LOGINAll her life, Sofia believed her father was an honorable man. Until one night, armed men burst into her apartment, and a cursed name was spoken in a voice like steel: Marco Vallardi. “Your father stole millions from us,” said the feared mafia boss with a dangerous smile. “And now, you’re going to pay it back.” Sofia Russo, a brilliant but naïve accountant, is forced to work for the most feared man in New York. What begins as a matter of survival soon turns into something darker... and far more dangerous. Marco isn’t just her enemy—he’s her only ally in a world of betrayal, blood money, and buried family secrets. As she unravels her father’s past, Sofia uncovers something more deadly than any debt: someone inside the Vallardi family is leaking information to their ruthless rivals, the Cortez. And the traitor’s face is far more familiar than she ever expected. He offered her a threat. She gave him a choice. Now, they’re bound by far more than numbers. And in a world where love can be as lethal as a bullet, Sofia must decide whether to save Marco… or save herself.
View MoreThe echo of the previous night still burned within me—the memory of Marco’s lips, his heat, his hands on my skin—a constant reminder of how close I’d been to giving in. But I couldn’t let myself. Nico depended on me, and the answers I needed were buried in my father’s secrets, in Aurora Holdings, and in that initial, E, that I couldn’t shake from my mind. After hours combing through the ledgers in the Vallardi mansion, I needed air, a place to think. That’s why I was here, in a discreet café on the edge of Manhattan, with a borrowed laptop and the files I’d copied onto a USB. It wasn’t the Vallardi server room, but it was the best I could manage without raising suspicion.The café smelled of espresso and fresh bread, but the atmosphere was heavy, as though the whispers of the patrons hid their own secrets. I sat at a secluded table, fingers trembling as I opened the files I’d marked. Every number was a puzzle, every transfer a clue that could lead me to the money Marco was after—or t
The door of my apartment closed behind us with a click that echoed like a gunshot in the silence of the night. My heart raced, not just from the audacity of inviting Marco Vallardi in for coffee, but from what that gesture truly meant. It wasn’t just coffee. It was a line I was crossing, a challenge I was throwing at him—and at myself. After the night at the club, the almost-kiss at my door, the heat of his hands on my waist, and the way he had saved me from the thugs Elena had sent, I couldn’t keep ignoring the fire growing between us. But I wasn’t ready to give in—not without knowing what this really was.“Sit down,” I said, my voice steadier than I felt, pointing to the worn sofa in my living room. The apartment was modest, with family photos on the walls and piles of accounting books stacked in a corner—a ridiculous contrast to the opulence of his world. Marco, with his leather jacket and the presence that seemed to fill every inch of the space, looked out of place here. But his
The apartment was steeped in silence, broken only by the groans of the men sprawled on the floor, their faces battered and their bodies twisted by Marco’s fury. I remained on the sofa, wrapped in his leather jacket, his cologne mingling with the metallic stench of blood seeping into the carpet. My heart was still pounding, relief at seeing Marco burst in colliding with the terror of what had just happened.But as I looked at him—standing there with the gun in his hand, those gray eyes blazing with rage—I knew I couldn’t take any more violence. Not tonight. Not after everything.“Marco,” I said, my voice trembling but steady as I rose to my feet, legs still weak. “Let them go.”He turned toward me, brow furrowed, his jaw so tense it looked carved from stone.
Marco´s POVThe world narrowed into a tunnel of red fury the moment I saw those bastards inside Sofia’s apartment.From my car, I’d caught the shadows moving across her window—shapes that didn’t belong there—and my instincts screamed something was wrong. I was out of the sports car in a flash, gun in hand, heart pounding with a rage I hadn’t felt in years. I took the stairs three at a time, my mind a whirlwind of images: Sofia alone, vulnerable, those men touching her, hurting her.No.No one touched what was mine.No one.The hallway stretched on forever, fluorescent lights flickering like warnings, but nothing could stop me. This city had forged me, sharpened me into a weapon, and now that weapon was ready to unleash.I reached her door, and the sound of a strangled cry—her cry—was the trigger. I didn’t think. I acted.My shoulder crashed against the wood with all my weight, splinters flying as it gave way. I stormed in, gun raised, the air heavy with the stench of fear and sweat. T
The air in my apartment grew thick, saturated with the stench of sweat and threat pouring off the two men in front of me. Their sinister smiles stayed fixed, like masks carved onto their rough faces, and the panic that had hit me when I first opened the door now mingled with a desperate need to sta
Marco’s POVThe roar of the sports car engine still echoed in my ears as I sped through New York’s empty streets, the city lights a blur that couldn’t quiet the storm in my head. Dropping Sofia off at her apartment had felt like tearing a part of myself away. That almost-kiss at her door—the way he
The roar of the sports car’s engine could barely compete with the pounding of my heart as I drove through the streets of New York, the city a blur of lights that did nothing to distract me from the fire Sofia had lit inside me. That kiss back at the club, her courage facing off against Elena, the
The door clicked shut behind me, echoing through the silence of my apartment, but my heart was still pounding like a war drum. I leaned against the cold wood, closing my eyes for a moment, trying to calm the storm Marco had left inside me. That kiss at the club, his hand brushing my waist in the ha






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