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"He Wanted a Marriage of Convenience. She Shattered All His Rules."

Arianna Costa never expected her life to be turned upside down during a routine medical check-up. Victim of a medical mistake that leaves her pregnant by a stranger, she soon discovers that the man in question is none other than Alessandro Valenti, the powerful and dangerous king of the Italian mafia.

For Alessandro, scandal is unthinkable. Marriage, security, and control: he demands Arianna become his wife to protect his reputation and their future heir. But sharing her life with this authoritarian and enigmatic man will come at a cost.

Thrust into a world of luxury, danger, and betrayal, Arianna begins to uncover an unexpected side to Alessandro. Beneath the mask of the mafia king lies a man torn between his need for control and his growing feelings for her.

Yet danger lurks in every shadow. Alessandro’s enemies are determined to see him fall, and now Arianna and their unborn child have become prime targets. Torn between scorching attraction, conspiracies, and buried secrets, Arianna must make a choice: surrender to this forbidden love or escape a world that could very well destroy her.

Under the Mafia King’s Control

The sky behind the blinds hovers between ink and indigo. A fragile in-between. Like me.

I'm sitting on the edge of the bed, phone in hand.

These words loop endlessly. They haunt me. They terrify me.

I lift my eyes toward the door. Behind it, in the neighboring room, Léo still sleeps. His gentle breathing lulled me all night.

Mila, though, stayed awake. I heard her pacing, pausing, starting again. Her anxiety vibrated through the wall.

Léo. Mila. Myself. Far from this chaos.

I drag a hand over my face. My palms are damp, my heart pounds so hard it sickens me.

Lorenzo promised an escape. A way out. Safety.

A noise snaps me from my thoughts.

Chapter 90: The Trap Closes