He was her first everything.
She was his only softness in a world built on blood.
They were childhood sweethearts-first friend, first kiss, first love-two hearts learning to beat in sync before the world taught them what their last names truly meant.
In the world of mafia bloodlines, love means nothing when your name is wrong. Born into rival families, they were torn apart by a war that demanded loyalty over desire. Because in the mafia, love is a liability.
Years passed. Families turned colder. Promises burned.
Now, she wears another man's ring-a strategic engagement, a future carved in power. She buried every trace of him-of them-beneath silence and duty.
Until the day he returns.
And steals her.
No explanation. No apology. Just chains of memory, venomous love, and a touch that still knows every inch of her soul.
He is no longer the boy she loved. He is sharper now. Untamed. Unforgiving. Yet something lingers behind the rage in his eyes-something she doesn't understand.
As they run from the enemies hunting them both, she's forced to confront the cruelest truth of all:
The past never stayed buried. And the boy she once loved... may be the man who destroys her.
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Started: August 09, 2025
Ended: September 26, 2025
(COMPLETED)
(CADDEL BROTHERS SERIES #1)
(R-18)
AIRO RIGS CADDEL
He never believed in love. He despised women, never caring about their feelings, never giving them a chance to matter.
Until her.
The woman who shattered his indifference and quietly slipped into his guarded heart. For the first time, Airo wanted someone so deeply that he was willing to fight for her. But his way of loving was flawed-possessive, demanding, and forceful. He tried to chain her heart by forbidding her to look at any man but him, not realizing that love cannot be commanded.
To her, his affection felt confusing-gentle one moment, cruel the next.
To him, it was the only way he knew how to show he cared.
Maybe this is what they call his gentle ways-a broken man's attempt to love, even if it means losing the very woman who taught him what love truly is.