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"Run if you want, princesa. I like my women breathless."
Seraphina Fontaine was supposed to become a lawyer.
Instead, she accidentally pissed off a cartel.
In her defense, she won the damn thing fair and square.
One private game later, Seraphina has a debt she never asked for, and Mateo watching her like he can't decide whether to kill her or keep her.
Mateo is the kind of man who smiles before ruining lives. The kind of man Seraphina should avoid at all costs.
Too bad avoiding things has never been her strongest skill.
Now she's answering burner phones, doing favors for criminals, and trying to survive long enough to make it to law school. The plan is simple: find what went missing, clear the debt, and get out.
Except Mateo keeps getting closer.
And Seraphina keeps forgetting that dangerous men are only fun until they start wanting you back.
**TROPE LIST:**
🖤 Dark Cartel Romance
🎲 Forbidden Romance
🔥 Enemies-to-Lovers
💎 Debt Bondage
🎴 Forced Proximity
⚖️ Worlds Collide
🔪 Morally Grey Hero
💋 "Touch Her and Die"
🐍 Obsessive Love
🫦 Battle of Wills
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THIS IS BOOK 3 OF THE WHAT WE HIDE SERIES BUT CAN BE READ AS A STANDALONE, THOUGH THERE WILL BE MENTIONS OF INTERCONNECTING CHARACTERS AND SPOILERS
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