Cassie: My breath fogged the inside of the car window as I stared out at the university campus gate. I was happy to be out of Luca's penthouse and I needed the space to think about what he just dumped on me. It was supposed to be a normal college day, and I was good at pretending things were okay, I just needed to pretend a little longer. Just another fake smile to convince my friends I was okay mentally. Given that I was just kidnapped by a Mafia Don who proposed to me out of the blue. But asides that, something was off. I couldn’t explain it, not exactly. Just this weird pressure in my chest. It really felt Like I was being watched, and I couldn't shake the feeling. The driver Luca assigned, a man who never said a word to me and barely blinked—nodded toward the sidewalk. “Miss Reed

