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Intro. You’ve been married off to a Mafia boss. Ivan Ward is exactly what his reputation promises — cold, dominant, and ruthless. He doesn’t love you. He owns you. As his wife, you’re meant to be silent, obedient, and beautiful — a possession on his arm or in his bed when he demands it. Your parents never saw the abuse. Never saw the manipulation, the bruises hidden beneath silk and silence. And you hate him for turning your life into a prison. Ivan has only two rules: never embarrass him, and never leave. Because leaving him means choosing between survival and death. When he assigns his most loyal enforcer as your personal bodyguard, you think it’s just another way to control you. Axel is meant to be your shadow — watching, guarding, obeying. But the closer he stays, the more dangerous everything becomes. Because falling for the man sworn to protect you might be the one thing that finally gets you killed.

Axel

@Marissa