LOGINHe was her first love. Her first heartbreak. And the man who destroyed her completely. Ariana believed loving Damien was the greatest happiness of her life… until one night changed everything. The man who once protected her like she was his entire world suddenly turned cold overnight. Shattering her heart and choosing another woman right in front of her while she secretly carried his child. Unable to endure the pain any longer, Ariana disappeared. Six years later, Ariana has built a new life far away from her past, raising her five-year-old daughter alone and doing everything she can to survive. Everything was finally starting to feel stable again…Until Damien walked back into her life. Only this time, he is no longer the protective boy she once loved. He is powerful and ruthless Mafia boss, feared by everyone around him… and obsessed with getting her back. As buried secrets begin resurfacing and dangerous enemies close in from every side, Ariana finds herself being dragged back into the very world she fought so hard to escape. Will Ariana protect her heart this time… or will Damien break her all over again?
View MoreEpilogueI woke up to someone banging on my bedroom door. "Lily! Wake up!"I groaned and pulled the blanket over my head. The banging continued."Lily!""Sofia, go away."The door opened anyway."It's your birthday!"I felt the mattress dip as she climbed onto my bed, and before I could properly protest, she pulled the blanket away from my face."Happy birthday!"I squinted at her through the morning light. "You're very loud.""And you're eighteen!"I stared at her for a moment before a smile slowly spread across my face.Eighteen. The number felt strange. Not because I suddenly felt different, but because I couldn't believe how quickly the last few months had passed.When I first walked into my new school, I had been convinced my final year would be simple. I wanted good grades, a quiet year, and maybe a few new friends.Instead, I somehow ended up with Lisa, a hockey rivalry I never asked for, a friendship with Jace, a complicated relationship with the most irritating boy I'd ever m
LilyI didn't know what to say. Because somehow, hearing Kai say those three words felt more important than it should have."Look, I know I was being an asshole..." Kai started raking both hands through his hair, exhaling slowly as though the words were harder to get out than he had expected. He looked away for a moment before meeting my eyes again."I shouldn't have said those things to you outside my house. I was angry, and I took it out on you. You didn't deserve that."I stared at him, barely knowing what to say.He shifted his weight, his usual confidence nowhere to be found. "I've been thinking about it since you left. Then you stopped coming to school, and I didn't even know if you were avoiding me or if something had happened.""I was sick," I reminded him quietly."I know that now." His jaw tightened. "But I didn't know then."He paused, looking at me for a long moment."And I hated not knowing."Something about the way he said it made my chest tighten."I'm sorry, Lily," he
LilyI had been sick for three days. Not the kind of sickness where I could take some medication, sleep for a few hours, and drag myself to school the next morning. This was the kind that had left me buried beneath my blankets, barely interested in food and too exhausted to do anything except sleep.The flu had hit me harder than I expected.My parents had practically turned me into a prisoner in my own bedroom, refusing to let me step outside even when I insisted I was feeling better. Between my mother checking my temperature every few hours and my father making sure I took every medication on time, there was hardly a moment when I was left alone.By the second day, I was able to sit up long enough to study.That was when I started working on our presentation. The Life and Leadership Skills group had created a classroom group chat, so whenever I was awake, I checked the messages and followed whatever everyone was discussing. I had missed enough already, and with our presentation gett
KaiTwo days. Lily Valmont had been absent from school for two fucking days.I told myself I didn't care. The first day, I barely noticed it. At least, that was what I told myself when I walked into English and her seat was empty. Maybe she had some family thing going on. Maybe she had simply decided she didn't want to come to school.None of my business. And by the end of the day, I had caught myself looking toward the classroom door more than once, expecting her to walk in late with that irritated expression she always wore whenever she saw me.She didn't. The second day was worse.I showed up to every class. Every fucking class. Even the ones I normally found excuses to skip.I sat through lessons I barely cared about, stared at the board when I should have been thinking about hockey, and found myself glancing toward the door whenever someone walked in.Nothing.And the worst part was that I couldn't even figure out why I kept showing up. Maybe because she had told me to take schoo
Damien"Listen carefully because I'm only saying this once." I said to the bastard making sure my voice was venomous enough to remind him who is the boss here. "I'll give you forty-eight hours." I said. "Forty-eight hours," I repeated. "If every cent isn't back where it belongs by then, you'll spe
Ariana"Are you sure we shouldn't report this man for sexual harassment?"Matt's voice followed me as we stepped inside the apartment.I closed the door behind us and kicked off my shoes, trying to ignore the fact that my heart was still pounding far too hard.Not from fear. At least that's what I
Arianna"Sorry. You're no longer working with us."Those were the words that kept circling in my head. Within less than twenty-four hours, I had lost both jobs.First S&M Publishing House shutting down overnight after the fraud investigation. Then walking into the club and getting informed the boss
DamienPower changes people. Sometimes it hardens you slowly until you stop recognizing yourself. Other times, it turns you into exactly what the world feared you would become in the first place.Two months.That was how long I had been out of the country handling shipments, negotiations, and probl






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