Exclusive Love Mafia のウェブ小説 & Substitute Bride ストーリー

Serena De Luca was never meant to be the bride. But when her sister disappears, her father forces her into a world of power, danger, and a man who fears nothing… except losing control. Don Alessandro Moretti is cold, ruthless, untouchable and cruel until Serena’s fire threatens to melt his walls. Lies, loyalty, and lust collide, and when the real bride returns, pregnant with a rival’s child and threatening her way back into Alessandro Life, Serena must fight to survive a war she never asked for. In a world ruled by blood and power, the Don must choose: his pride… or love.

Kira Valenti…the discarded daughter, the family's buried shame…is traded to the Volkov dynasty to settle a blood debt. Her groom: the crippled, supposedly impotent, dangerously unstable second son. Everyone pities her and everyone laughs. Until bullets fly, bodies fall, and the bride they dismissed proves deadlier than their worst nightmares. From his wheelchair, her husband commands an empire built on blood. Behind his helpless facade lies a predator who has spent years plotting his revenge. Then he sees the crescent birthmark on her arm. Suddenly, their marriage becomes a battlefield, their secrets become weapons, and the underworld's most dangerous players are marked for slaughter. He thought he was the only monster in disguise but he married the one who could destroy him.

~ A Romance Novella ~ “Prepare Clara. In three days' time, you'll marry in your sister’s place. Understood?” … Clara Hathaway has always been the disposable daughter, the shunned older sister no one wanted meant to stay in the shadows. But when her family's company is crumbling and the price is an arranged marriage, she's forced to become a substitute, assuming her younger sister's identity to marry the ruthless heir of the mysterious Damiani Family. She expects cruelty, a cold bed and a loveless marriage. Instead, she gets a wedding night full of ecstasy. Luca Damiani is everything they say and nothing like she imagined. Under him, she is drawn to a world of pleasure she never dared to imagine and a devotion so overwhelming from the man who is meant to be ruthless. When his family embraces her like one of their own, Clara finally knows what it feels like to belong. For the first time, Clara feels chosen. Desired. Safe. And as she starts to bloom into a confident woman, she finds herself falling hard for the husband who was supposed to be temporary and craving the belonging his family gave. But as her family's ambitions are revealed and someone inside the Damiani Empire wants to destroy them both, her fake identity is cracking. Faced with a momentous decision that could change everything, the question lingers. If Luca finds out she's been lying about who she really is, will he still want her?