Forbidden Contract: Married to the Dangerous Mafia Don
Yes." The word left my lips like a death sentence. "I'll marry you."
Leo's smile spread slowly across his face as victory gleamed in his eyes. "Smart choice Alessia, I've always known you're a genius.."
"This last clause is non-negotiable," Leo said, pointing to a paragraph at the end. "You will act as the perfect wife in all public settings. No hints of coercion, no cries for help, no attempts to contact law enforcement."
"I need to think," I said weakly.
"You've done your thinking already." Leo pushed a pen into my hand. "Sign."
With each signature on each page, I felt another piece of my soul chip away. Yet beneath the fear and resignation, something else burned and it was a fierce determination.
‘I'll play his game’, I thought. ‘I'll be his perfect wife and then I'll destroy him from the inside out.’
As if reading my thoughts, Leo smiled when I signed the final page. "Don't get any ideas about double-crossing me, Lessia. Smarter people than you have tried."
And that was it, My fate was sealed to the most Dangerous Man in the city, will I survive this? Will I destroy and expose him without getting killed? There's only one way to find out