Hacked Affections

Vivian Russo escapes from the twisted Russian mafia boss Rafail Gusev, hiding in the shadows and determined to bring Gusev down with the one thing that could ruin him: herself. But a mysterious stranger and a drunken mistake complicate everything.

Now she's pregnant and finally has someone to call her own after so long. Vivian prepares to risk everything she has to protect the now most important thing in her life. But twists and turns force her into a dangerous alliance with Damien DeLuca, her mysterious stranger.

Damien DeLuca, known as "Killer," commands one of the most formidable Italian mafia families. He is a man of immense power bound by loyalty to his family and the responsibility of protecting it.

What happens when the woman he intended to use becomes an unexpected vulnerability, a weakness that could cost him everything he bled for, yet a temptation he finds impossible to resist. Damien has to decide whether to uphold his duty or succumb to the temptation of a woman who could either be his downfall or his salvation.

"What you hide in the shadows always finds a way to haunt the light." Unknown

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"So tell me. When was the exact moment you realized I was broken enough to be useful?"

He takes a step toward me, reaching out like it would fix anything. Hours ago, I would've ran into his arms without thinking. Pathetic.

"Don't," I snap. "Don't fucking touch me."

Damien flinches as I step back, like I ripped something straight out of him. With that hurt in his eyes that I, like a fool, once couldn't bear to see.
It makes me hate him more, disgust and anger curling in my gut. At him. At myself. At every moment I once thought meant something.

This was a mistake.