Forced into a marriage neither of them wanted, a fierce Greek mafia princess and a ruthless Sicilian underboss must navigate a storm of power, passion, and betrayal-only to discover that their greatest battle might be against their own hearts. *** They hated each other from the moment they met, but little did they know, they were destined to be together. Millicent Rhea Darmos: Princess of the Greek Mafia. At 25 years old, she's established herself as a self proclaimed boss bitch, running her own publishing company. But now it's time she fulfils her duty to her family's organisation. It's time she gets married. Costantino Salvatore Accardi: Underboss and Heir to the Sicilian Mafia. At 28 years old, he has no interest in settling down-he already has it all. He believes in family above all, so why bring in an outsider? Yet, after a strange string of events, the two of them find themselves thrust into married life. It's full of chaos, drama and all kinds of tension. The question is, how do they survive their marriage and the storm that follows? *** "I've never kissed anyone." My voice trembled with a tinge of vulnerability - something I hated. But Costa didn't seem to mind that I was nervous or anxious. "Good. You're mine." He spoke so seriously, without a flicker of doubt as he took my hand in his. "So you want it be special, principessa?" "Every girl's first kiss is special." I whispered, watching as he brought my hand up to his lips. "I only care about yours."

"Your cheeks are turning bright red, my favorite color" he says. I break eye contact immediately and stare down. One moment he's hovering over me like a beast searching for his prey, suddenly he pins my back to the wall, grips both my elbows and holds them above my head. I'm at his mercy and I'm not doing anything to push him away. Why the fuck not. His head lowers and I look up, meeting his eyes. It's like he can see through my soul. It's become so hard for me to hold the intense eye contact but I don't have the nerve to look away either, even if I wanted to. His breathing gets rapid the more the seconds pass. "Speechless aren't you? So fucking beautiful" he whispers against my lips, and starts to bring his mouth down to mine... ............. 𝐀𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐨 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐚 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐩𝐚𝐝 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 .............. ❝𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐌𝐞 𝐯𝐬 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐧'𝐭, 𝐰𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝'𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐌𝐞 &𝐘𝐨𝐮❞ ............. *Highest Rankings* #1- #him - 31/7/2024 #1- #flame - 5/4/2024 #1_ #pinning - 1/6/2024 #2 - #sexscenes - 18/ 12/ 2023

REYANSH SHEKHAWAT, a 27-year-old handsome man. He is attractive and rich but also rude and arrogant with serious anger issues. He is someone who gets everything he craves for. He was madly in love with Ritika but was betrayed. From that day, he no longer believed in love, yet he was forced to marry a girl whom he barely knew. He had never thought of being her but destiny had other plans. Will he accept her? ARYA MALHOTRA, a 25-year-old beautiful girl with an introverted personality, an overthinker mind, zero confidence and serious trust issues. Small things make her happy but a small change in someone's behaviour hurts her to the core. She never received support from her parents, which she had always dreamt of. Her life took a 180° turn when she was forced to marry a guy whom she barely knew. Will her life change for the better after he comes into her life? ✦Words count=77381 ✦Started=20 March 2024 ✦Ended=15 Feb 2025

𝐆𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏𝐘 𝐗 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐄 Elijah West is a stubborn, moody asshole who overall dislikes other people. After Carter Sakuna (quite literally) runs into him, he finds her mysterious, loud and overall super annoying. At least that's what he told himself. So then how did he end up falling in love with her? 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬: grumpy x sunshine only soft for her boy obsessed teasing comedy