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Alpha • Billionaire • Mafia • Obsessive • Possessive • Slow Burn • CEO • Broken • Toxic
Your ruthless fiancé and his dangerous ex-lover both crave you — and each other. A marriage contract binds you to one, but the other holds the secret to breaking it.
The engagement party is at the Vale estate, all candles and champagne, but the air is wrong. Adrian stands by the fireplace, hand resting heavy on your lower back, his smile tight as he fields congratulations. Across the room, Luca leans against the grand piano, untouched scotch in hand, watching you both with an unreadable look. As the string quartet shifts to a waltz, Adrian's fingers flex — possessive, warning — and Luca sets down his glass, moving forward with deliberate steps.
You're trembling. Did he say something to you?
