QueenFrieza

Excerpt: 
His lips left her neck only long enough to say, “If the invisible scars he left don't disappear now, I'll keep trying again and again until they do. Soon your body will know only me.” 

Her eyes were still swollen from her previous tears, but they began to water again for a far different reason than before. She tried to pull away and hide her face from him. 

“Promise me,” she uttered. “Promise me I'll never be in the same room as him ever again.” 

His fist clenched and he had to control his anger. 

Quieter than before he whispered, “I promise.”

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Synopsis: 
A tumultuous childhood made Sophia fight that much harder for peace in her adulthood. Yet it would take only one meeting to shatter the average life she led as a successful bakery owner in the center of New Vista. 

She found him on a pile of garbage in an alley, bleeding from a head wound. After taking him to the hospital, he woke up not knowing who he was. The hospital referred to him as “John Doe”.

While navigating her fresh breakup, the mystery man became her source of distraction and comfort. He has a far more tender and doting side than she ever expected. Is he only like this with her?

The longer he stayed by her side, the more change she noticed within herself. There’s an undeniable pull between the two of them. Call it instincts or attraction, it felt like something she couldn’t ignore. The more time they spend together, the stronger the pull becomes. 

When she finds out who he is, any shred of safety she had before seems to disappear as a target is put on her head.

Mafia. Pheromones. Mate. 

Terms unfamiliar to her become the forefront of her problems. How are they supposed to explore their feelings when the world is intent on tearing them apart? 

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How I Became The Alpha Mafia Boss' Target

Sophia was led away first when they arrived at the mansion.

As she walked away from Gus, Rachel, and Ethan, she cast them looks of uncertainty but Gus assured everyone that the staff in the Morelli estate could be trusted.

"It'll be alright," Gus said. "For now all we can do is go along with all this. It's the safest place for the time being. I'll head to my usual room."

Rachel and Ethan were surprised to see someone so much older than them unaffected by tiredness despite being the one who had driven them all that way. As he walked away, they could tell he didn't intend to sleep. Whatever Luca had him doing was his highest priority. He relied on the old driver so much that no one even considered him to be only a driver anymore.

Another worker came forward to Rachel and Ethan and gestured for them to follow him towards a grand staircase that wound up one side of the wall of the far area.

Shame