By blood, by design
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She was supposed to be his pawn.
He was never meant to be her future.
When powerful mafia heir Miles Moretti is forced into an arranged marriage to secure his family's empire, he expects a compliant bride and a silent merger. What he gets is Natalia Romano-an ambitious architect with secrets of her own, a quiet fire in her eyes, and no intention of being controlled.
Bound by a marriage neither of them chose, their lives collide in a dangerous dance of power, betrayal, and slow-burning obsession. Natalia wants freedom. Miles wants loyalty. But what begins as a battle of wills becomes something darker, deeper... and far more dangerous.
Because in a world built on blood and silence, love is a liability.
And the closer they get, the more the past claws its way back-with enemies that strike from within, a mistress who won't stay buried, and a legacy that demands sacrifice.
He's the man who was never supposed to fall.
She's the woman who dared to see the light in his ruin.
Now they must decide:
Can they build a future from the ashes of an empire?
Or will their love burn with everything else?
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