“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.
At Lovato's manor, Lucius' stepmother was seen in her room drinking tea, she had her phone on her left hand while she held the cup of tea on her left.Just then the door opened and her son Casper barged in without knocking, “mom why is Dad taking long to give me the inheritance he promised?” he asked.“I don’t know, have you asked him why?” his mother asked.“I did and he ordered me to get out of the room, this is not really fair. He promised to give it to me this week. Why is he delaying?”“Hmm, is that so” his mother causally replied and took a sip of her tea, she kept the cup back and scrolled through her phone.“Mom, you really need to do something about it” Casper complained but his mom didn’t reply and just stared at her phone.Then a knock was heard on the door, “come in” his mother told the person. The door opened and Dorothy walked into the room and came to where her mother said, “good afternoon mother, I have something important to discuss with you” she said.“Good afternoo
Lucius went straight to the basement instead of his room, he got there and entered, his men that were stationed there greeted him. After a prisoner had tried to escape before he had assigned some men to be staying inside it 24/7.He went to his chair and sat down, “get me one of them” he ordered.Immediately, his men went and took one prisoner, they kept him on a table and bid his hands and leg on the table.When they had done that, Lucius just stood up and went closer to the table, he took the knife and started working on the prisoner. Blood splashed, the prisoner yelled till his throat became dry but that didn’t faze Lucius at all. He continued cutting and slicing the prisoner's body till he breathed his last breath then he stopped.“Pathetic” he spat before he kept the knife and went back to his chair.“Clean the mess” he commanded.His men then went and started wiping the blood and taking the body away, as they were on it he told another person that was standing by to go and call
When Lucius and his men were now close to the Rattle group's hidden building, they stopped at a bush that was close to it. Some of his men were hiding there, and they went ahead of him earlier when he was on his way to the casino.So he got out and walked into the bush with two men; he met the ones hiding in the bush and gave them instructions on what to do.“This is code red; kill anything that has blood inside its body” Lucius ordered.“Yes, Boss,” they replied.Then he collected the disguise clothed from them and he and other five men wore it before they came out of the bush and headed towards the Rattle’s group building.The building was located below a catholic church which Lucius and his men were walking to now, they got to the entrance of the church and went in.The door to get to the building was at the confession booth so they made their way to it, a priest was there so Lucius went in and sat down.“Things are not what it seems father” Lucius said, it was the password that th
“You woke up in his room this morning! What happened yesterday? Tell me!” Eva squealed.“I don’t really know what happened yesterday, everything is just blurry,” Mia replied.“But something must have happened last night, it must,” she insisted.“Well, I don’t really know about that, but I need to go and give him the information he asked me to bring from the mission,” she said.“Oh, that’s right, get it for her,” she ordered Ivy, who went to where her handbag was and brought out a folded piece of paper.“Here,” she handed it to Mia.“Thank you,” Mia replied, and then took the paper and left the room, heading to Lucius’s room.She got there and knocked quietly at the door, earning a curt reply from inside telling her to come in, so she opened the door and went in.Lucius was seated at the couch he was seated on when she left, and then she walked quietly towards him. When she got there, she kept the paper on the table.“This is the information, Sir,” she said.Lucius took the paper from
Lucius took off his shirt and walked into the bathroom, he turned the bathtub facet and waited till the temperature was to his liking. He then took his remaining clothes off and entered into the tub. He planned to soak himself in the bathtub for tomorrow because a war was going to break out and he needed to be active.He smiled as he imagined the war and signed, he just couldn’t wait for tomorrow to come, it has been so long since a war like this broke out and he was happy that he was the mastermind.He closed his eyes and allowed his body to focus on the warm water it was absorbed in. He was in his relaxed time when he heard the sound of footsteps in his room.“So they have started without waiting for tomorrow. It seems like they were impatient like him,” he thought before quietly coming out of the bathtub.He used one of the towels on the rack to wrap himself and then went to the right hand wall, he pressed the wall in and a box came out.He placed his thumb on the box and a gun sli
Eva parked the car and then carried Mia out of the car and walked towards the front door, the head maid had not called her because Lucius wasn’t home.She carried into the house and then headed to her room, entering inside she placed her on the bed and tucked her in.She was happy that Lucius didn’t get to witness this, after making sure that she was comfortable. Eva left the room and closed her door and then walked back to her own room.Meanwhile, at the outskirts of the town in the most popular casino in the country, Lucius was seated at a table at the corner of the room drinking.This was the casino that his father had visited and taken some money from, he came to know how business was doing. It was something he sometimes told his men to do but at most times he likes to be the person in charge.The caretaker with a tablet in his hand walked quietly to him and gave him the tablet at the table.Lucius glanced at it and then lifted the wine glass to his lips and took a sip.“Make more
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