Rui Vassallo grew up cherished, sheltered, and loved—an innocent girl who believed the world was far kinder than it truly was. All of that changes the day she is forced into an arranged marriage with Lucien DeLuca, the cold and feared head of a powerful mafia family. To outsiders, their union looks like a strategic alliance. To Rui, it feels like stepping into a life she never chose. To Lucien, it is a contract he pretends to care nothing about.
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@bubblenextThe laughter echoed again, closer this time. A woman’s voice, bright and unburdened, followed by the low, indistinct murmur of a man’s reply. It drifted under the door of the master suite, a sound that didn't belong in a home, only in a hotel lobby or a crowded bar.
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