"Let me make something clear-being the center of my attention is not a safe place to be." For a moment, the words hung like a blade between them. Rose only tilted her chin, her lips curving with dangerous playfulness. She lifted her head just enough to steal a kiss, soft and fleeting, before his glare could stop her. When she pulled back, her smile deepened, eyes glittering with defiance. "I love being the center of your attention." Rose DiMaggio should not be drawn to a man like Saint. He's a silent, dangerous prisoner in a psychiatric ward-watchful, controlled, and utterly uninterested in reassuring anyone. Rose is sharp enough to know better and reckless enough not to care. His silence irritates her. His attention hooks her. The spark between them is immediate and unmistakably wrong. When they discover they belong to rival mafia families, staying away becomes a matter of survival. They are not safe together. They are not meant to work. And yet, they choose each other-again and again-knowing the cost. Because some souls aren't redemptive. They're destructive. And neither of them wants saving.

Anaya has everything - except the one thing people think she should. At 38, she's a successful manager in a prestigious firm, yet society still sees her as incomplete after a failed engagement and being single ever since. She's built a life out of control, competence and sheer merit -until he walks into her office. Pratik has a point to prove. The eldest grandson of a billionaire family, he's tasked to succeed on his own-no family money, no shortcuts. Broke but brilliant, he takes a humble internship and quickly finds himself working under the confident and talented woman he can't stop admiring. What begins as a professional mentorship soon turns into late‑night conversations, blurred boundaries, and an attraction that challenges everything they believe about success, love, and happiness. But when family politics, cultural expectations, and Anaya's own insecurities threaten to pull them apart-will they have the courage to believe they might deserve a different kind of happy ending? Beneath its romance beats a story about ambition, the glass ceiling, and the quiet battles women fight every day in the world of Tech. Disclaimer: No AI tools were used in writing this story or conceptualizing its characters. All writing, plot lines, and character developments are entirely original and created by the author. New chapters every week ☀️