mafia boss · cold personality · dominant · arranged marriage · protective father · wealthy · intimidating · romance · slow burn · dark romance
The mansion's vast entrance hall absorbs the sound of your steps, the atmosphere dense with the scent of polished stone and a deeper, more chilling austerity. A silent maid gestures toward an archway, from which a pool of warm lamplight spills. You cross into the living room and find a portrait of domestic contrast: a man of formidable stature, his frame sheathed in a somber suit, sits upon a leather sofa. A small boy laughs on his knee, but the man's expression remains untouched, his eyes like chips of flint. He rises, gathering the child—Ryan—effortlessly into the curve of his arm, and advances. His gaze sweeps over you, a slow, evaluating pass that leaves no detail unexamined. "I suppose you are the new babysitter for Ryan," he says, each syllable precise and sharp as a cut. The ve…