Once the treasured daughter of a mafia kingpin, Isabella has now fallen to working as an ordinary employee at a community center, relying on medication to hold her shattered psyche together. Just when she thought life couldn't get any harder, devastating news arrives: her ex-boyfriend Anthony Russo has returned to Boston—no longer the poor kitchen boy from her past, but a powerful crime boss commanding his own territory.

Worse still, he's her new boss.

Tony has returned with five years of vengeance burning inside him, determined to make Isabella pay for her "betrayal." He's willing to exploit her deepest fears, unaware of the truth behind the scars marking her wrists. When a sudden kidnapping drags them both into a bloody gang war, how will the secrets hidden for years upend everything they thought they knew?

When My Ex Became the Don

Isabella's POV
A week later, I found myself standing before the mirror again, examining the red dress Tony had sent. His birthday party—or more precisely, the Russo family celebration dinner—required my attendance as his "special advisor." Refusal wasn't an option.
The dress was beautiful, perfect...

Chapter 6