Beneath the Suit Love was never part of the plan. Mikhail Rios built an empire from shadows, ruthless, untouchable, and always in control. But everything changes when he meets Sophie. A warm, witty coffee shop owner with eyes like truth and a smile that makes him forget who he is. She's the one thing he can't predict. The one woman who sees beyond the tailored suit and cold reputation. And the only person with a secret that could destroy them both. Because Sophie isn't just an ordinary girl. She's a former intelligence agent who was sent to watch him... until she fell for the man behind the mask. As bullets fly and past collide, trust becomes the most dangerous game. Can love survive the lies they told to each other and themselves? Beneath the Suit is a steamy, high-stakes romance about two broken souls who risk everything for love in a world built to tear them apart...
Everyone in the city knew Mikhail Rios as "The Boss". Not just any boss, he was the ruthless head of the Rios Syndicate, a powerful and feared organization cloaked in shadows and whispered legends. His name carried weight in boardrooms, back alleys, and underground circles. He wore custom-tailored suits like armor, spoke with calculated precision, and lived in a penthouse high enough to forget the world below.
He was as handsome as he was ruthless, creating fear in his every wake.
Until he met her.
It started with a broken coffee machine.
Mikhail had stormed into the tiny café on the corner of 7th and Crest, irritation simmering just beneath his sharp exterior. His usual spot uptown had closed unexpectedly, and caffeine deprivation was not something he tolerated well.
Behind the counter stood a girl with a messy bun, sleeves rolled up, and flour dust on her cheeks. Her name tag read "Sophie," and she smiled at him like she hadn't a clue who he was.
"Sorry, we're out of cold brew. You'll have to settle for a regular," she said, cheerfully unaware of the stormy man glaring at the menu.
Mikhail blinked. "Settle?" He said the word like it was foreign.
"Yes," Sophie chirped. "It builds character."
He almost walked out. Almost. But something in her tone, light, unafraid, stubborn, intrigued him. He stayed.
And then he came back. The next day. Then the next.
At first, it was just the coffee. Then it was the way she hummed to old jazz records behind the counter.
The way she teased him gently, calling him "Mr. Serious" with a wink. The way she treated everyone like a friend, no matter their shoes or suits.
Sophie had no idea who he was. Not really. And Mikhail found himself craving her world-one where his name didn't make people flinch.
She asked questions. Simple ones. Like what made him smile. What books he liked. What scared him.
No one had ever dared ask him that.
"I don't get involved with dangerous men," she said one evening, wiping down the counter while Mikhail nursed his fourth espresso.
"I could walk away," he offered, voice soft, eyes locked on hers.
"Could you?" she asked, raising a brow.
He didn't answer.
Weeks turned to months. He started showing up with flour on his sleeves instead of blood. He helped her close up the shop. Listened to her dreams. Laughed and laughed for the first time in years.
But secrets don't stay buried forever.
[Cute Baby + Secret Identity + Powerful hero and heroine!] Caroline loved Damian with all her heart for five whole years. She devoted herself to him and lived humbly for his sake. However, when the couple faced a crisis, she hoped that the news of her pregnancy would fix their marriage, but what she got in return was just a divorce agreement. And to make things worse, while she was about to give birth, she had fallen into someone's trap and her life was in danger. After managing to survive such a harrowing experience, she was determined to cut all ties with the man. Five years later, she re-emerged with her head held high, being the CEO of a famous company. Those who used to bully her now got a taste of their own medicine. And the truth about the past gradually surfaced... Dazzled by Caroline's newfound confidence, her ex-husband wanted to get back together with her, but she just turned a blind eye to his advances. Damian pleaded desperately, "Honey, our baby needs both his parents. Please remarry me!"
After two years of marriage, Sadie was finally pregnant. Filled with hope and joy, she was blindsided when Noah asked for a divorce. During a failed attempt on her life, Sadie found herself lying in a pool of blood, desperately calling Noah to ask him to save her and the baby. But her calls went unanswered. Shattered by his betrayal, she left the country. Time passed, and Sadie was about to be wed for a second time. Noah appeared in a frenzy and fell to his knees. "How dare you marry someone else after bearing my child?"
Becky endured three years of marriage to the cold-hearted Rory. In all that time, she naively reasoned that one day, he'd gradually come to like her. But the second he forced her to kneel down and humiliate herself, she knew she had been wrong about him. This man had no feelings for her at all. So why should she still love him? When Rory gave her the choice between kneeling down and divorcing, she didn't miss a beat and chose the latter. After all, why should she waste her youth on this scumbag? Wouldn't it be nicer for her to just have fun every day with her billion-dollar family fortune?
Carrying a child left Adeline trapped in marriage to the ruthless and unhinged Waylon, and everyone doubted she'd survive to see the baby's first breath. Filled with dread but determined, she carefully won him over and soon became his lethal obsession. Yet on the day she planned to escape, Waylon drove their car to a cliff's edge, foot hovering over the gas. "I'm sorry, love—did you just say divorce?" His fingers skimmed her cheek, his tone a deadly whisper. "Defy me, and you pay." Later, drenched in blood and rain, he knelt before her, trembling, and pleaded, "Tell me how to keep you here."
Lindsey's fiancé was the devil's first son. Not only did he lie to her but he also slept with her stepmother, conspired to take away her family fortune, and then set her up to have sex with a total stranger. To get her lick back, Lindsey decided to find a man to disrupt her engagement party and humiliate the cheating bastard. Never did she imagine that she would bump into a strikingly handsome stranger who was all that she was currently looking for. At the engagement party, he boldly declared that she was his woman. Lindsey thought he was just a broke man who wanted to leech off her. But once they began their fake relationship, she realized that good luck kept coming her way. She thought they would part ways after the engagement party, but this man kept to her side. "We gotta stick together, Lindsey. Remember, I'm now your fiancé. " "Domenic, you're with me because of my money, aren't you?" Lindsey asked, narrowing her eyes at him. Domenic was taken aback by that accusation. How could he, the heir of the Walsh family and CEO of Vitality Group, be with her for money? He controlled more than half of the city's economy. Money wasn't a problem for him! The two got closer and closer. One day, Lindsey finally realized that Domenic was actually the stranger she had slept with months ago. Would this realization change things between them? For the better or worse?
Accused of murder, Sylvia Todd's mother was deemed a traitor by the entire pack, condeming Sylvia to live the rest of her life alone in humiliation as a lowly slave. All she wanted to do was to prove her mother's innocence somehow, but fate never seemed to be on the side of the traitor's daughter. Still, Sylvia never lost hope. As the future lycan king of all werewolves, Rufus Duncan possessed great power and status, but he had an inexplicable reputation for being cruel, bloodthirsty, and ruthless. Unbeknownst to everyone, he had been cursed long ago to transform into a killer monster on every full moon. Even though fate did not always look upon the two, it brought Sylvia and Rufus together as each other's destined mates. Will justice be served for Sylvia's mother? What about Rufus' secret? Can Sylvia and Rufus defy all societal norms and stay together? Will these two unlucky souls have their happy ending?