"ʏᴏᴜʀ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ɢᴏ ɴᴇᴀʀ ʜᴇʀ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ, ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏ ɪʟʟ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ꜱᴜʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʟɪꜰᴇ ɪꜱ ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ʙᴜᴛ ᴍɪꜱᴇʀʏ." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucian Black, a self-made billionaire, was cast out by his powerful family at sixteen. Cold, scarred, and ruthless, he built an empire from nothing-now owning half the city, including the company his family once controlled. To him, love is weakness... until her. Isadora Vale, polished and perfect on the outside, grew up in a world of wealth but never love. Behind her bright smile lies years of neglect and impossible expectations. Determined to prove herself, she built her own career, desperate to escape the hollow life her family designed. Two broken souls, raised in loveless homes, collide. He hides behind power. She hides behind light. But what happens when their walls start to crack?

"ᴇɴᴏᴜɢʜ, ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪʟʟ ɴᴏᴛ ʟᴀʏ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ꜰɪɴɢᴇʀ ᴏɴ ʜᴇʀ ᴜɴʟᴇꜱꜱ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʙᴏᴅʏ ɪɴᴛᴀᴄᴛ." ʜᴇ ꜱᴀʏꜱ "ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪʟʟ ʀᴇꜱᴘᴇᴄᴛ ʜᴇʀ ᴀꜱ ᴍʏ ᴡɪꜰᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄʜᴏᴏꜱᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ᴛᴏ ꜰᴏʟʟᴏᴡ ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ꜱᴜʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴏɴ'ᴛ ꜱᴇᴇ ʟɪɢʜᴛ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ, ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀꜱᴛᴏᴏᴅ ᴍʀ. ᴍᴏʀʀᴇᴛʟɪ?" ____________________________________________________________________ Marco De Silva, the cold-hearted heir to Italy's biggest mafia, needs a wife-but marriage is the last thing on his mind. That is, until Lilliana Mortelli, the broken daughter of a cruel mafia worker, is sold to him for a million dollars. Thrown into a forced marriage, Marco keeps his walls up while Lilliana struggles to survive his dangerous world. But when his enemies target her, he realizes his heart may not be as untouchable as he thought. Will love bloom in the shadows, or is it all just a dangerous game?