MasukShe crashed into his world. He claimed her as his own. Now they're both in danger of losing everything. Chloe Woods didn't plan to marry a crime lord. She planned to escape one. But when her desperate flight from a monster leads her to crash through the gates of Dante Donovan's estate, she stumbles into the arms of a far more dangerous man. One who doesn't ask questions. One who doesn't negotiate. One who takes what he wants and dares the world to stop him. By sunrise, she's his wife. By nightfall, she's his obsession. Dante Donovan built an empire on blood and secrets. He trusts no one, loves no one, and answers to no one. But the fearless, infuriating woman who insulted him to his face and kissed him like she was daring him to want more has become his greatest weakness. She's chaos wrapped in silk. A rebellion in heels. A complication he should eliminate. Except he can't. Because Chloe Woods is the key to the revenge he's spent a decade planning. Her father destroyed his family. Her fiancé wants her dead. And Dante? Dante wants to possess her so completely that she forgets she was ever anyone else's. But Chloe isn't a woman who belongs to anyone. She's a woman who burns down empires just to watch the flames dance. As rival families close in and buried secrets claw their way to the surface, Dante must choose: use his accidental wife as a weapon in his war, or protect her with his life. And Chloe must decide: run from the man who terrifies her, or surrender to the only man who has ever made her feel alive. Some marriages are made in heaven. This one was forged in hell. And neither of them is walking away.
Lihat lebih banyakThe safehouse was a small, nondescript building on the outskirts of the city, hidden behind a facade of legitimate businesses and layers of security that would make a fortress jealous. Dante led me inside, his hand never leaving my back, his eyes constantly scanning for threats.Marcus was waiting for us, his face grim. "We lost two men in the firefight," he said quietly. "Rosetti's people were waiting for us. Someone tipped them off.""Victor," Dante said, the name coming out like a curse. "He knows we have the evidence. He's going to move fast.""We need to move faster."Dante nodded, then turned to me. "You should rest. There's a room in the back. I'll come get you when we have a plan.""I'm not leaving you.""Chloe-""I said I'm not leaving you." I crossed my arms, meeting his gaze with a stubbornness that matched his own. "This is my fight too. My father died trying to expose these people. I'm not going to sit in a back room while you risk your life to finish what he started."Da
Dante's men moved like shadows, clearing the path ahead as we descended into the underground garage. I was still wearing the emerald dress, hardly appropriate for a midnight break-in, but there was no time to change. Dante had transformed in the minutes since reading my father's letters. The cold control was still there, but beneath it, something dangerous was burning."Stay close to me," he said, his hand finding the small of my back. "If anything happens, you run. You don't look back. You don't try to be a hero.""I'm not the hero type.""You pushed me out of the way of a bullet.""That was instinct. I regret it already."His lips twitched, but the humor didn't reach his eyes. We climbed into a black SUV, and the convoy pulled out of the estate, speeding through the rain-soaked night toward the city. I gave Dante the address of my old apartment, a tiny place in a mediocre neighborhood that I had shared with a roommate before Angelo swept into my life and insisted I move somewhere mo
I pulled away from Dante's touch, my chair scraping against the marble floor as I stood. My heart was a war drum in my chest, and my hands were shaking, but I refused to let him see how deeply his words had cut me."You married me for revenge," I said, my voice steadier than I felt. "You planned to use me as a weapon against people I don't even know. And now you're telling me you've changed your mind because I kissed you back?"Dante's expression was unreadable. "I'm telling you the truth. What you do with it is your choice.""My choice." I laughed, the sound hollow and bitter. "I don't have choices, remember? I'm married to the most powerful man in the country. I'm trapped in his fortress with armed guards at every exit. My father was apparently a traitor who got your family killed. And the man I was supposed to marry wants me dead or worse."I stepped closer to him, tilting my head up to meet his gaze. "So tell me, Dante. What choices do I actually have?"He was quiet for a long mom
The door clicked shut behind Dante, and I stood there for a long moment, my lips still tingling from his kiss. My heart was hammering against my ribs like a caged animal, and I couldn't tell if it was fear or fury or something far more dangerous.Probably all three.I looked down at my ruined dress, the white silk now stained with rain and blood and the chaos of the past hour. My engagement to Angelo had been a prison. My marriage to Dante was a different kind of cage entirely, one wrapped in marble and crystal and the promise of violence.But at least this cage had better lighting.I needed to move. To think. To figure out what the hell I had just agreed to. I walked toward the door, my bare feet leaving wet prints on the polished floor, and pulled it open.A man stood in the hallway, his arms crossed over his chest, his expression carefully neutral. He was younger than Dante, maybe late twenties, with sandy brown hair and intelligent blue eyes that assessed me with quiet curiosity.






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