Valentina

Part 1 of the Steel series - can be read as a stand-alone
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A love triangle between Valentina Dimitriou, her childhood best friend, Lorenzo Acero, and the mysterious stranger, Roman Masetti.
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I remember a time when I would have done anything for the man I loved.

It was a time when we were young and naïve, oblivious to the workings of the world and the role we played amidst it all. A time when we would fantasize about running away from the life our fathers had planned for us before I could even walk. A time when we lived in our own foggy bubble, clouded by our love and wishes. When you would hold me close and tell me everything would be okay; tell me that I was destined for more in life than to be married off to someone my father chose in order to gain more power. His only daughter, his only child. I remember every promise you made, every promise to save me from this life I hated so much.

All those promises you made to me turned out to be nothing more than lies.

The man I loved turned into a man I couldn't recognize.

When you failed me and I was at my worst, he came along, like a demon disguised as an angel.