LOGINShe was supposed to be dead. Seven years ago, Aria Moretti vanished the night her entire mafia family was slaughtered in a coordinated massacre that shook New York to its core. The world mourned the loss of the Moretti empire. Her enemies celebrated. Everyone assumed the sheltered nineteen year old princess had burned with the rest of them. They were wrong. Aria survived pregnant, alone, and running for her life. She fled to Lagos, gave birth in hiding, and spent seven years becoming someone her father never allowed her to be: dangerous. Now she’s back. Not for closure. Not for peace. For revenge. But the moment she steps foot in Manhattan, she collides with the one man she never expected to see again Dante Russo, the soldier she loved and was forced to betray to survive. He’s no longer the loyal soldier from her father’s organization. He’s a self-made billionaire by day and the city’s most powerful crime lord by night. Ruthless. Untouchable. Still devastatingly attractive. He demands she marry him. Not for love for survival. Dante needs a wife to legitimize his expansion into international markets. Aria needs his protection and access to his network to hunt her family’s killer. Six months. One contract. No feelings. No lies. Except Aria is hiding the biggest lie of all.
View More"Shoot him!" I raised my weapon. Aimed center mass.But Dante's hand caught my wrist. Stopped me."Wait," he whispered. "Look."I looked. Really looked. Vincent...Vincent wasn't alone. Shadows. Movement. In the rafters. Behind crates. Positioned for ambush."It's a trap," Marco confirmed through comms. "Thermal imaging shows fifteen hostiles. Hidden. Waiting for you to engage.""He wants us to shoot," Dante said. "Wants us distracted. So his people can flank us. Pin us down."Vincent was still smiling. Still waiting for us to...To take the bait."Change of plans," I said into comms. "Teams two and three flank positions. Come in through the east and west entrances. Silent. Teams four and five rooftop access. Take out his people in the rafters. Team six cut off south exit. No one leaves this warehouse.""Copy," came the responses. Professional. Efficient.
The penthouse looked like a military compound.It had, Armed guards. Every entrance. Every window. Marco coordinating..Coordinating movements like a general. Ghost at the door. Weapon ready.And Dante...Dante in the center of it all. Directing. Commanding. Looking...Looking like the commission head he'd become. Powerful. Dangerous. In control."Aria." He saw me immediately. Moved toward me. "You're here. Good. We need to coordinate. Vincent's making his move and...""Where's Luca?" I interrupted. "Where's my son?""Safe room. With two guards. He's fine. Scared but fine."I pushed past him. Toward the master bedroom. The safe room hidden...Hidden behind the closet. Reinforced. Secure.Luca was there. Small. Terrified. But...But alive. Whole. Unhurt."Mama!" He ran to me. I caught him. Held him so tight he squeake
Three days passed.Three days since Vincent escaped and all i get is silence. Three days since...Since I had pushed Dante away. Three days of...Of waiting. Watching. Preparing for...For Vincent to make his move on me.But nothing. Radio silence. The black sedan...The sedan disappeared. Vincent's people...Gone. Like they'd never been there."He's playing games, mind games" Gianna said. Morning of day four. "Making you making you wait. Making you ..you paranoid. It's psychological warfare.""It's working." I hadn't slept. Couldn't rest my head or let my guard down. "Every sound. Every car. Every shadow. I'm seeing threats everywhere.""Good. That means you're alert. Ready. When he finally moves. You'll be prepared."But I wasn't so sure. Because...Because waiting was harder than action. Waiting gave me...Gave me
The marriage contract expired on a Tuesday.Six months. That's what we'd agreed. Six months of...Of pretending. Playing roles. Being..Being Mr. and Mrs. Russo for the world.And now it was done. Legally. Officially.Over."The contract ends today," I said. Morning coffee. Dante across from me. Both of us...Both of us pretending this was normal. Expected. Fine."I know," he said. Not looking up from his tablet."So what happens now?""I don't know." He finally met my eyes. "What do you want to happen?"What did I want? Six months ago the answer would have been..Would have been simple. Us. Together. Forever.But now I didn't know. Didn't...Didn't know if I wanted to fight for someone who was already...Already halfway gone."I don't know either," I admitted. "We could renew. Another six months. Keep pre
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