He wants blood. She was sent to hand him hers. Rafael Marchetti buried his twin brother a year ago, or at least he thinks he did. What he actually buried was the truth. Now the CEO of Novara Holdings has run out of grief and has plenty of rage left over for whoever took Cristiano from him. Elena De Luca was never supposed to be a person to him. She was a weapon her father built and aimed, sent in under a stranger's name to get close, pull information, and disappear again. Rafael figures out who she really is before she finishes introducing herself. He doesn't say so. He lets her believe she has the upper hand. Because the fastest way to the man behind his brother's death runs straight through the daughter that man is using as bait. Rafael isn't after her loyalty. He wants her father's secrets. Everything else that starts happening after that, the nights, the trust she starts handing him for free, the way she stops being an assignment and starts being someone he actually wants near him, none of that was supposed to happen either. It happens anyway. And by the time they finally learn who was really pulling every string, neither of them is sure which one of them is still the pawn. A dead man who was never dead. A daughter who was never protected. A revenge plot that turns into the one thing they never planned for. Something real.

I sold one year of my life to a man who made a career out of studying broken minds. My mother's illness had drained everything I had. Her hospital bills were piling up, creditors were calling, and I was running out of ways to keep her alive. Then Lucien Blackwood offered me a deal. One year as his wife. In return, he would erase my debts and pay for my mother's treatment. I should have read the contract before signing it. Instead, I followed him to Blackwood Manor. The mansion is beautiful in the way a graveyard can be beautiful. Too quiet. Too perfect. Every room has a covered mirror. Every door seems to hide something. And every night, Lucien comes to my room for what he calls an assessment. He watches the way I sleep. He studies my reactions. He records everything. Then I discover a file with my name on it. Subject Gamma. The date on the file is from months before I ever met Lucien. There are recordings of my voice saying things I have never said. Photographs of a woman who looks exactly like me. Notes written by someone begging me to run. And then I discover the truth. The woman in the photographs is my identical twin. Elara Vale. The sister I was told died before I could remember her. She never died. She has been living inside Blackwood Manor. Watching me. Waiting for me. And Lucien has known about her all along. He didn't marry me because he needed a wife. He married me because I was the perfect replacement. His first experiment destroyed my sister's mind. Now he intends to finish what he started with me. But there is one thing Lucien never anticipated. I am beginning to remember things that never happened to me. And somewhere behind the mirrors, my sister is trying to make sure I survive long enough to uncover the truth.

Sofia Valenti is good at two things: staying invisible and understanding numbers as an accountant. As a financial analyst at De Luca Enterprises, she has spent three years being exactly what the company needs—precise, discreet, and completely unremarkable. Then her supervisor hands her a suspicious account and tells her to audit it. What Sofia finds is proof of a global mafia network: money-laundering routes, shell companies connected to criminal enterprises in twelve countries, and at the centre of it all, one name. Lorenzo De Luca. For some foolish reason, Sofia tells her friend Lucy, a reporter, what she has discovered—only to learn that Lucy already published the information that morning as a cover story, revealing that her source works directly with the finance books at De Luca Enterprises. Lorenzo’s mafia partners put two and two together, identify the accountant, and get her address. They go after Lucy first, then Sofia. When Lorenzo arrives, he demands they both be released, promising to become the scapegoat if anything happens. But the higher-ups give them an ultimatum: Lucy must quit her job, while Lorenzo and Sofia must marry to ensure Sofia’s silence and keep her protected from anyone searching for evidence. Neither agrees, but it is a command they have no choice but to live with. As a well-known figure, Lorenzo proposes they make their marriage look real—a public ruse to convince everyone they are genuinely together. Sofia moves into his house, only to discover that Lorenzo De Luca’s world is nothing like she imagined. She must deal with his mother, who is determined to throw her out and eventually tries tempting Lorenzo with other women. But as Sofia and Lorenzo live together, learn each other’s habits, and go on planned dates for public appearances, they slowly grow closer. Then there is Marcus Webb, a charming corporate lawyer who pursues Sofia and later becomes their lawyer when an inspector files charges against Lorenzo. Amid legal investigations and court dealings, the Ferraro family from Naples launches a brutal assault on Lorenzo’s empire and takes Sofia as their weapon against him. And she discovers the most terrifying truth of all: The most dangerous man in New York does not negotiate for territory, money, or power. He negotiates for her.

He wants blood. She was sent to hand him hers.Rafael Marchetti buried his twin brother a year ago — or thinks he did. What he actually buried was the truth. Now the CEO of Novara Holdings is done grieving and ready to burn down anyone who took Cristiano from him.Elena De Luca isn't supposed to be a person to him. She's a weapon her father built and pointed — sent in under a stranger's name to get close, get information, and get gone. Rafael knows exactly who she is within a minute of meeting her.He lets her think she's winning anyway.Because the fastest way to the man who orchestrated his brother's death is through the daughter he's using as bait. Rafael doesn't need her loyalty. He needs her father's secrets. Everything else — the nights, the trust she starts giving him for free, the way she stops feeling like a mission and starts feeling like his that's not supposed to happen.But it does. And by the time they find out who really pulled the strings, they're no longer sure which one of them is the pawn.A dead man who was never dead. A daughter who was never protected. And a revenge plot that becomes the one thing neither of them saw coming

He wants revenge, She was sent as a pawn to lure him in and find out what he knows and weaken him , He lets her believe she could , Rafael Marchetti a ruthless man , that sustained and built his empire on power , Ceo of Novara holdings , in the play of power he lost his twin brother, not aware whether he is dead or was kidnapped will do anything to ruin everyone involved, focused on revenge he meets Elena De Luca goes by Jessica Marina , daughter one of the baddest and probably Rafael only eligible rival , Leonardo DE Luca , she is sent as a pawn to weaken him , but she is captured instead, abandoned by her own father she was trapped, with time her heart is also captured in the moment , a bloody messy assignment becomes the beginning of an alliance settling in a crazy storm as they both try to find his brother together .

Plot : IVY is on scholarship and her grandmother is all she has , so she works at a nearby coffee shop in the school to earn enough money to buy essentials and send money to her grandmother in Tuscany, she wants to graduate and earn the internship opportunity and cash prize that the school offers but falls in love and makes bad decisions Exposition: The story begins with Ryder waking up to a call from the college counselor in a luxurious hotel suite. The suite was a mess, and two unfamiliar women were asleep nearby. He smiled , realizing his charm and good looks made such situations common, the counselor was requesting to see him about his rude attitude to his professors . At the same time Ivy was also at the college counselors office to complete her registration , as he stumbled himself towards the college counselor office, he saw her in the waiting room ,with her beautiful brunette hair and beautiful green eyes , he immediately walked up to her and introduced himself ,but from his obviously drunk look and loose tie dangling across his half open shirt and crossbar that looked like it could pay her entire scholarship she knew he was trouble so she ignored him , her resistance and lack of care made her a target to him.Rising action : IVY and Ryder keep bumping into each other ,one day Ivy is at the coffee shop taking the afternoon shift when she noticed Ryder in the corner alone taking coffee to what seemed like a really bad hangover , as the beam of sunlight shines at him from the glass window she looked at him with what didn't look like detest but rather admiration as she noticed his beautiful brown eyes and shiny blonde hair, she walks up to him to clear the table as she turns to leave he grabs her hand and introduces himself completely forgetting that he had met her before , with disbelief and disgust she pulled his hand away and walked out , she started noticing him more and she found him quite attractive, one night she finds herself at a party through the influence of her roommate, looking for a quiet place she storm into a room and she sees Vance passed out , she tries to help him and carries him back to her apartment ,she is completely smitten by him and thoughts of kissing him went through her mind completely forgetting her quest to stay away from distractions, she gives in to her thoughts and she leans in as her lips meet his , it was intense and deep like she has been practicing since the first day she met him .Climax : The next day she pretended not to know what happened , she was so embarrassed and shy that she left without saying a word , a while later he found her at the library and walked up to her telling her that he needed a book recommendation and then from there invited her to coffee , she was confused because she thought he didn't notice her so she agreed and from there they became friends, he would come and see her randomly, spending time with her and telling her things he shouldn't tell anyone, then he invited her to a party hosted by his mother, she agreed but on getting there she realized he wasn't there so she went to look for him she roamed the halls slowly as she heard moaning and what seemed like indepth sex , thoughts ran through her mind because she wouldn't know what to say considering they weren't even in a relationship, she walked slowly but the moaning stopped l she could hear were laughs and recognizing the voice she gave a sigh of relief because it wasn't Ryder it was James, James Luther Ryder's best friend as she moved closer she could here there conversation and she realized from what they were saying that Ryder was only talking to her to see how long she would give in and it wasn't a coincidence he was at the library because he stalked her ,Ivy felt embarrassed but mostly heart broken, later on she began to ignore Ryder, finally one afternoon he comes looking for her and from a heated argument she blurts out that she overheard his friends and Ryder began to apologize but she didn't forgive him , on a quest to find something new and interesting she goes to a party hosted by James , she intends to leave after realizing it is James party as she walks out towards the garden away from the dorm where the party held she noticed someone following her , in a while she realized it was Ryder and he began to say all the right things and before Ivy could think too much about the situation ,he kissed her , and thought of them previously kissing ran through her mind reminding her that she was in love with him, after a while they get to her dorm and have a really enticing make out session leading to then having sex , they felt the condom break but they were too engrossed to pay attention, so the next morning she took an after pill and everything went back to normal she was officially with Ryder but for some reason she was always restless and tired making it really hard for her to pay attention in class then she found out she was pregnant and everything changed it