Chapter 90: Steam and Surrender
Aria:
The bathroom door clicked shut behind me, and I sagged against it like my strings had been cut. My forehead pressed against the cool wood as I dragged in breath after shaky breath, trying to slow my racing heart.
Okay. Okay. You're fine. You made it this far.
I pushed off the door and too...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1: I Died Once Already
2. Chapter 2: I Caught That Man's Attention
3. Chapter 3: Into the Wolf's Den
4. Chapter 4: I Thought I Could Escape
5. Chapter 5: Instagram Friends and Incoming Bruises
6. Chapter 6: The Marriage Shackle
7. Chapter 7: Blood Money
8. Chapter 8: The Scent of Submission
9. Chapter 9: Only I Can Smell It
10. Chapter 10: The Cage
11. Chapter 11: She Draws Me In
12. Chapter 12: I Wake to His Mouth on My Throat
13. Chapter 13: Disrupting my happy plans
14. Chapter 14: Terms and Conditions
15. Chapter 15: Allies in Captivity
16. Chapter 16: Sleepwalked
17. Chapter 17: Liar
18. Chapter 18: Don Castellano's mystery woman
19. Chapter 19: Exposure
20. Chapter 20: I'm actually shot
21. Chapter 21: Stay with me
22. Chapter 22: He Thinks It's About Principle
23. Chapter 23: The Engagement I Slept Through
24. Chapter 24: You're Rich, I'm Shameless
25. Chapter 28: The Price of Being Seen
26. Chapter 26: He Actually Wants to Feed Me Himself
27. Chapter 27: Delusions and Soup
28. Chapter 28: Camilla's pregnant
29. Chapter 29: Blood Ties and Broken Promises
30. Chapter 30: Mistress and Madness
31. Chapter 31: The Sound of Ten Slaps
32. Chapter 32: You owe me one
33. Chapter 33: Consequences
34. Chapter 34: Frame up
35. Chapter 35: The game wasn't over
36. Chapter 36: CRASH
37. Chapter 37: You owe me another favor
38. Chapter 38: Which would you choose
39. Chapter 39: The investigation came to nothing
40. Chapter 40: Sit, Aria
41. Chapter 41: Maybe I wanted to see you
42. Chapter 42: My secret mistresses?
43. Chapter 43: Breaking Point
44. Chapter 44: You killed me
45. Chapter 45: Just Anyone
46. Chapter 46: Reversal
47. Chapter 47: Small victories
48. Chapter 48: Desperate Measures
49. Chapter 49: Successful Persuasion
50. Chapter 50: Kidnapping
51. Chapter 51: Escape
52. Chapter 52: Just this once
53. Chapter 53: The hand at my throat tightened
54. Chapter 54: He kissed me
55. Chapter 55: Fight or Flight
56. Chapter 56: Previous patterns
57. Chapter 57: Vito did this to you?
58. Chapter 58: Sisterly Confessions
59. Chapter 59: Are you threatening me?
60. Chapter 60: The Gun Between Us
61. Chapter 61: Falling in love with Nicola Mancini
62. Chapter 62: A Bastard's Instinct
63. Chapter 63: She was asking permission
64. Chapter 64: The boutique was empty except for us
65. Chapter 65: The dress suits you
66. Chapter 66: You want it
67. Chapter 67: The Gift That Binds
68. Chapter 68: Fair's fair, little bird
69. Chapter 69: Upset
70. Chapter 70: Reckoning
71. Chapter 71: I wouldn't let her go
72. Chapter 72: Negotiations in the Dark
73. Chapter 73: I’ll Call Off Your Engagement For You
74. Chapter 74: Vito—stop—that hurts—
75. Chapter 75: Mirror Judgment
76. Chapter 76: Debts and Dependencies
77. Chapter 77: Testing Boundaries
78. Chapter 78: Sex Dream
79. Chapter 79: Aftermath
80. Chapter 80: The Unraveling
81. Chapter 81: Poison and Antidote
82. Chapter 82: I'm doing this for you
83. Chapter 83: The Devil's Bargain
84. Chapter 84: The Velvet Trap
85. Chapter 85: The Deal
86. Chapter 86: I think I've earned it
87. Chapter 87: I wasn't about to make that mistake twice
88. Chapter 88: Very high-handed
89. Chapter 89: The Changed Plan
90. Chapter 90: Steam and Surrender
91. Chapter 91: Caged Beast and Hunter
92. Chapter 92: Something about young Nicola getting married tomorrow
93. Chapter 93: The Don Arrives
94. Chapter 94: A mockery of tenderness that made my skin crawl
95. Chapter 95: Shattered Pride
96. Chapter 96: I was so fucking tired of disappearing
97. Chapter 97: My escape route vanished
98. Chapter 98: Shame that she was fighting back
99. Chapter 99: Careful, uccellino
100. Chapter 100: The kiss was brutal, possessive, claiming
101. Chapter 101: I'm done with that performance
102. Chapter 102: But you're still mine
103. Chapter 103: Monsters don't get happy endings
104. Chapter 104: He almost killed me last night
105. Chapter 105: Let him think he'd won
106. Chapter 106: The Gilded Cage
107. Chapter 107: He's turning captivity into comfort
108. Chapter 108: You want to watch me cook?
109. Chapter 109: You're not eating
110. Chapter 110: The hunt had begun
111. Chapter 111: The Fugitive's Gambit
112. Chapter 112: The Trap Closes
113. Chapter 113: Cage of Defiance
114. Chapter 114: You've always been mine
115. Chapter 115: You're a monster
116. Chapter 116: The metal closed around my skin with a soft click
117. Chapter 117: Please don't leave me
118. Chapter 118: I'd actually almost died
119. Chapter 119: Then give her the tools to fight back
120. Chapter 120: He wanted to marry me
121. Chapter 121: You'd kill me yourself
122. Chapter 122: Intertwined Nightmares
123. Chapter 123: The Scent of a Dream
124. Chapter 124: If Lorenzo and Vito were the same person...
125. Chapter 125: What did I think of Vito?
126. Chapter 126: I want to marry her
127. Chapter 127: A true perfumer must have a free soul
128. Chapter 128: One-Sided Green Envy
129. Chapter 129: Just let me see you in it
130. Chapter 130: The Right to Show Off
131. Chapter 131: You know what the best part of being married is?
132. Chapter 132： Uninvited Visitor
133. Chapter 133: Blood and Perfume
134. Chapter 134: They're not helping because he doesn't need help
135. Chapter 135: You can't let fear steal your dreams
136. Chapter 136: Do you want me there?
137. Chapter 137: You manipulative bastard
138. Chapter 138: He chose to be tamed
139. Chapter 139: A collar
140. Chapter 140: My mother was raped
141. Chapter 141: The Truth Unveiled
142. Chapter 142: She should never have been born
143. Chapter 143: I was so tired of fighting alone
144. Chapter 144: The Thanksgiving Reckoning
145. Chapter 145: The Breaking Point
146. Chapter 146: I was the living result of that sustained torture
147. Chapter 147: No more pretending
148. Chapter 148: But I wasn't that scared girl anymore
149. Chapter 149: Blood Debt
150. Chapter 150: The Final Severance
151. Chapter 151: Only you
152. Chapter 152: Husband
153. Chapter 153: So you like me
154. Chapter 154: I don't know if I can be... gentle
155. Chapter 155: Do you have any idea what you do to me?
156. Chapter 156: Where is Caterina
157. Chapter 157: Threatening the woman I intend to marry
158. Chapter 158: She's willing to marry him?
159. Chapter 159: She's not there
160. Chapter 160: I want that woman dead
161. Chapter 161: The Truth in Despair
162. Chapter 162: I died and woke up four years in the past
163. Chapter 163: Condition. Doctor. Next week
164. Chapter 164: Family Tribunal
165. Chapter 165: "You Asked If I'd Kill Him? I Only Care What You Want
166. Chapter 166: Is she alive?
167. Chapter 167: One bullet. Clean. And everything I have goes to her
168. Chapter 168: Aria, would you have my child?
169. Chapter 169: The Last Afternoon
170. Chapter 170: If I wasn't here... would you miss me?
171. Chapter 171: A marriage certificate
172. Chapter 172: Ten to one Vito doesn't come back at all
173. Chapter 173: I'm Vito's wife
174. Chapter 174: Get me to Berlin
175. Chapter 175: Pregnant
176. Chapter 176: I don't want to run anymore
177. Chapter 177: Rain-Soaked Secrets
178. Chapter 178: Revelation of the Past Life (1)
179. Chapter 179: Revelation of the Past Life (2)
180. Chapter 180: Revelation of the Past Life (3)
181. Chapter 181: Revelation of the Past Life (4)
182. Chapter 182: Revelation of the Past Life (5)
183. Chapter 183: Revelation of the Past Life (6)
184. Chapter 184: Revelation of the Past Life (7)
185. Chapter 185: Revelation of the Past Life (8)
186. Chapter 186: Revelation of the Past Life (9)
187. Chapter 187: Revelation of the Past Life (10)
188. Chapter 188: Lorenzo was Vito
189. Chapter 189: Lorenzo, it's been a while and I missed you so much
190. Chapter 190: We're going to have a baby
191. Chapter 191: Nightmares Deliver the Harsh Truth (1)
192. Chapter 192: Nightmares Deliver the Harsh Truth (2)
193. Chapter 193: I Would Die For You
194. Chapter 194: Everything I Have Is Yours
195. Chapter 195: It's everything you have now
196. Chapter 196: Now, you can kiss your bride
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