chanelandchoppers
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- Parts 9
Matteo Russo does not marry for love. He marries for legacy, stability, and obligation-to his name, his family, and the old-world rules he was raised to obey. Camille Rhodes does not marry for security. She marries for access, capital, and time-to build something of her own without interference. Their agreement is simple, deliberate, and written in ink. Nothing more is promised.
Their marriage is pristine on paper and distant behind closed doors. Separate lives. Separate ambitions. Public perfection. Private restraint. As Camille builds her company and Matteo fortifies his empire, they learn each other in silences, in proximity, in the spaces where rules blur but aren't yet broken. What was meant to be temporary begins to feel... complicated.
When the contract nears its end, everything they've avoided must be confronted. Because once the ink dries and the terms expire, they are no longer bound by obligation-only by choice. And some decisions are far more dangerous when they're freely made.