When the mafia boss believed she had sold him out, he gave one cold order: Lock her in the dark basement… and make her regret it.”

“When the evidence proved her innocence, the truth crashed over him like a wave.

He burst into the cell, froze at the sight of her curled up and injured, then collapsed beside her.

‘I thought you betrayed me… and I let them hurt you.’ His forehead pressed to hers, voice hoarse and broken.

‘I’m on my knees for you now. I don’t deserve your forgiveness, but I’ll spend every breath groveling for it. Hurt me. Punish me. Just don’t disappear from my life.’”