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Angelita Romano never expected to be a replacement bride, but when her sister’s forbidden love affair destroys a carefully arranged engagement, she is forced to marry Zavarelli De Luca—a ruthless billionaire who sees love as nothing more than an inconvenience. Cold, distant, and unbelievably controlled, Zavarelli needs a wife for appearances, not affection. 

Angelita, who has always dreamed of marrying for love, is thrown into a loveless marriage where she is nothing more than a tool for business. But as their lives intertwine, simmering tension builds, igniting a dangerous attraction neither of them can resist. When passion turns into something deeper, Angelita realizes she’s falling for a man who refuses to love. Determined to protect her heart, she pulls away, forcing Zavarelli to confront the one thing he has spent his life avoiding—his feelings for her. But after everything, will it be too late for him to prove that she is more than just a deal? That she is his everything?

The Billionaire's Arranged Wife

★ZAVARELLI★

The silence in the boardroom was so palpable you could have cut through it with a knife. Though, if we were being honest, I didn't know why it was so silent.

"Alright, let's begin," I said, and Dante stood up from his chair on my right and walked to the big projector screen.

"HELLO robots were created over the last six months, and in those months, their sales had surpassed those of every other AI project we had," he stated, occasionally gesturing with his hands.

"And so, De Luca AI Empire decided to make another robot, just like HELLO."

Dante turned back to the audience with a small smile on his lips and nodded at me. I nodded back; he usually delivered, which was why I had picked him as my personal and right-hand man.

"Decided?" someone spoke up, Gemma, an American. She looked at me with a frown on her face, and I raised my brow. "The decision was made without us."

Chapter 11