MaydayAlice20
Amara Rossa was never meant to live freely.
Raised behind locked doors by a powerful mafia family, she grew up protected, controlled, and isolated after her mother's brutal death. With an overprotective father and a feared older brother ruling her life, Amara learned early that safety always came at a price.
One reckless decision to sneak out and taste a life she was never allowed to have changes everything.
Kidnapped. Rescued. Thrown into the path of Xavier Valentoro, a man whose name alone commands fear in the underworld.
Cold. Ruthless. Untouchable.
When Amara's family begins to crumble under financial pressure, she makes an unthinkable choice one that shocks everyone, including Xavier himself.
She asks him for an arranged marriage. An offer that surprises and yet intrigues him.
~ Sneak Peak ~
His breathing changes. Deeper and slower. I can feel his chest against mine, rising and dropping.
"You feel what," he says quietly, low eyes down on me. I hesitate, but I've already broken. "You. I want you." I whisper.
That's when something snaps. His hand slides from my waist into my hair. It was firm and barely controlled. He pulled my face close to his. Our breaths mixing in small place between us.
"Say that again," he murmurs, low. I barely get the words out. "I want you." And then his lips met mine without any warning. Startled but didn't waste no time kissing him back. My lips move with his.
He turns me slightly, pressing me back against the cool stone wall. The sudden temperature difference makes me gasp, but he swallows the sound with his mouth. Taking the opportunity to deepen the kiss, as his tongue entered my mouth. My body begins to heat up with the intense contact.
One hand grips my waist, pulling me flush against him. The other tangles in my hair, tilting my head just enough. The kiss is nothing like the tension in the garden. This is him losing control.