Wife of the Underworld | 1
54 parts Ongoing Mature"I'm your wife in public Matteo... but we both agreed in private we can hate each other however much we want."
He spun around to face me, his expression a mix of anger and something else, something darker and more intense.
"You can despise me with every fiber of your being," Matteo growled, gripping my chin and lifting it up, "you can curse my name in the dead of night, your pretty little fists clenched in anger and frustration. And I... I will revel in it."
He stepped even closer, until our bodies were a hair's breadth apart, the heat of his skin searing through the thin fabric of my sun dress, "because your hate, Jade, is the most exquisite torture. It's a dance, a game we play, you and I."
"So hate me, Jade. Hate me with every ounce of that fiery spirit that drew me to you in the first place. Because in the end..." his thumb brushed over my lower lip, a teasing, taunting caress, "I am the master of this game you call hate."
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In a world where loyalty is bought and sold, one man's desperation becomes another's salvation. Mafia king Matteo Valenti, haunted by his late wife's death, finds himself lost in the suffocating silence of his traumatised daughter's grief.
That's where Jade Amaro, an average yet determined woman, burdened by her father's cancer and her mother's gang-related debts, comes to play.
Driven by desperation, they forge a marriage contract that binds them together.
In a world where power and passion collide, two broken souls must navigate the treacherous waters of a contract marriage, all while the specter of the mafia's biggest enemy looms large.
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'Wife of the Underworld' is a heartrending tale of broken souls. A story where enemies become lovers and the unbreakable bonds of marriage are tested by the fires of adversity and the unspoken promises of the heart.
𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝟭 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀.