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

Since Rachel and Ethan were working with one another rather than against each other, they came together to cheer up Sophia. Even if she was sad, they would do what they could to make sure she wasn't locking herself away in her room all hours of the day. Otherwise, she slept late and starved herself.

The only way Ethan knew how to bring Sophia out was to force her to join him and Rachel in the gym in the morning. It would keep him from having to be with Rachel by themselves.

Ethan would never admit it, but she made him nervous ever since they had agreed that he could go to her if he ever needed to.

He felt like an idiotic teenager again because she was bringing thoughts out of him he hadn't experienced in a long time. He was normally confident around women but she knew him in a way that other women didn't. He felt like he couldn't put up his tough charade since she knew just how to make him submit to her.

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