Story By adeolamaryola
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adeolamaryola

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Ruthless for Ruth
Updated at Jul 26, 2025, 13:25
A debt to pay. A ruthless family. A love she never asked for. I was never supposed to be part of this world. Not the dark rooms. Not the cold hands. Not the chains that come without locks just fear, silence, and a name no one bothers to ask for. My father’s addiction destroyed everything. He gambled away our peace, our food, our roof… and finally, he gambled me. One minute, I was just a girl with problems. The next, there were guns in my face and i was taken to pay. He couldn't pay. They took me. Locked in a house filled with other broken girls, I learned fast. Obedience is survival. But I couldn’t do what they asked. I wouldn’t. So, they starved me. Beat me. Then sold me again to the Morettis. A mafia family soaked in blood and loyalty. I was supposed to be invisible. Mop the floors. Keep my head down. But then he noticed me. Lucian Moretti the heir. Their next boss. He’s all hard edges and colder eyes. Powerful. Untouchable. Dangerous. But where others saw a girl to use, he saw something else. And every time he looked at me, it felt like a threat... and a promise. I was just a debt. He was born into the throne. But this house is a maze of secrets deadly ones. And loving him means stepping into the line of fire. Because if there’s one thing the Morettis don’t allow... It’s a weakness. And falling for me might just be his.
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