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To the underworld, Alessandra Rossi is the delicate princess of the Rossi crime family. To her corrupt father, she is a bargaining chip. But behind closed doors, Alessandra is a ghost—secretly embezzling millions from her father’s black-market accounts to buy her ultimate freedom. Her exit plan shatters the night Don Vittorio De Marco, the cold, ruthless king of the city’s criminal underground, breaches her father’s estate. Vittorio expects a weeping, fragile hostage he can lock in a gilded cage to crush her father’s shipping ports. What he gets is a razor-sharp heiress. When he corners her in her study, Alessandra draws a hidden blade and carves her mark into his cheek. Fascinated by her lethal defiance, Vittorio captures her to his high-security penthouse fortress. When her father issues a ruthless execution order to blow up Vittorio’s compound with Alessandra inside, the captive heiress and the ruthless Don forge a contract: complete operational alliance, absolute destruction of the Rossi family, and a clause for Alessandra to remain in his bed until it’s all over. In a world where trust is lethal and love is a weakness, Vittorio is determined to break her pride—only to find himself completely addiction-bound to her fire.