UNTOLD
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Delilah Monroe has spent two years trapped in a marriage that was never meant for love. Born into wealth and bound by duty, she plays the role of the perfect wife in public-graceful, elegant, untouchable. But behind closed doors, her husband is nothing more than a stranger, cold and distant, as if she were just another business acquisition.
Adrian Lennox has everything: power, fortune, control. But the one thing he truly wants-the woman he secretly loves-must never know the depth of his feelings. Love is a weakness, and in their world, weaknesses are exploited. He keeps her at arm's length, not realizing that in doing so, he's slowly losing her.
Their marriage is a lie. Their love is untold.
But when a spark of jealousy ignites old desires, and a whispered secret threatens to shatter their fragile façade, Adrian is forced to make a choice: keep hiding in the shadows or risk everything to claim what was always his.
Because love may be dangerous, but letting her go might be deadly.
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