Alquintes
At university, she's untouchable-the sharp-tongued, feared "queen bee" who bows to no one. But her world shatters the day a small boy runs into her arms, calling her mom.
She brushes him off-until his father arrives.
Powerful, dangerous, and used to control, the mafia king doesn't care about her denial. His son hasn't smiled in years, and now he refuses to let go of the girl who resembles the mother who abandoned him. When the child breaks down, the man makes a ruthless decision-he takes her.
Dragged into a life she never chose, she fights back, refusing to play along. But the boy's quiet longing begins to crack her defenses, and what starts as a forced lie slowly turns into something dangerously real.
As she steps into the role of a "mother," she uncovers secrets about the woman she's replacing-and the man who refuses to let her go. What begins as captivity shifts into a complicated bond, blurring the line between obligation and emotion.
And when the lie binds her permanently to him through marriage, escape is no longer simple.
Because now the question isn't just how to leave-
It's whether if she ever wants to.