"Do you know what happens to those who deceive me?" Montrell Nightmoor's voice was cold, dripping with venom as he spoke. I couldn't help but tremble with fear, certain that anyone in my position would have felt the same. Under the pressure from my parents, I took my sister's place and married Montrell, the second son of the infamous Nightmoor family—a man rumored to be cold, ruthless, and unfeeling. As the heir to Delantez, the most powerful mafia in the region, it was impossible not to wonder how many lives he had claimed. To my horror, the hot-tempered Montrell exposed my lie on our wedding night. In a desperate bid to save myself, I promised that we would live as a married couple only in name, with no interference in each other’s lives. Thankfully, he agreed, and from that moment on, I became the respected Mrs. Nightmoor. But life, as it often does, has a way of playing cruel tricks. I had always assumed my marriage to Montrell would end in separation, but I never expected that, over time, I would slowly begin to fall for him... What had started as a cage became a home—one I wasn’t sure I wanted to leave. Could I ever truly escape the man I was beginning to love? Or would I find myself bound to him in ways I could never untangle, forever caught between love and survival?