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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

When we stepped through the doors of the villa, a strange sensation took hold of me. As if I had left a part of myself in that warehouse, next to Lorenzo's lifeless body.

The sound of our footsteps echoes on the marble floor. Alessandro walks ahead of me, straight, unyielding, but I can sense the tension in the stiffness of his shoulders. His silence has never been louder.

Me… I thought I could never handle it.

But tonight, watching Lorenzo's blood stain the floor, hearing his last breath escape his throat, I felt nothing.

Just a cold, icy pit in my stomach.

Alessandro suddenly stops in the hallway and turns to me. His dark gaze searches for something in mine—a glimmer of humanity, a sign that I'm still the person I was before.

"Do you regret it?" he finally asks.

Chapter 101: The Price of Power