Th,e Don’s  Fatal!`] Te.nderness

La `i`[ney s;^pen.t seven ye.ars lovi$ng Leo,$/ ye@+t on their marria. ge regis#tra..tion day, he dragged h,/_:er away to we+-d pre_*+/gnant Rosa.lie f#\o \ r power/ connections. Heartbroke[n, Lainey a]ccep.ted a pre*)arrange@d *?*!marri-+;age to  Marcus Falcon@ e(, the fe .a red East Coas ?t mafia Don, and built a wa[rm family w\[ it_\h hi`m over five years, bearing the:/i
;r s ,on Gable ?_ and expe( cting*[ th
.eir ? second chi] l=*d. When s).he re!turns to Ch_);=icago for a ;)fami ly mem+=o, -ri
-a.l, she c]rosses paths with L,+eo and Ro-salie at th-e air!\port. Blind ,to Laine\@y^!’s^ identity as th/e/ *,re:-ve#=[r+=/_ed Mrs. Falc #one, the pair , and thei#$r underl
ing?.s mock+?=,),_ insult an[*d + eve:\^n str-%%ike - her. At Marcus’s ,-grand welcom$e gala, Rosa;@lie viciously _;assaults  Lai\(_ney, sm;]ashes her priceless 
sapph!)/$ire _bracel[e)
_t a!;n
d stabs# her when Lainey shields thei*:@r ? son Gable. En*raged, Marc??^us eli/minat_$es al$.l th+ose wh,`%:o harm`ed his *fam\-i/%%ly. Cornered and [],+ru/!,@ined\],, the;[ desper?+a [te fugitive Leo* sneaks into L+@ai!n(?`@ey’s \@ho)spital room to beg for reco .^nciliation. ? ;Lainey f?._in ally unc[:ov
ers the long-hidden trut:-h`^: M,`%arcus ha/s sec.,r_ etly lo#v
#=:!ed and@ guard\e\
d` (*her for year^s, an d th `)e a()*rrang`ed? _ marriage! - that pulled he=!r out of despair $ was;# all his careful plan. Af#!t$%[er cuttin?( ?/g off all ties -[wi!th he*r painf.,ul pas@ t!/, Lain-ey*/ devotes herself wh]olehe artedly@] to the hus=: ban
d $=who cherishes her above ev-e?`^r!]^ything.