Yes." The word left my lips like a death sentence. "I'll marry you." Leo's smile spread slowly across his face as victory gleamed in his eyes. "Smart choice Alessia, I've always known you're a genius.." "This last clause is non-negotiable," Leo said, pointing to a paragraph at the end. "You will act as the perfect wife in all public settings. No hints of coercion, no cries for help, no attempts to contact law enforcement." "I need to think," I said weakly. "You've done your thinking already." Leo pushed a pen into my hand. "Sign." With each signature on each page, I felt another piece of my soul chip away. Yet beneath the fear and resignation, something else burned and it was a fierce determination. ‘I'll play his game’, I thought. ‘I'll be his perfect wife and then I'll destroy him from the inside out.’ As if reading my thoughts, Leo smiled when I signed the final page. "Don't get any ideas about double-crossing me, Lessia. Smarter people than you have tried." And that was it, My fate was sealed to the most Dangerous Man in the city, will I survive this? Will I destroy and expose him without getting killed? There's only one way to find out
Узнайте большеLeo's Pov I wasn’t stupid because one doesn't build an empire from blood and bullets by ignoring the twitch in your gut when something feels off.And Alessia? She was screaming off these days louder than a snitch in a confession booth.She thought she was slick, flashing that pretty little smile and batting those gorgeous eyes at me like I didn’t see the way her hands shook every time she touched me or I didn’t notice her jumping at every goddamn shadow and hiding things plus locking herself away like I was the monster under her bed.Cute.Real fucking cute."Keep an eye on her," I ordered Marco and Vito after breakfast, low and cold so she wouldn’t hear. "Don’t spook her, just tail her tight. I want to know where she goes next."Marco grunted before nodding. "You think she’s running boss?"I gave a cold and sharp smile while drinking the wine on the table. "I’m thinking she’s already halfway gone."And by noon, I had the answer I didn’t want.Vito’s voice crackled through the burner
Alessia's Pov I knew what I had to do to bring an end to all of this shit but my mother was on the line and any mistake of any kind would send her dead.Leo was dangerous when he was suspicious and right now, he was a hair-trigger away from tearing the city apart for me. If I didn’t move fast, my entire plan would crash and burn.I waited until after dinner and made sirte he was relaxed. I watched him quietly as one hand nursed a whiskey, the other flipping through a stack of intelligence reports. I waited until he let his guard down and he looked at me with that dangerous mix of protectiveness and desire that made my body betray me every time.I thought of the punishment he said I was going to give to him and even though it sounded so awkward and silly, I was ready to do it now, anything to distract Leo Ricci from finding out about my scheme qothmybex husband who was after my life.I slipped onto his lap without a word and his brows furrowed as he looked up, amused. "Starting troubl
Leo's PovI was reviewing the shipment ledgers in my office as my head was pounding from back-to-back meetings, when the faint sound of heels echoed down the marble hallway and it was no other than my wife, Alessia. I didn't need to look up to know it was her. I didn’t need to look at all to know something was wrong.The moment she walked in, everything in me snapped to attention. Her movements were way too careful, too fucking deliberate that she didn’t meet my gaze the way she usually did, didn't throw that smart mouth at me either. And when she did glance at me, her hand shot up awkwardly to her neck, like she was trying to hide something.I leaned back in my chair and jaw clenched in displeased. "Alessia," I said slowly. "Come here."She froze, then moved toward me, stiff as a damn soldier and I didn't miss the way the housekeeper, Greta, lingered around her, unusually tender and offering her a plate of food like she was nursing a wounded animal. Alessia barely looked at her and
Chapter 12“I will never do such a thing Matteo Ricci, are you insane?”The slap across my face sent me reeling backward and my vision blurred as pain radiated through my cheek. Marco's once-handsome face was contorted with rage, unrecognizable as the man I'd married."You ungrateful bitch," he spat, pacing the garden like a caged animal. "I worked my ass off with the devil himself to give you everything. The house, the cars, the jewelry—all of it! And how do you repay me? By cozying up to Leonardo fucking Moretti?"I touched my throbbing cheek, tears streaming down my face. "Marco, please—I didn't know—""Shut up!" He slammed his fist into the wall, leaving a crater in the plaster. "You think I don't know what's happening? The way you look at him? I fucking watch you on screen, I know everything that happening to when he's kissing you slut!""It's not what you think." My voice trembled as I tried to back away, but he grabbed my wrist, twisting until I cried out."I don't care what yo
I kept my expression neutral. "That's not unusual, he has legitimate business interests." I defended as usual."What's unusual," Chen continued, "is it that he was meeting with Anton Kruger, who, as you know, handles the financial affairs of several organizations we're investigating.""I wasn't aware of that particular meeting," I said carefully.Chen's eyes narrowed. "Weren't you? Because phone records show Moretti called you from the bank's lobby."I froze , regretting of not deleting calls records that might be tracjed. Leo had explicitly said I was married to him and the public musn’t find out about it, that's why I was here to cover up his shit. How long would I do something as risky as this?"He called to discuss matters concerning his company and his men who were recently brought in for questioning " I said. "He doesn't share his business activities with me.""Doesn't he?" Chen's voice was sharp as a blade. "Then what exactly is the nature of your... arrangement with him? Becau
Chapter 10"Miss Alessia, the laundry needs folding."I looked up from my laptop to see Greta, Leo's housekeeper, standing in the doorway of my room. Her thin lips were pressed into their usual disapproving line, her gray hair pulled back so tightly it seemed to stretch her skin."I'm working, Greta," I replied, gesturing to the security reports I was analyzing. "Leo asked me to review these by this afternoon."Her eyebrows rose slightly. "Mr. Moretti may indulge your... position here, but the household still needs maintenance or perhaps you think yourself above such duties?"I bit back a sharp retort. Greta had been with Leo's family for decades, practically raising him after his mother died. She ran his household with military precision and wielded her influence like a weapon—particularly against me. She's been a pain in the ass type the past few months, I didn't sign up for covering his ass at work and also turning to a household who offended the gods at home."Our agreement was th
Chapter 9Alessia's Pov “Leo...” I whimper, arching my back, unable to suppress the pleasure I feel when he goes lower and takes a nipple in his mouth, all the while playing with my other breast. God. Oh, God. He sure knows how to put his mouth to good use. I wasn't supposed to feel this way, I'm supposed to push him away but if this is the punishment he wanted to give kefir messing up, I'd rather take this.“These beauties have been taunting me since the fucking night you entered my car. So fucking gorgeous,” he admires in a voice calculated and tranquil, low and guttural. If this is supposed to be wrong, why does it feel so right? Leo lifts my gown to my thighs and kisses a trail from my legs to my inner thighs. My breathing becomes uneven as I anticipate what is to come. He finally gets to where I need him the most and I nearly jump out of my skin at the sensation it ignites. “Fuck!” I cry out, my hips bucking in satisfaction. Leo adds two fingers to the mix, finger fucking me sl
Alessia's Pov He didn't answer me or spare me a glance as he was angry. "What happens now?" I asked, fear creeping through me as I thought of my mother who felt vulnerable and alone."Now," he answered from the doorway, "you pay for your betrayal."My breath hitched in fear as I twisted my hands nervously and waited for the worst to happen as long as it had nothing to do with my mother."Your mother is safe," he said finally. "She's being transferred to a private wing in my hospital as we speak. No one will find her there."Relief flooded through me that I nearly collapsed. "Thank you," I whispered."Don't thank me," Leo said coldly. "Not when your recklessness put her in danger in the first place." He moved further into the room, tossing his bloodied coat onto a chair. "Do you have any idea what you've done and the forces you've unleashed against me?""I was trying to free myself," I said, my voice small."Free yourself?" Leo laughed as the sound was harsh and without humor. " We fu
Alessia's Pov Glass shattered somewhere in the penthouse. I flinched as Leo shoved me behind him, drawing a gun from his jacket in one fluid motion."Stay down and stay quiet," he ordered with a voice barely audible above the chaos erupting around us.A burst of gunfire sent me ducking behind a sofa. Despite everything, Leo positioned himself between me and the door, his body a human shield."Isn't this ironic?" I hissed. "Protecting the woman who just ruined you?"Leo's eyes flashed in the dim light. "You didn't ruin me, Alessia. You just complicated things." He checked his weapon with practiced ease. "And despite what you think of me, I don't let people I care about die.""Since when do you care about anyone but yourself?" The words came out more bitter than I intended.A humorless smile crossed his face. "We'll discuss my many character flaws later—if we live through this."The door to the study burst open. One of Leo's security men stumbled in, clutching his bleeding shoulder. "T
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