Cassian Moretti

~Obsession of the Moretti Heir~ Aurora Devereaux had crossed paths with Cassian Moretti long before the world decided they belonged together—first as children at stiff charity galas where she wore lace gloves. He wore mischief like a second skin, then in high school where he was the magnetic, untouchable heir to the Moretti mafia dynasty. She was the quiet top student pretending not to notice how his dark eyes always found her in crowded hallways, and now as adults, where she ruled a luxury cosmetics empire with a reputation as cold as the diamonds she wore while he had become the most feared crime king in the northern syndicates. They had exchanged glances, insults, challenges, and something dangerously close to longing for years, yet nothing prepared Aurora for the night their families announced an arranged marriage meant to merge their empires and end a brewing underground war. Cassian accepted instantly, like he’d been waiting his whole life for someone to hand her to him, while she remained marble-still despite the pulse racing in her throat. From their wedding day onward, their home became a battleground of ice and fire—silent nights, tense mornings, and Cassian’s obsession simmering beneath every word he didn’t say, showing instead in the way he dragged out her chair at dinner, annihilated anyone who questioned her authority, or sensed the exact moment she lied about being “fine,” because he had spent years memorizing her. Aurora tried to keep her distance, insisting the marriage was only business, but every time he looked at her with storm-dark devotion or murmured her forgotten childhood nickname, she felt cracks forming in her practised coldness. And when a rival syndicate attempted to kidnap her after she refused a hostile buyout, it was Cassian who arrived first—blood-soaked, furious, growling, “I’ve crossed paths with you my entire life you think I’d ever let someone take you from me now?” Aurora realized the obsession had never been one-sided.