THIRD PERSON POV
Aria Castellano had always known her marriage would be more than vows and devotion. It was an alliance, a merger of two empires. She was the daughter of one of the wealthiest billionaires in New York, and Matteo Ricci, her husband, was the enigmatic heir to one of Italy’s most feared mafia dynasties. Together, they were untouchable.
Or so she thought.
Their union was forged in fire, power, and lust. Matteo had swept her into a world of luxury and danger, where passion burned like gasoline and secrets lingered like shadows. To the world, they were perfection. To Aria, perfection was beginning to rot from the inside.
Rumors came first—whispers that reached her through trusted lips and prying eyes. Matteo was cheating. She knew it, felt it in her bones, in the way his kis
