I stayed away to survive—
until they took my brother.

One call. One warning.
Come back… or he dies.

So I return to the one man I swore I’d never face again.

Damiano Greco.
Cold. Ruthless. Untouchable.

He doesn’t offer help.
He offers a deal.

His name for my safety.
His ring for my protection.
A marriage that binds me to him.

It’s supposed to be business.
Nothing more.

But nothing about Damiano feels fake.

Not the way he watches me like he’s starving.
Not the way his hands linger—like I already belong to him.
Not the way he says mine… like a promise, not a choice.

Trapped in his world.
In his bed.
In his control.

I tell myself it’s survival.

But the deeper I fall, the more I realize—
I’m not escaping him.

I’m becoming his.