Marrying My Ex's Mafia Brother

"Walking in on my fiancé kissing my stepsister was supposed to destroy me. Instead, it put me directly in the crosshairs of the only man New York truly fears."

On the night of our lavish engagement gala, Lorenzo shattered three years of loyalty against a locked suite door. I didn't scream. I didn't beg. I slipped off the ring, left it beside his cufflinks, and walked away. I expected to face the scandal alone. I didn't expect Dante Moretti. The cold, lethal head of the Moretti crime family. Lorenzo’s older brother. The untouchable don who found me in a deserted corridor, draped his tailored coat over my shoulders, and shielded me from the vultures without demanding a single explanation. When my socialite family tries to rewrite the betrayal and trade my silence for status, Dante steps out of the shadows with an unthinkable proposition: Marry him instead. The terms are clear: ' An alliance of convenience to stabilize our shared shipping empire. ' Total legal and financial independence in my name. ' A separate bedroom until I invite him closer. ' The absolute freedom to walk away whenever I choose. It was supposed to be a strategic merger on paper. But the closer we get, the thinner the line between business and obsession becomes. Dante doesn't treat me like an ornament or a discarded bride; he treats me like a sovereign. He commands an empire with an iron fist, yet yields to my choices with a patience that ruins me. As Lorenzo unravels with bitter jealousy, rival syndicates target our docks, and family secrets threaten to burn our empire to the ground, I uncover the darkest truth of all: Dante didn’t propose to rescue me from a broken heart. He proposed because he has been watching me from the shadows for five years, and he has no intention of ever letting me be anyone else’s second choice.