LOGIN“I’m done with you, Aurora Fernandez—if that’s even your name.” Mia’s voice trembled with rage as she turned for the door. “You’ll regret refusing me,” Aurora snapped behind her. Mia's hand touched the knob—just as it turned on its own. The door creaked open. Her heart dropped. Standing in the doorway was a face she never wanted to see again. Lucius Lovato. The cold, merciless CEO of the department store where she'd once worked. His eyes swept over her with visible disdain. “Who is this little thing, Eva?” he asked, his voice hoarse and biting. And just like that, Mia knew—she was trapped again. Wrongfully accused. Publicly humiliated. Betrayed by the only man she ever loved. Mia Simpson thought she'd hit rock bottom. Then came the offer—escape prison and start over, under one terrifying condition: seduce and marry Lucius Lovato, the mafia heir with a heart of ice and a soul no one dares touch. But Mia isn’t the fragile girl the world thinks she is. She agrees to the deal—on her own terms. Behind her innocent eyes burns a thirst for revenge, and the deeper she steps into the dark world of power, blood, and secrets, the more dangerous she becomes. Lucius, however, is not a man easily fooled. Every attempt to break him only draws him closer. And every secret Mia hides? He already suspects. As enemies close in and her hidden past begins to unravel, Mia discovers a horrifying truth—she is not just a girl caught in the middle of a mafia war. She is the legacy of something much greater… and much more feared. He was her mission. She was his undoing. But in the underworld, love might just be the most dangerous weapon of all.
View MoreThe street was lonely and darkness had already taken over the sky. Mia was already used to the environment and didn't care about the dangers that could hit her at that place.
But with the faint footsteps that echoed behind her, she could feel her heart tighten in fear for the first time in the three years she had been taking that route back home.
She paused and watched the ground, silently searching for the emergence of another shadow behind hers.
After some seconds passed and no one walked past her, she sighed in relief and kept walking.
But the moment she took a few steps forward, the sound of footsteps that didn't belong to her filled her ears again.
Mia's breathing grew raspy and heavy as she clutched hard onto the bag that her boyfriend had dropped earlier at her workplace.
“It's a thief, I know it's a thief," she whispered to herself, daring not to let go of the bag's sling or slow down her pace.
She kept walking without stopping, her heart thumping loudly in her chest and fear bubbling in her.
Soon, she got out of the lonely street and into a lane that had some people in it. She sighed in relief and continued her walk silently till she got to her house on the outskirts of the town.
She reached into her bag and pulled out a bunch of keys, then slipped it into the keyhole, unlocking the door.
As she pushed the door open, cold air hit her face, causing goosebumps to appear on her body.
She gulped and slipped out the key from the keyhole, then took a quick survey of the lawn beside her house before shuffling into the house.
Mia Sanders had lived all her life alone.
Growing up in an orphanage, she swore to get educated and live the life her parents never bothered to give her before abandoning her in front of the orphanage.
She fulfilled her dream and single handedly saw herself through college. But life can't always be a bed of roses, right?
That was what Mia always told herself whenever she was cheated by the college and her superiors.
Despite her college achievements and academic qualifications, Mia ended up working as a receptionist in a department store.
Now, her only dream is to be happy with the man she loves, her boyfriend, who has always stuck with her through life's phases, Justin McWell.
He was the only one who had loved her sincerely and didn't distance himself away from her.
They met during freshman year in college, began dating after they graduated, and have been together since then.
She didn't care about becoming wealthy anymore; all she wanted was a happy, simple life with Justin. A happily forever kind of life.
It was their fourth anniversary. Even though they don't buy luxury things for one another on their special day, they always celebrate it in a simple way that is filled with love.
To Mia, love was all that mattered in their relationship and she knew Justin felt the same way too.
The ringing of her phone forced her back to reality and she moved away from the counter, reaching for her phone in her bag.
She pulled it out and smiled when the caller's ID flashed across the screen.
“Hey," she whispered over the phone as she turned on the coffee maker, a smile on her face.
“Hey, queen, you're still with the bag, right?” He asked.
"Yes, yes. When will you come?” Mia asked and scooped some sugar into a cup.
Silence trailed after her question, and after what seemed like an eternity to Mia, he finally responded in a hoarse voice.
"I'm coming over tonight to take it," Justin replied.
She chuckled, smiling widely.
"It's our anniversary tonight,” she muttered.
"I know. We'll go to the movies and make this night a memorable one,” he muttered, his voice hoarse and almost lifeless.
"I love you,” she whispered into the phone but before she could hear a response, the line went dead.
Her brows furrowed at his strange behavior, but she waved it aside as a bad day and then headed over to the counter when she heard the whistling from the coffee maker.
She turned it off and poured herself some coffee before heading into the cozy, damp living room she owned.
She slumped down into one of the soft coaches and sighed loudly in tiredness, sipping slowly as she waited for Justin.
About half an hour later, a loud bang on the door got Mia springing up from the couch.
She rubbed her sleepy eyes and looked down at her body, her heart thumping loudly in excitement.
She was still in the white dress she wore to work and she hadn't bothered to pull off the black heels she had on.
Working as a receptionist at a busy department store had forced her to stick to stilettos to the point of wearing them around her house unintentionally.
The knock came again, louder than the first one. She quickly reached into her bag and pulled out a lip gloss then applied it hurriedly to her lips, screaming out to her boyfriend that she was coming for the door.
She adjusted her dress and brushed back her hair as she made for the door.
The moment she twisted the knob and unlocked the door, it swung open and a pair of strong hands brushed her to the ground.
She fell on her butt and groaned in pain, clutching her wrist as she looked up in shock.
Her eyes widened in dismay when her eyes locked with unfamiliar eyes. Eyes that didn't belong to her boyfriend, Justin.
“Who are you?" She questioned in a raised voice.
The tall, lean man standing before her scoffed in disgust and showcased a pair of handcuffs.
“You are under arrest for smuggling drugs, Miss Sanders," the man said.
Mia scoffed, her jaws falling in astonishment.
“Is this a new kind of stunt Justin is pulling to surprise me on our anniversary," she muttered, silently hoping that it was true.
The man scoffed, glaring at her with hatred and disgust laced against his face.
"Does this look like some kind of stunt to you?” The man growled, causing Mia to flinch.
The smile that was about to creep into Mia's face faded and she gasped as it hit her.
She stared at the badge on the uniform and the ID card that the man had pulled out and shoved into her face.
"Wait, you're truly a cop?” She gasped, filled with confusion.
"Where are the drugs you have hidden in your house?” The man asked and her head jerked up.
“Drugs?" She admonished, shaking her head, “There is nothing like that in my house!”
The man chuckled and whistled for his colleagues standing outside.
Four men entered and began to shuffle further into her room without saying a word to her.
Mia sprang up, alarm laced against her face.
“This is not right! What are you doing?"
“I have a search warrant, miss. Your days of committing crime are over," the cop muttered and she swerved around, glaring at him hatefully.
“Committing crimes? Have you ever seen me do anything against the law?” She spat in anger.
"Your underling has been arrested, he definitely knows the number of crimes you've committed,” he replied bluntly.
Mia's throat knotted and she staggered back, still unable to comprehend the man's words.
She wouldn't do anything against the law. She had never done anything evil. How could they come to her place and accuse her wrongly? Did they get the wrong address?
“Look, I don't have anything with me—"
“Wait till the search party is done."
Mia felt like breaking into tears but she assured herself that the cops would find nothing dirty on her as she had nothing to do with drugs.
After minutes of searching, the search party returned with a bag. The same bag that Justin had given her at her workplace.
“Sir, we found the drugs in here," one of the men muttered and Mia felt her breath cease.
Before she could say another word, she was already handcuffed and led out of the house.
Lucius and Mia couldn’t believe what the doctor said and they both exchanged glances with each other.“She is pregnant?” Lucius asked.“Yes, one week” the doctor replied, “just don’t stress yourself much, I will tell you the things you need to do when I come back tomorrow” the doctor said and then left the room.Lucius sat on the bed and helped her to sit upright, “you are carrying a mini me inside of you now” he said.“Thank you, apple pie” he hugged her.“But what if it is a mini me?” Mia whispered into his ear.And that began the banter, they kept arguing on the gender of the baby for the remaining days to the wedding that the others in the house got tired of listening to them.On the day of their wedding, Mia woke up with the sunlight shining into the room. She had slept earlier last night so she will be very energetic today.She got up from the bed and walked out of the room, immediately she got outside she was dragged away by Eva coming to get her. “Today is your wedding, Mrs.
For two weeks now, Lucius hasn’t woken up and the doctor kept assuring them that he will, Mia kept visiting him every day. She also spent some time with her mother and even visited her father’s grave with her. All the assets and companies that Don Herod stole were recovered and Mia decided to let her mother take care of it. But her mother insisted that she should handle it because she was the heir to it.On the Sunday that will lead to the third week, Mia was called to a meeting by some high ranking officials of the Bratva’s empire. It turned out that they didn’t support him in everything he does but they are too scared to confront him. The meeting will be held in Lovato's mansion, a few minutes to the time of the meeting they started to enter into the compound.Once it was time, they started the meeting, the officials wanted Mia to take over the Bratva’s position since she is the rightful heir.“No, I can’t take the position, instead my husband will do that when he wakes up” Mia rep
“Thank you for coming into my life, Mia,” Lucius said and pecked her cheek.“And thank you for accepting me into your life after everything” Mia replied.A few feet away from where they were, Casper was on the floor holding his gun weakly, everyone thought that he was already dead so they didn’t look at his side.But then he weakly brought his gun up and aimed at Mia who was still hugging Lucius, just when he was about to pull the trigger. Lucius saw him and he immediately pushed Mia away and the bullet hit him on the chest. Trevor then shot Casper on the head and rushed to Lucius, Mia also went to him and placed her hand on the wound that was already oozing blood out.“Lucius, stay with me, okay. You are going to be fine” Mia said to him, tears streaming down her eyes.“I know,” Lucius replied but then blood came out of his mouth.“We need to take him now” Trevor said to Mia and he immediately carried Lucius up and headed out of the house.Before they left Mia saw Eva and the other c
The next week a war arose between Lucius and the Bratva, which rocked the nation. Lucius had to bury his father quietly beside his late wife because that was his last wish as said by his lawyer. He was actually angry at himself for not killing Casper when he had the chance to do that and now he has killed Capo, who was also his father. He had already merged his father's empire with his because he didn’t want to fight the Bratva, and the Bratva seemed to have an upper hand.And he also knew that Casper was with the Bratva, as his mother and sister Lucius looked them up in the mansion and made sure that they were guarded, he will deal with them later after the war has ended. And talking about the war, the whole country has been turned upside down, some people don’t come out of their houses anymore, the government has tried to intervene but nothing changed, it just got worse. Lucius made sure that his mansion was protected 24/7, he didn’t want anything to happen to Mia.He sometimes goes












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