The Don He Obeyed

Aurelio Costa has spent six years being the don's most obedient man. He moves the money. He moves the bodies. He has never once been asked for his opinion. When the old man dies slowly of lung cancer, he leaves Aurelio two things: the family and his granddaughter. Valentina Sabatelli wanted no part of this life until her mother's hospital bills came due. Now she's being handed a ring, three suitors, and a boardroom full of men who think they've already won. She picks Aurelio. Not because she wants him. Because he obeys. Ninety days of a marriage that is cold in front of witnesses and impossible behind closed doors. A ledger with nine wires nobody can explain. A grandfather who won't listen. And a consigliere who has been poisoning the old man's tea for two years. Aurelio has never disobeyed the family. Valentina has never obeyed anyone. One of them is about to break.