Chapter 1 - THE MAN WHO KNEW HER NAME
For six years, Sophia Chen had believed the worst thing that happened when she turned eighteen was losing her father.
She was wrong.
At twenty-four, exhausted, broke, and trapped beneath the gambling debts of her aunt Marie, Sophia worked twelve-hour shifts at Moretti’s Bakery in rain-soaked Bellhaven. Her life changed when she accidentally spilled coffee on Alessandro Caruso, the feared head of one of the city's most powerful families.
Instead of punishing her, Alessandro treated the cut on her hand himself.
Then he asked about Marie's debts.
Before Sophia understood why a man like Alessandro Caruso knew anything about her family, he ordered his men to identify every creditor threatening her aunt. He told Sophia she was leaving the bakery and promised to explain a mistake he had been carrying for four years.
Sophia refused to be controlled.
Then a sniper fired through the bakery window.
Alessandro shielded Sophia with his own body as bullets struck the black SUV outside. His men returned fire, but whoever had attacked them disappeared.
When Sophia demanded to know why someone wanted her dead, Alessandro finally gave her the first piece of the truth.
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The people hunting her were the same people who had killed her father.
And Alessandro had known they were coming.
