Dirty Bargain

He bought my silence.
But now he wants everything.

I was the innocent daughter of a disgraced man, desperate to disappear.
He was the dangerous stranger who found me.

Cold eyes. Hot touch. A voice like a threat and a promise all in one.

Marchello Micheli doesn't ask. He owns.
A billionaire with ties to the Italian mafia, he strikes a deal with me I can't refuse—one that binds my freedom to his control.

He says it's to protect me.
But the look in his eyes says something else entirely.

He wants to claim me.
To ruin me.
To unravel every secret I've been hiding… even the ones I don't know I carry.

And if I run, he'll chase.
If I fight, he'll win.
Because Marchello doesn't lose—and he doesn't share.