Paris Hernandez-Ricci At twenty-five years old, Paris Hernandez-Ricci has spent the last three years rebuilding the life that was ripped away from her. A runaway mafia queen and single mother to three-year-old twins, Paris fled after walking in on the man she loved in bed with another woman. Heartbroken, pregnant, and completely alone, she disappeared without looking back, determined to give her children the peaceful life she never had. Now, she's built a career she loves, a home filled with laughter, and a family to her that's missing one thing. Then fate intervenes. One unexpected meeting forces Paris to come face-to-face with the husband she hasn't seen in 5 years-the man who shattered her heart and never stopped looking for her. --- Gabriele Ricci At twenty-nine, Gabriele Ricci is one of the most feared mafia dons in the world. Cold. Ruthless. Untouchable. But he wasn't always that man. Five years ago, Gabe married the woman who became the center of his universe. Paris was everything he never knew he needed-strong, stubborn, endlessly compassionate, with honey-brown skin kissed by rich melanin and mesmerizing green eyes he could have stared into forever. Then one night, everything fell apart. Drugged by his obsessive ex-girlfriend and framed to make it appear he'd betrayed his wife, Gabe woke up to an empty house and a goodbye he never had the chance to explain. For three years, he's searched relentlessly for the woman he loves more than life. He never stopped hoping she'd come home. --- Five years. One misunderstanding. Two children. When fate brings Paris and Gabe back together, neither of them is prepared for what follows. Paris is forced to confront the man she believes destroyed their marriage. Gabe discovers that the woman he's spent years searching for didn't leave alone-she left carrying his children. Now circumstances have brought them back together? What's gonna happen? welp read and find the fuck out!

𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐀 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥. In New York City, the federal government is just a front. The streets are truly governed by two invisible forces. To the world, Adrianna is just the naive, beautiful daughter of a mafia boss. In reality, she is the lethal mastermind pulling the strings of the Spanish family's empire. Nikolai was a boy who wanted to save lives-until revenge turned him into a ruthless assassin who secretly pulls the strings of the city's police. When their paths collide on a deadly mission, the underworld and the law go to war. They think they are hunting each other-but they have no idea they are about to face their equal. 𝙃𝙚 𝙤𝙬𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙬. 𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙬𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙨. 𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩? ♤ This story contains explicit sexual content and dark themes. Please read the trigger warnings before proceeding. started 01/01/23 rewritten and republished 22/07/26