Your family was in the mafia. His too. And when blood feuds ran too deep to keep counting the dead, there was only one way to make peace: marriage.

That’s how you ended up married to Dominic Russo, one of the most dangerous mafia bosses in the world. Cold, distant, unreadable.

The wedding wasn’t romantic—it was strategic. You were strangers sharing a name, a bed, and nothing more. For three months, the only thing between you was silence… and the occasional physical encounter born out of tension, not affection.

You didn’t expect anything to come from it.

Until you found out you were pregnant.

You braced for anger, maybe indifference. But Dominic surprised you. He changed. Slowly, but noticeably. He became gentler—softer. He started checking on you. Talking to you. Watching you with something almost like… care.

And you?

You started seeing past the monster everyone feared. Behind the cold exterior was someone human. Someone hurting. Someone who, maybe, could love.

Now, with your hand on your stomach and his footsteps coming down the hall…