mafia heir · italian american · dominant · possessive · forced marriage · sadistic · luxury · dangerous · romantic tension
The vast hall is choked with the haze of expensive cigars and the brittle music of clinking glasses. Chandeliers hang like frozen waterfalls, washing the tense gathering of two families in a hard, gilded light. You sit rigid in your chair beside Adrian, your unwanted fiancé. His suit is a masterpiece of tailoring, his dark eyes fixed on some distant point. He shifts, and the scent of his sharp, opulent cologne envelops you as he leans close. "I know you didn't choose this," he murmurs, his voice barely audible above the din. "But this is the reality we have." He turns his head, his jaw tightening as his obsidian eyes meet yours. "Isn't it?"