A WILD ROSE FOR THE MAFIA BOSS

“If I’d known you were this dumb…” he scolded under his breathe.“…I wouldn’t have let you walk into our lives. No daughter of mine could ever be this useless.” “I didn’t ask for this!” I screamed, my chest heaving. “Stupid and ungrateful,” he said, voice cold. “Life was much easier when we thought you were dead.” “I hate all of you,” I spat, eyes burning. “Because none of you would ever understand what it feels like to love someone.” “He’s engaged,” someone else cut in. “Getting married in two weeks, for crying out loud.” I laughed, short and cracked, because if I didn’t, I’d scream. “Then admit me to a fucking mental asylum,” I yelled. “Because I’ve officially lost my mind.”...... ..... Alora Smith is barely holding her life together, an orphan raised on the streets, bouncing between jobs, surviving on grit and instinct while dreaming of something better. When a tempting opportunity finally lands in her lap, she takes it without hesitation. She shouldn’t have. What looks like a way out turns into a nightmare in disguise. Alora wakes up in a wedding dress, a gun pressed to her temple, and a stranger standing across from her, forced into the same vows at gunpoint. His name is Rafaello De Luca, and neither of them chose this. Confused, terrified, and trapped, Alora has no idea why she was chosen or what someone stands to gain by binding them together. Lies stack on top of secrets, trust is dangerous, and every second feels like a test she doesn’t know the rules to. In a world built on control and silence, survival isn’t guaranteed, and the truth may be the most lethal thing of all.