ARRANGE with ARROGANCE
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Last published Sun, Nov 30, 2025
Anneliese Salfari is bound by marriage to Axel Salvatore, a man as enigmatic as he is powerful. He treats her with a chilling indifference, his thoughts and feelings locked away behind an impenetrable wall.
Anneliese longs to understand him, to find some spark of connection in their forced union, but Axel remains a mystery.
Is he simply incapable of love, or is there something else holding him back? Can Anneliese ever truly know her husband, or is she destined to live a life of lonely uncertainty?
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