"You took everything from me."
Simone Alejandro was supposed to have her perfect fairytale ending—marrying the man she loved, uniting two powerful mafia families, and living a life of luxury. But in a single gunshot, her world shattered. Her father, the feared Don Alejandro, lay dying in her arms. Her fiancé ran like a coward. And she? She was captured.  
By him.  
"You're nothing but a spoiled princess playing pretend."
Nicholas Stravkos is a man who doesn’t ask twice. Cold, ruthless, and deadly, he stormed into Simone’s wedding and left a trail of blood in his wake. He expected to find a delicate little princess, begging for her life. Instead, he found fire—a woman too fierce, too proud, and too furious to break.  
"Kill me, or let me go. But I will never bow to you."
Now, locked in his mansion, Simone refuses to be just another pawn in his game. She wants revenge. She wants answers. She wants out.  
But Nicholas isn’t planning to let her go.  
Not yet.  
Not when she’s the most thrilling challenge he’s ever faced.  
Not when she makes his blood heat with every sharp-tongued retort.  
Not when she looks at him like she’s ready to destroy him… or kiss him.  
"Careful, princess. Keep pushing me, and you might just like where it leads."
In a world of power, betrayal, and forbidden temptation, Simone must decide—fight against the man who stole her life or give in to the dark pull of the devil in Armani.

The Devil's Bride

CHAPTER 32: THE OTHER SIDE

SIMONE'S POV
The gun trembled in my hands as I stared into Nicholas's golden eyes. Those eyes...the same ones that had haunted my dreams for five years, the same ones that had looked at me with such tenderness at the masquerade ball.
"Go ahead," he said softly, not moving away from the barrel ...

　　SIMONE'S POV
　　The gun trembled in my hands as I stared into Nicholas's golden eyes. Those eyes...the same ones that had haunted my dreams for five years, the same ones that had looked at me with such tenderness at the masquerade ball.
　　"Go ahead," he said softly, not moving away from the barrel ...

Chapter 19