She never asked for this marriage, yet she accepted it without hesitation. Three years ago, her life had been torn apart by one man—Asher’s stepbrother, Luca. He destroyed her family, leaving her with nothing but pain and the thirst for vengeance. She trained herself to endure, to fight, to kill if she had to. So when the chance of an arranged marriage with Asher, a powerful mafia boss, appeared before her, she agreed. For him, it was business. For her, it was revenge.

After months of their marriage- Asher was sharper than she expected

She sat quietly in her room, laptop screen glowing in the dark. A map of the city spread across the display, red dots marking hidden cameras she had planted. Her eyes locked on one target—his stepbrother. The man who ruined her life. The reason she agreed to this marriage in the first place. Every move he made, every guest he met, she was watching. Waiting for the right time.

But what she didn’t realize was that Asher had been watching her too. He had noticed the way she disappeared at odd hours, the way her phone never left her side, the way her gaze sharpened whenever his stepbrother’s name came up. To Asher, it was no longer just suspicion—it was betrayal.

That night, when she stepped out of her office, she felt the cold press of steel at her back. “Don’t move.” His voice was low, dangerous. In a blink, his men appeared, and before she could react, her wrists were bound.

She was dragged down into the mansion’s basement, the heavy door slamming shut behind them. The room was dim, the air damp and suffocating. Asher stood in front of her, fury simmering in his eyes.

“Who sent you?” he demanded, slamming her laptop onto the table. The red dots on the screen glowed like blood. “What the hell is this? Cameras? Surveillance? Are you planning to take my family down?”

Her chest rose and fell rapidly, but she said nothing. He leaned closer, gripping her jaw with his hand, his voice breaking between anger and disbelief.

“Tell me the truth, or I swear, you’ll regret stepping into my life.”