Bound by Innocence
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"He was the mafia's most feared king. She was the world's most fragile doll. Neither expected to belong to each other."
When sheltered, innocent Liya is forced into an arranged marriage to settle her father's debt, her quiet world shatters. Struggling with her ADHD and a lifetime of being treated as fragile, she suddenly finds herself bound to Adrian De Luca, the ruthless Italian mafia boss whose name alone sparks fear.
Adrian lives in shadows, calculated, merciless, untouchable. Marriage was never in his plans, but the moment he sees Liya's trembling hands and wide, unguarded eyes, something unexpected stirs inside him. She isn't like anyone from his brutal world, she's light where he's darkness, innocence where he's sin.
Thrown into a world of blood oaths, betrayal, and power, Liya must learn to survive in a mansion of secrets while trying to understand her enigmatic husband. But behind Adrian's cold exterior is a man who, against all odds, finds himself captivated by her laughter, her courage, and the way she sees the broken pieces of him no one else dares to touch.
What begins as a marriage of debt slowly turns into a dangerous dance of trust and devotion. In a world built on violence, can love bloom between a fragile heart and a man made of fire and steel, or will the shadows consume them both?
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