❝𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤, 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮.❞
Twenty-year-old Athena Ires Santiago is the ruthless heir to the Santiago Mafia, hiding a deadly secret: by night, she's the feared assassin Midnight.
No one knows her true identity, and she intends to keep it that way.
Calvino Bernardino, 24, is the heir to the Bernardino Mafia-skilled, stubborn, and driven by revenge.
When an arranged marriage between their families forces them together, neither Athena nor Calvino is happy about it.
As they navigate their new life, Athena's secret life as Midnight becomes harder to hide.
Calvino, unaware that his wife is the assassin he's been hunting, is determined to exact revenge.
But as their tension builds, they must face the truth that the marriage may complicate everything they thought they knew about power and betrayal.
꧁ 𝐏𝐫𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐰 ꧂
"Who are you?" He panted blood dripping a wound on his side.
They stood in an alley unarmed, the weapons were behind the girl who stood a couple of feet away. She wiped the blood from her temple with a pounding headache from the blows she took to the face.
She hid her pain with a grin as she backed away, nearing their discarded weapons. "Everyone has a different name for me," She retrieved their weapons. "You put up a good fight, Vino," The woman told the man.
"Who are you?" He questioned once more, his voice laced with venom.
She grinned, taking the bullets out of both of his guns, sliding the empty guns back to him. "If you must know..." She trailed off locking her eyes with his, "I'm Midnight; The Unknown Assassin."
Business woman Delilah Novak is a powerful company owner in London. This woman built up her company all on her own, making millions without a help of any man. She puts shame on the people who once made fun of her for being from a family from Austria with very little in their bank account.
Mateo Santoro is also known as a 'business man' from Italy. But he is much more than that. He's the mysterious man who's always investing in Delilahs company.
Little does Delilah know that her business partner has had an eye on her for some time now, just waiting for her to slip up so he can her company and her away. He's been in love with her forever, and Delilahs feelings aren't much too different either.
WARNING: please do not read this if you are triggered by characters mental health issues, mentions or actions of abuse or rape, suicide etc.