"Nico
I've never believed in coincidences. I am a man who believes in facts. It wasn't a coincidence that my papà was the last person to see Ocean before she disappeared. The deeper I dig into her past, the more I find out about the girl who turned my world upside down. I may be a liar, but Ocean lied too. But now I know who she truly is... and what she is capable of.
She may have run and hidden once, but it won't happen again.
Because she is mine, and if I have to burn the whole world down just to find her, I will.
And when I do?
I will make her wish her family found her instead.
Ocean
It's funny how a single moment can change your life. And in my case, it's been a series of moments. I spent months running from my family, intending to build myself a better life. Then I met him. Nico Marchetti. The devil in a designer suit. He caught me in his web, consuming me until I had no choice but to fall in love with him. But he didn't love me back. That much was clear when his father approached me and told me the truth.
I knew he was powerful, but how did I not see the real him? I was stupid. Young and naive. But not anymore. I see him for who he really is.
I hid once, and now I will do it again.
I can only hope Nico never finds me and the secret I am hiding from him.
Because if he does... My life will be over."
"Nico
I knew I had to have her the second I saw her. Being the owner of The Executive Club, I've met my share of beautiful women, but none as beautiful as her. I was enamored with her from the second she walked into the room. She is innocent, naiveté, and sex all rolled into one. But I have a side to me that she cannot know about. I'm the future Don of the Marchetti famiglia, and my hands aren't clean. I have secrets I'm keeping from her, but I know she's hiding something from me too...
Ocean
Three. The number of things that were a priority when I ran away. Get as far away from my past as I could. Find somewhere safe and somewhat decent to live. Get a job that paid me enough money so I could live my dreams of becoming a ballet dancer, in time. It's how I ended up here, a stripper at The Executive Club. I had heard the whispers about Nico Marchetti, but I ignored them. That was my first mistake. Because now he has set his eyes on me, and whether I like it or not, want him or not, he plans on making me his, on keeping me. But we both have our secrets. And it's only a matter of time before they are revealed. But I will do anything to protect mine. Because nobody can know the truth of who I really am. Not when my life depends on it."
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