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Sold to the highest bidder to pay off a blood feud, I never imagined I would be the pawn in my father's fatal game. Still, here I am before Enzo De Luca, the most vicious mafia leader in the city. Though appealing, he is cold, deliberate, and as lethal. Though my heart races just from his proximity, it is his touch that ignites me. My body betrays me and reacts to him in ways I am powerless over. And I melt as he softly, commandingly says my name.

Enzo loves neither me nor another. In his deadly kingdom, I am only another bargain, another transaction. But every time we are alone, the conflict between us snaps—desire becomes a terrible addiction. Although I detest him for everything he stands for, I yearn for the way he consumes me, body and soul.

He has made it quite evident—our marriage is more about power than love. Still, every angry gaze and every snatched moment in the shadow reveals something different. Benevolent underneath his icy façade lies something broken that appeals to the darkest sides of me. But depending on a man like Enzo may mean losing everything.

Bound to him now, for better or worse, I am caught in a world where loyalty is brittle and treachery carries a bullet. Our friendship gets more perilous the more truths about his empire I find. And as the past calls for us, I have to question myself: will our passion be the thing that ruins us both or can I survive loving a guy like Enzo De Luca?

Burning in his arms is me. But in his universe, I could roast alive.

OWNED BY MR MAFIA

"Do you think I'm trustworthy?" Enzo's voice was a mixture of desperation and eagerness; he fixed a sharp eye on me.

My heart thumping against my ribs, I paused. "What sort of question is that? Of course, I—"

"No.." He cut me off, approaching closely, his hands clutching my arms as though they were the only means of keeping him grounded to the present. Not the simplest response. Isabella, I am yearning for the truth. Do you believe me? Even today?

My breath stopped as his words cut through the tension in the room. "What are you trying to say? Enzo, you really are frightening me.

He sighed, a sound tinged with melancholy and something deeper. "I wanted you to learn this way not here. But I have concealed from you some things.

I moved back, the warmth of his hands lost to the chilly air between us. "Kept from me." My voice was a whisper that shook with insight. You meant to mislead me?

VEILS OF BETRAYAL