NixxxiE

[BOOK2]
They said life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale. I think that’s bullshit.

Don’t get me wrong. I love fairy tales. I’m a bibliophile. In fact, I read about a hundred books a year.

And in my life? 

I don’t marry my prince charming.
I have to marry the big bad wolf.

I’m not Cinderella. I don’t have evil sisters or a broken family. Actually, I grew up privileged in New York. I get what I want—most of the time, anyway. But that’s just how it is when you’re the daughter of New York’s Italian crime boss: Don Alessandro De Luca.

Sounds like I'm a modern-day princess, don't I? But the truth is, in our world, I’m not free to do a lot of things. And the men in my life shield me from the family business.

I get it. Restrictions keep me and my family safe. But it gets frustrating how they think I can't handle it.

And now, I’m shackled to something I don’t have control over—unless I want my family endangered.

I'm arranged to marry the grandson of the Morelli Family—our rival family who had been after my father’s seat for years.

I would rather die than end up with the enemy.

But everything changed in the blink of an eye.

My prince charming died because of them.

Now, I can’t escape it.

Now, the only choice I have left is to marry the villain to save my family.

So how can my life be a fairy tale when I’m living in a nightmare?

Nevertheless... This villain will have to see.

I can't be restrained. I'm born to be free.

**Gabriella's Hellfire is Book 2 of The De Luca Mafia Series**
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Other works:
•Serendipity - A Chance Encounter (Complete-Ongoing revision)

•Femme Fatale: The King's Deadly Temptress 

•Gael's Naughty Angela: A Mafia Prince Romance (Book 1 of The De Luca Mafia Series)

•Giovanni's Black Heart: An Enemies to Lovers Mafia Romance (Book 3 of The De Luca Mafia Series)

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Gabriella's Hellfire: An Arranged Marriage Mafia Romance

"Um… I… Uh…" I clear my throat. Why am I stuttering? "I couldn't sleep?"

Right. The tea he told me about. "I wanted some fresh air."

Yan tilts his head to the side as if to study me, but he doesn't say anything, making me feel conscious under his gaze.

I arch my brow and fold my arms across my chest, feeling bold. "What? I thought I'm allowed to go out? Are you suddenly retracting it?"

He shakes his head, slowly, the movement menacing. "You are. I'm just asking. It's quite the distance from the house, Ree. Did you walk here? By yourself?"

"I borrowed your bike…?" It sounds like a question because I'm guilty. Who borrows something from the owner without actually talking to them first? I hope he doesn't mind.

Yan looks from side to side, behind him, from a distance, and then back to me. "Where is it?"

Chapter 33 - Gabriella (2)