Mag-log inA brilliant young girl Liana and her brother Remi are on the run. They are hiding from their elder brother who is a Mafia Kingpin. Then Remi gets seriously ill. Out of money and time, to save him, she strikes a deal with billionaire CEO Adriano Moretti. She will be his pretend wife for three months and he will cover all Remi's medical expenses. But hearts are not controlled by a contract and their proximity and chemistry is a flame that burns hotter as time passes. But Liana has secrets that will soon catch up and Adriano is more than a successful business man. This is not a typical romance, and when everything comes crashing down, there is no guarantee that these star crossed lovers will ever find their way back to each other.
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They say power tasted best before noon, hence the brunch meeting. But I was my father’s son – I exuded and devoured power all day, everyday. The Venetian’s private dining room smelled like espresso, truffle oil, and money—old money, new money, the kind that bled if you cut it. Floor-to-ceiling windows framed Manhattan like it was something I owned. On mornings like this, I almost believed I did. I halted at the hostess desk pocketing my phone. I looked up and smirked…looking at the tall slender blonde with big hazel eyes. Her skin tight dress show cased her impressive melons and slim waist. Her eyes widened taking me in, flicking over the Armani suit. “Kyriakos table – they are expecting me” I drawled. She smiled and licked her lips…slowly. She looked down at her bookings pad..”Off course Mr Moretti” she simpered – crimson red lips revealing perfect white toothed dentistry. Tossing her golden hair back, she stepped around the desk, “Right this way Sir” I followed, eyeing the sway of her backside appreciatively. I laughed inwardly, new blood..and yet another conquest before my second cup of coffee. The Greeks were already seated. Early, on purpose, of course. Paranoid bastards obviously wanted to scope out the place beforehand even though I was coming alone. I checked my watch anyway, more to remind them that I saw through it. A subtle insult, a measured one. “The gents have already ordered. Can I get you anything Mr Moretti” the hostess asked ingratiatingly. I dragged my eyes over her ample breasts before taking in her badge. “Just an Espresso please Camilla” I drew out her name and she flushed, I could see her nipples peak against the soft fabric of her too tight dress. “Y..yes Sir, coming right up” Flustered she bustled off. I grinned…too fucking easy. Across the table, Nikos shifted in his seat, his smile stretched too tight, his suit too loud for a room like this. His enforcers or bodyguards, two big dark-skinned oafs sat silently, eating their breakfast while surreptiously scanning the room. “You know,” he said, stirring sugar into coffee he wouldn’t drink, “your reputation precedes you, Moretti.” I arched an eyebrow..lips thinned “Then you already know how this meeting ends.” Silence. Good. Contracts lay open between us—security routes, distribution corridors, inventory lists that never mentioned what they actually were. Weapons moved better when you pretended they didn’t exist. Mischief needed upgrades, plus we were looking at a second club as well. Manhattan was changing, and predators had to adapt or starve. “You get your ports,” I continued, calm as a priest at confession, “I get exclusivity for supply east of the river. No surprises. No freelancers. Anyone who tests that arrangement answers to me.” Nikos laughed softly. “And if we refuse?” I smiled. “Then you get cut off, the city officials belong to me. I supply the Government as well so I can just whisper to them about any glitches..” I paused on that word..”and you don’t want that kind of attention.” Camilla arrived with my espresso.. I murmured my thanks but never took my eyes of the disgruntled Greek. He stared back at me, calculating. They always did. They mistook how young I was, the press Playboy for inexperienced. Men like him believed in leverage. Men like me were leverage. The pen scratched paper. Deal done. By the time the Greeks left, all smiles and forced camaraderie, the room felt classier, no low lifes threatening its ambiance. I unbuttoned my jacket and stood, stretching the stiffness from my shoulders. Business satisfied something primal in me—the control, the inevitability. Sex was another outlet where I could really unleash my Dominant animal. The hostess hovered near the doorway, pretending to straighten place settings already perfect. She’d been watching since I arrived. Watching me watch the room. A woman who knew how to make herself noticed without begging for it. “Mr. Moretti,” she said, voice smooth, eyes bright. “I hope everything was to your satisfaction.” “It was,” I replied, letting my gaze linger. “You’re new.” She smiled, pleased I’d noticed. “Is that a complaint?” “Not yet.” Her laugh was soft, practiced. “If you need anything else before you leave…” She didn’t finish the sentence. She didn’t need to. I stepped closer, close enough to feel the heat of her, to hear the subtle hitch in her breath. “What are you offering Camilla?” Her name rolled off my tongue like smooth topshelf whisky. “Whatever Mr Moretti wants. We aim to please at the Venetian” she whispered, leaning in so her chest almost brushed mine. “I go on break for twenty now” The way she said my name back told me everything—how this would go, how easily. No danger. No complications. Just the simple transaction of want and availability. “I have a few minutes,” I said. “Show me something special.” She didn’t hesitate. The hallway to the private suites was quiet, carpet swallowing sound, discretion built into every corner. Camilla unlocked a door, glanced back at me with a look that was equal parts invitation and challenge. Inside the luxurious suite, the city fell away. No sooner was the door closed behind us I got down to business. “Lean over the couch Camilla…panties off and pull up your dress. Keep the heels on” I said in my deeper Dom voice. I saw her full body tremor and smirked. Too fucking easy. She did as I asked…good girl. Her ripe curves and long legs came into view and my cock perked up in interest. I palmed the lush globes and then gave one a sharp smack, the sound echoing in the silent room. She moaned and I was hard now, my boner straining against my zipper as I took in the pale pink shading her lush backside. I unbuckled my belt and unzipped, freeing my erection. Pulling a condom from my wallet, I gripped her hips harshly and entered her warm welcoming sheath in one smooth thrust. She gasped, my size surprising her but she was wet, soaking actually and clenched around me. And then I bent her further over the sofa and started jackhammering her pussy, the slap slap of our bodies connecting filling the room. Reaching around I found her little pleasure nub and started rubbing circles, applying just the right amount of pressure. She moaned louder know, clenching greedily around me. She was close, so was I. With a scream she buried biting at the back of her hand, she came on my bursting straining cock. I let go then…three hard jerky thrusts and I blew my load. It was efficient. Enjoyable. Forgettable. I threw the full condom into the waste basket. I was dressed before she had straightened from the couch, still basking in the post coital bliss of the last flutters of her pounded pussy. My mind was already fast forwarding to the next thing on my to-do list today. I was already moving to the door as she started to straighten her clothes. “You’ll do well here,” I said, because it was true. “By the way, I left you a thousand dollar tip on the bill.” Her eyes lit up, and she smiled all coy and come hither like this quickie mattered. I left before she could mistake scratching an itch for interest. Downstairs, the Bentley was already waiting and my driver Denton opened the door. I nodded in thanks and slid into the back seat, my reflection staring back at me in the tinted glass—composed, untouched, exactly as I preferred. Calls were already lining up. There were schedules to review, new business to discuss and other men like Nikos who I had to remind of their place. Beneath me… always. And then later tonite, the monthly meet up with the guys plus it was Luca’s birthday. Note to self, Denton needed to pick up his birthday gift. He pulled out into mainstream traffic and the city and my busy life reclaimed me. Still congratulating myself on a productive morning, I didn’t know that today would end with a woman who was going to shake my life to its very foundation. And little did I know that nothing would ever be the same after that.Liam Maria didn’t raise her voice. She didn’t need to.The room bent toward her anyway. “I believe Denton has Arianna.”The words landed like a detonation—sharp, disorienting, impossible to ignore. A collective intake of breath swept through the room, chairs shifting, tension snapping tight like a wire about to give.Voices started rising immediately—“No—”“That doesn’t make—”“Why the hell would he—”Maria lifted her hand. That was all it took. Silence. Not forced. Not reluctant. Absolute. “Just hear me out,” she said, calm but unyielding. “Then we can debate whatever you think contradicts it.”And just like that… we listened.I leaned back slightly, arms folded, watching her—not just hearing the words, but studying the way she built them. Piece by piece. Brick by brick.“First,” she began, “he knew the location of that safehouse.” A nod here. A tightening jaw there.“Second—we have all agreed that the man who took her knew her… or cared about her." My chest tightened at that. Becau
Maria The ride back felt shorter.Not because the distance had changed… but because something had. There was movement now. Direction. A thread we were finally starting to follow.At one point, I reached over and switched the music again. This time—**Lionel Richie**.Adriano groaned immediately. “Zia… do you know any artists after 2015?”I laughed. Actually laughed. “Good music doesn’t expire,” I told him lightly.But the laughter faded as quickly as it came. Reality always found its way back in. He told me about the conversation he overheard at the front desk. The break-in. The connections forming.And then I told him about Remi. About the bruising. The placement. The timing. “Adriano…” I said quietly, watching the road ahead. “A connection like that… it’s rare.”I paused, letting the memory settle. “Years ago, the night Stefano - your dad was shot… in Chicago mind you - Luigi and I were at a restaurant. We left early because he suddenly clutched his chest, said he felt pain—exactly
DentonThe line clicked once. Secure. Encrypted. Silent for half a beat too long.“Identify,” the voice on the other end said—calm, clipped, authoritative.“Seven-Six,” I replied. “Double zero clearance. Confirm.”A pause. Then: “Confirmed. This is Control—Zero-One.”I exhaled slowly, tension held tight beneath discipline. “I assume you received my request.”“We did. And we’ve acted on it.”“Status.”“Assets have been deployed. Surveillance grids nullified across all known locations..” A faint shuffle of papers. “The girl remains unaccounted for—but we’re closing the net.”“How close?”“Days,” Zero-One said without hesitation. “Everything else is ready. We’re confident she’ll be secured within the next few days.”My jaw tightened. “She needs to be found, too many eyes on this”“We’re aware of the stakes, Seven-Six. You wouldn’t have come to us otherwise.”A brief silence settled between us—mutual understanding, unspoken.“Now,” Zero-One continued, tone shifting slightly, “regarding yo
Remi They had to sedate me. That’s how bad it got.After the dream, after *feeling* her—my readings spiked and refused to come down. Monitors screaming, doctors barking orders. After I flatlined andbthey revived me...the worst was still not over...Then came the call, the Doctors and nurses screaming at my Security. My stats spiking dangerously again. They were forced to sedate me but stood guard like I was about to bolt out of the damn hospital.Now I was lying on my stomach, jaw clenched, while two doctors hovered over me—pressing, checking, muttering under their breath as they examined the bruising across my back and thighs.Bruising that hadn’t been there before. Bruising no one here could explain. A medical mystery they called it. I knew exactly where it came from. I just didn’t say a word.The door opened. I barely turned my head, but I caught Aaron stepping in—with a woman I didn’t recognize. Older. Composed. Not hospital staff.“Remi,” Aaron said carefully, “your Aunt Maria i
Liam I don’t know how sleep found me… but it did.And for once—it was merciful. It had been dreamless. No screams. No echo of her voice breaking apart in my head…“Liam… brother…”Just… nothing. Dark. Quiet. Empty.I woke after eight, staring at a ceiling that wasn’t mine, the weight of everything
LuigiMy brother was furious. Understandably so.Stefano paced like a caged tiger, dragging his hands through his hair, disbelief and rage tearing through him in equal measure. I didn’t interrupt it. I let it burn out enough so he could hear me.Because I knew that storm. I had lived it myself… not
StefanoI knew something was off the moment I saw Luigi’s message.He never called for me this early unless it mattered. And I was already awake. Truth be told… I hadn’t slept much at all.Yvette had been restless through the night. Tossing, turning… clinging to me like if she let go, something wou
RemiIt was Friday. And on the surface…everything said I was fine.The operation had gone well. No rejection. No infection. Vitals holding and steady. Strong. *Textbook recovery*, they said.If things held like this…I’d be outta this joint by next week. Free. And I could back to Arianna…where I b


















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