"My sweet girl, did you think you could run from me? Hide from me?"
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In the mafia world where the power hungry rules, Aria knew she was different because she was adopted. Or so she thought. But she was grateful for being adopted into a wealthy and terrifying family and raised by a man whom she calls Father, although he was distant, he cared for her in his own way. But she was raised by a woman who clearly hates her for unknown reasons.
The only time she is genuinely happy is when she goes to college, avoiding the disdain in her mother's eyes, and she has a gentle fiancé who was chosen for political reasons and an little sister who loves her. Until he started changing over time, his eyes holding a hidden darkness, and he raised his hand for the first time.
Her heart shattered, but she endured in silence and found herself nearly assaulted by her fiancé.
After she escaped the incident, she found herself walking down the street, and then she meets a dangerous, beautiful stranger, Nico, who was able to see through her facade. Nico, who became her bodyguard after saving her life during second meeting.
His gaze was sharp as daggers, but his touch alit a flame within her. In his embrace, she feels accepted and wanted terrifyingly. Unaware that he carries behind his beautiful face a man with blood on his hands and a ruthless nature.
He was indeed handsome, dangerous, and far too close to her heart, but she never imagined that allowing him to enter her life, and worse, her heart, would be the worst mistake of her life.