His Tesoro (Empire of Royals #1)

His Tesoro (Empire of Royals #1)

Author: Emilia Rossi Listening Length: 11h 54m

I’ve always dreamed of romance, but this wedding is strictly business. SOFIYA I’ve spent years hidden away to protect my father from the shame of having a defective daughter. The head of the Bratva can’t be associated with weakness—and to him, that’s all I am. That is, until a marriage alliance gives him the oppor...

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“Ido.”

That was it. No going back now.

It was time to exchange rings. I briefly panicked since I hadn’t been given a ring for Matteo, but he produced bands for both of us. I gave him a grateful smile, and something in his jaw ticked. My smile fell and a sick feeling twisted my stomach. Did my husband hate me already?

The priest blessed the rings and then Matteo slipped the plain gold band onto my finger. A brief flash of disappointment went through me before I stuffed it down. I’d spent hours as a child circling my favorite rings in the jewelry catalogs I fished out of the trash after my mama was done with them. I’d dreamed of an art deco-style ring with a large diamond in the middle and smaller stones surrounding it. But nothing about this wedding was like the one I’d imagined when I was younger. Not the dress, which my mother had chosen, even though it would make moving around in my wheelchair a nightmare. Not the guest list, which mainly consisted of old, powerful Bratva men. And not the groom.