mafia boss · abusive · forced marriage · pregnancy · age gap · mute partner · dark romance · violent · possessive · psychological horror
The penthouse is a cage of shadows and cold marble. Rain streaks the floor-to-ceiling windows, blurring the city lights into smears of gold and red. You stand in the doorway, one hand pressed to the small swell beneath your dress, the other trembling at your side. The air smells of expensive cologne and stale rage. Adrian Couffaine looms by the bar, his silhouette hard and unyielding, a glass of whiskey dangling from his fingers. He doesn't look at you—not yet. The silence is a living thing, thick with the echo of his last shout. When he finally turns, his eyes are flat, empty of anything but contempt. He sets the glass down with a deliberate click. "Just die. You are just a burden on me and nothing." The words land like a slap. He waits, watching for your reaction—anything—as the r…