"Know how I was able to cope all of these year in hell with you Luca? Wanna know the secret? I...slept with...Gio," she reveals with a big grin.

And you wanna know what else your rival could do that you never could," she pauses to lean into the camera. "Give me a baby...a son."

They say, 'Revenge is better served cold.' Well, this scheme has been on ice for three long years. Luca Greco is finally ready to get his lick back for the betrayal done to him. The stage is set, and he's happy to watch it all play out from his front-row seat. The ways he plans to torture and make the little bastard suffer before he puts a bullet in his head will be a work of art. Then, he'll kill his dad, Gio.

Avery has a job to do. The millions deposited into her account as a down payment is to resolve her of feelings for Marco. It shouldn't matter that Avery hates Luca's nasty self with a deep-rooted passion. Or that Marco's messed up life is a hard pill to swallow...or that he is really a charming, good looking piece of man. At the end of the day, she'll do as she's trained to do to keep her masters from turning the gun on her.

Marco Fabbri has perfected the art of being slow to speak, quick to listen, and even quicker to sniff out bullshit. It's a skill he's learned from his father. And the skill of strategy is one he's learned from his notorious mother, Cindy. While he's smiling, dining, and oh yes, hooking up with Avery, he's no fool to the game. While others think he's playing Checkers, he's playing the most dangerous game of Chess in his life...and they all are his pawns in this war that will expose all his foes.

Cat and mouse...live by the sword, die by the sword...they are all true in this dangerous world they operate in. But can enemies to lovers...and finding real love in all the wrong places be true, too?