Sweet Deception

Lorenzo

I’ve loved her long before I had the right to.

Silently. Patiently. Obsessively.

She was a temptation and untouchable–my boss’s daughter. My best friend’s little sister. Completely forbidden. I knew the rules.

Until her father made a deal with the devil… and offered her as collateral. Now, she’s promised to the son of a monster, and there’s only one way to stop the wedding.

Marry her first.

They call it strategy. A temporary arrangement. A way to keep her safe until the storm passes. They’re wrong.

The second she wears my name.

The second my ring slides onto her finger.

The second she becomes my wife–it stops being temporary.

Because I’ve spent years wanting her. And now that she’s mine?

I’m never letting her go. I own her.

Bianca

My whole life has been about obedience, appearances, and surviving my father’s empire long enough to escape it. I had a plan. A way out.

But daughters like me don’t get to make choices for themselves. We get bartered and used as pawns for someone else’s agenda. My father’s latest deal with the cartel comes with me as the prize. I’m supposed to marry the heir to Satan’s kingdom and play nice for my father’s benefit, but my brother and his best friend have another solution.

Marry Lorenzo instead.

He’s the man I’ve wanted for years. The one that I was never supposed to want, so I pushed him away. Fought him. Pretended the tension between us was hatred instead of heat. This marriage is supposed to be for my protection. Temporary. Necessary. Safe.

But the way he watches me doesn’t feel temporary. It feels inevitable. Possessive. Hungry.

In this world, love isn’t freedom. It’s ownership.