as a shadow flickered near the elevator doors. "Who's there?" Tex asked, reaching instinctively for his concealed sidearm. Before his fingers touched the leather holster, a silent dart hissed through the air and struck him square in the neck. Tex gasped, his eyes wide in immediate shock as the high-potency tranquilizer surged through his system. His knees buckled, his medical bag slipping from his fingers as his body collapsed onto the polished floor, completely unconscious. Victo
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Chapter: Blow upThe heavy steel ceiling of the Brooklyn warehouse detonated into a blinding flash of orange fire and black smoke. Sparks and jagged metal fragments rained down into the cavernous room as the portable generators flickered and died. "Get down!" Bruce bellowed, diving over the steel workbench and tackling Kany to the floor just as a wave of suppressed automatic gunfire shredded the metal table above them. Sparks flew into the dark. Heavy bullets chewed through concrete pillars and tore through wooden crates. "Protect the drive!" Kany screamed, her voice cutting through the ringing in her ears. She shoved Bruce off her, clawing through the debris to reach the titanium case holding Damien's micro-diamond and the backup drive. "Bruce! Don't let them destroy the data!" "I got it!" Bruce yelled back, rolling onto his back and pulling his heavy sidearm. He squeezed off three rapid shots into the swirling smoke above. "Vin! Vito! Flank the left catwalks!" “Aren’t those Giordano’s men?” Bin
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Chapter: Mother’s GhostThe old shipping warehouse on the Brooklyn docks was dead silent, save for the low hum of portable generators and the rhythmic lap of seawater against the rotted wooden pilings outside. Shadowy metal beams stretched high overhead, lost in the cavernous dark. Bruce, Kany, Vito, and Bin stood huddled around a heavy steel workbench in the center of the concrete floor. Illuminated by the stark blue glare of a ruggedized tactical terminal, their faces were set in rigid lines of exhaustion and mounting anxiety. Bruce pulled the encrypted flash drive from his vest, slamming it down onto the scratched metal surface alongside his portable server rig. "This is everything I scraped from the Brooklyn apartment," Bruce said, his voice low and gravelly. "Server logs, offshore routing numbers, and encrypted comms traffic. Whoever was running that workstation had military-grade wiping protocols, but I managed to slice out forty percent of the raw partition before their operative tried to put a bul
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Chapter: Merging The ProofKany’s fingers flew across her phone screen as she stepped away from the ruined Brooklyn window, firing off an urgent broadcast text to Vito, Bin, and Bruce who had already gotten to the estate. Kany: We got the drive. Code Red assembly at the industrial warehouse immediately. Victoria’s phone chimed in the garage back at the estate. Reading the notification over Vito’s shoulder, her eyes widened. "I'm coming with you. If this drive has the location on the insider, I need to be there." "No," Vito said instantly, stepping directly into her path, his massive frame blocking her way to the tactical SUV. "You are not going anywhere near an unsecured warehouse, Victoria." "Vito, I am fully capable of—" "I said no," Vito interrupted, his voice dropping into a stern, unyielding command. "You are going back into the main house, and you are going to rest. And when I say rest, Victoria, I mean sit down, keep your blood pressure low, and rest. For the sake of the baby. I will handle the ware
Last Updated: 2026-07-23
The Rival’s Contract Wife
He threw her into a rainstorm, convinced a "useless barren orphan" didn't deserve his status. He didn't realize he just discarded a global billionaire heiress and the only woman an untouchable tycoon would ever beg to hold.
Damian Vance didn’t just divorce Valerie Hart; he erased her. Driven by cold arrogance, he stripped her of her assets, her home, and her dignity, casting her into a torrential downpour as a "burden" beneath his rising status.
He didn’t know he was unleashing a sleeping giant.
Picked up by Killian Sterling—a lethal, glove-wearing tycoon whose severe touch-aversion vanished only against her skin—Valerie entered a dangerous new world. Under his protection, she rebuilt. Then, her unlocked memories shattered the ultimate secret: she was the long-lost heiress to a global luxury syndicate.
Now, the tables have turned. Following a failed, desperate siege to trap her, Damian's empire is dust. His mistress is exposed, his funds are gone, and he is nothing.
The once-proud man drops to his knees, trembling at her feet.
"Valerie, please... look at me," Damian begs, his voice cracking with raw desperation. "I was blind. I thought you were a burden, but I was the fool. Please, take me back. I’ll do anything."
Valerie doesn’t even look down. Instead, she steps right over his kneeling form, completely bypassing him.
Killian stands beside her, his bare hand wrapping possessively around hers. Looking down at the pathetic man on the floor, Killian delivers the final, lethal blow: "Keep her name out of your mouth before I make sure you never speak again."
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Chapter: 005. Grace FrameThe breakfast tray sat untouched on the rolling mahogany table across Valerie’s lap. She couldn't eat. Her eyes were fixed on the clean, thick stack of cream-colored paper Killian had just placed in front of her.At the very top, embossed in heavy gold ink, were the words: MARRIAGE AGREEMENT.Valerie looked up, her heart hammering against her ribs. Killian stood at the foot of the bed, his hands clasped casually behind his back. He was fully dressed now in a dark, tailored midnight-blue suit that emphasized his broad shoulders, his hands covered securely in a fresh pair of black leather gloves. The intense warmth from his bare hand the night before felt like a hallucination."A marriage contract?" Valerie’s voice was barely a whisper. "Are you insane? I finalized my divorce from Damian less than twelve hours ago.""Exactly," Killian said flatly, his dark eyes fixed on her pale face. "Which means you are currently a legal free agent. And you are also completely destitute."The cold tru
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Chapter: 004. Barefoot In The RainValerie held the heavy black file like a weapon, her grip ready to rip the cardboard in half. She marched out of the servants' quarters, her chest heaving as she stormed straight into her old bedroom to grab her coat and passport. If she was leaving this graveyard, she was leaving on her own terms.She jammed her hand into her wardrobe, but before her fingers could touch the fabric, a cold voice cut through the room."Leave it."Damian stood at the doorway, his hands casually shoved into his pockets. Petra lingered just behind his shoulder, watching with wide, innocent eyes.Valerie turned, her jaw tight. "I'm taking my clothes and my legal documents, Damian. I bought them with my own inheritance money before I ever met you.""The last time I checked, everything in this estate belongs to Vance Enterprises," Damian said, his face completely expressionless. "You signed over your full assets and power of attorney to the company last year. Technically, you own nothing. Every dress, every
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Chapter: 003. Sour JuiceValerie didn’t sign the papers. She couldn’t. Her pride was a shattered heap on the floor, but a stubborn, manic part of her refused to just vanish.By the very next morning, the grand foyer of the Vance mansion looked like a high-end luggage department. Trendy pastel-pink suitcases and designer trunks were piled high against the minimalist white walls. Petra hadn't even waited twenty-four hours to completely take over."Damian said the master suite on the second floor has the best morning sunlight," Petra said smoothly, her heels clicking with an obnoxious, rhythmic tap as she strolled into the kitchen.Valerie was standing by the counter, trying to brew a cup of tea to stop the violent trembling in her chest. She hadn't slept a single wink. Her mind was a chaotic, emotionally unstable mess, teetering dangerously between hot, burning rage and a suffocating despair.Petra walked right up to the kitchen island, deliberately rubbing her flat stomach with a soft, practiced stroke. A smug
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Chapter: 002. The Revelation 2.Valerie's voice trembled as she asked, "Damian, what does she mean by us? And why is she holding your hand like that?"Her words were sharp, but beneath them was a fragile, pathetic attempt to keep her composure. Her chest tightened, and her hands curled at her sides so hard her nails bit into her palms. She was bracing for impact, yet her mind was completely short-circuiting. The warm, candlelit dining hall she had spent hours preparing suddenly felt like an execution chamber.Damian didn’t even blink. He ran a hand through his hair, exhaling a short, irritated breath as if she were a minor inconvenience disrupting his schedule."Petra is expecting a child," he said. His voice was flat. Empty.The words hit Valerie like a physical blow, knocking the wind straight out of her lungs. For a second, her brain simply refused to process the sentence. It was a glitch in reality. This can't be real, she thought, her mind spinning into a manic loop. Damian would never. Not him. Not with her.
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Chapter: 001. The Revelation.Valerie paced slowly across the spacious dining hall, her heels clicking softly against the marble floor as she issued calm, precise instructions to the interior decorators."The white orchids need to be centered, not angled," she said, gesturing toward the long mahogany table. "And please lower the crystal chandelier lights just a little more. I don't want it too bright. Make it warm."One of the staff members nodded quickly and adjusted the dimmer. Another reached for the velvet drapes, and Valerie stopped him with a raised hand."No, not like that. Pull them back evenly on both sides. Damian notices symmetry."She clasped her hands together once she was satisfied, scanning the room with careful eyes. The dining hall looked nothing like it usually did. Soft golden lights glowed against deep emerald walls, silver vases filled with fresh eucalyptus and white roses lined the center of the table, and a faint scent of sandalwood and amber lingered in the air. On the table, a candlelit se
Last Updated: 2026-06-22
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