Emilia sat alone in the darkened room, her heart pounding in the silence. The events of the past few days replayed in her mind like a chaotic movie, each scene more confusing than the last. She had come up with the perfect plan to escape the chains of her arranged marriage, to reclaim her freedom from a life that felt like a prison. But Valentino had shattered her expectations in the most infuriating way.
Instead of cowering to her demands, he had laughed, his dark eyes glinting with amusement and something else—something dangerous and magnetic that had caught her off guard. He had turned her rebellion into a game, and now she was trapped, caught in the web of her own making.
But what shocked her most wasn't the game or the danger or even the fact that Valentino had been taken from her when she thought she was done with him. It was the raw, visceral fear that had gripped her when she learned he had been kidnapped for real. It was the realization that she cared—that she needed him to be safe.
"Damn you, Valentino," she whispered, her voice breaking in the darkness. "You weren't supposed to mean anything to me."
The thought pierced her heart like a blade. She had tried so hard to hate him, to see him as nothing more than an obstacle in her path to freedom. But now she understood that somewhere along the way, he had become more than just her enemy or her unwanted fiancé. He had become the one person who could unravel her world, who had seen her in ways no one else had dared to look.
And now he was in danger, and she was powerless to help him. She buried her face in her hands, anger and helplessness swirling in her chest.
How could she save him when she could barely save herself?
How could she admit, even to herself, that losing him was not an option?
With a deep breath, Emilia stood up, determination hardening her resolve. She would find him. She would bring him back, even if it meant stepping into the darkest shadows of his world.
Because for the first time, she realized she was no longer fighting to escape him.
She was fighting for him.
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Capture My Fiancé (A Dark Mafia Arranged Marriage Romance)
Romance[English] Emilia Marcella Alvarez, desperate to escape her arranged marriage to Valentino Morelli-a powerful figure in the Italian Mafia-hatches a reckless plan: kidnap her future husband and force him to call off the wedding. But things take an une...
