I accidentally flashed the pakhan at his own wedding.

He said no to the bride. And got me pregnant with his baby.

Marrying couples is my job. Ruining weddings is not. But when I hear the bride and groom arguing outside, I know we're off to a bad start.

She's pregnant. He never wanted kids. They had a deal. Not my problem.

My problem is this dress I'm trying to put on—two sizes too ambitious since I discovered stress baking. I squeeze in anyway.

Don't take big breaths, I tell myself. Marry them and go home.

Then I see the groom. Six feet of muscle and ink. Eyes like the Arctic. The most beautiful jerk I've ever refused to look at.

I make it through the vows. Almost. Because right at the crucial moment, I take… One. Big. Breath.

R-r-rip.

My dress splits. My breast pops out. And I flash a hundred guests, one bride, and the most dangerous man in the city.

The room goes silent.

The bride says: "I do."

The groom's eyes find me and linger for a moment too long.

He says: "I don't."

Chaos erupts. The bride wants to kill me. I want the earth to open up and swallow me.

You think it doesn't get worse than that? Of course it does.

Because a week later, I'm living under his roof, in his gilded cage. Working for the same man who left his bride at the altar over her pregnancy.

Three weeks later, I'm pregnant with his baby. A baby he swore he never wanted. And he has no idea.

Welcome to Laurov Bratva!

Cruel Obsession is a Russian dark mafia romance, and it is the first book in the Laurov Bratva duo.

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