The Darkness Beneath
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Isabel Velante, daughter of the Mexican mafia's head. She is pressurized to marry the Capo of the Italians in order to ensure their protection. But Isabel doesn't believe in love or marriages. She knows how this marriage is going to end. Which is why she decides to run. On the day of her wedding. But fate has other plans for her when she ends up being forced to marry the head of the Russian bratva, Nikolay Petrov. And her worst nightmare begins.
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Isabel Velante,
The girl who had stopped believing in love.
"Marriage is a cage with no escape and a pretty label."
Nikolay Petrov,
The boy who had been shaped into a ruthless man.
"Love is a game people like to play to escape from reality and their shitty lives."
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Isabel Velante × Nikolay Petrov
Sassy × Grumpy
The girl who doesn't believe in love × The guy who doesn't know how to love
Slow burn
Enemies to Lovers
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