Half A Heartbeat Away
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  • Reads 21,311
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  • Parts 39
  • Time 3h 51m
Ongoing, First published Feb 25, 2022
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MAFIA ROMANCE [WEEKLY UPDATES🤭]

Beckham Blackford, head of the English mafia, had no time to mourn the death of his murdered wife, as he needed a new mother figure for his two kids. 

Enters the Italian mafia boss' daughter, Milena Ricci, only 20, she's forced to marry Beckham and become the nanny/mother figure for the kids.

They still need to figure out who carried out the murder that led them to this predicament, and navigate this new life on eggshells, inside and out. Sounds easy, but it's more complicated than that.

Tropes: Arranged Marriage, Forced Proximity, One Bed Trope, He falls first and harder, Age Gap (11 years), Present Dad, No Cheating.

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#1 in MarriageOfConvenience
#2 in FakeRelationship
#1 in DarkAcademia
#55 in MobBoss
#50 in ForcedProximity
#16 in SingleParent
#8 in Marriage
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" You are just a forced responsibility for me whom I need to protect . Never think I'll love you like a normal husband . We are couple just for the outer world . Girls like you are just behind money . All girls are gold diggers . It's better if you stay in your fucking limits without interfering in my personal matters . UNDERSTAND ." He gritted spitting those venomous words breaking my heart into million pieces . Tears flow down my eyes wetting my cheeks due to his grip on my wrists tightening each passing second hurting like hell. *************** A forced marriage between a mafia leader and an innocent doctor . What will happen when a billionaire who is mafian leader under the viel marries a broken innocent girl . Will they ever experience love in their life and health their broken souls together . Let's dive in the story to know about the love life of two souls .