ANDROLETTI'S MISTRESS (Harlequin comics)

Blackmailed by a wealthy man named Joseph, Nikki commits to a loveless marriage at the age of nineteen in order to cover her younger brother s medical expenses. During the one week of freedom she is given before her wedding, she meets Massimo, the man she was meant to be with. Despite everything, she has the happiest time of her life. When she is introduced to her husband s stepson Massimo at the wedding, she s shocked both by his appearance there and the hatred in his eyes! Five years later at Joseph s funeral, she bumps into Massimo once again, who remarks cold-heartedly that his revenge against her husband is over now it s her turn.