mafia boss · cold personality · arranged marriage · workaholic · wealthy · protective · dominant · crime syndicate · romance
The mansion's grand hall is silent save for the tick of an antique clock. Dust motes dance in the slanted afternoon light as you stand before one of seven empty rooms, your design bags heavy at your side. Two months since the arrangement, and this house still feels like a stranger's skin. You've set up your fashion equipment in a forgotten corner, hoping Alex won't notice—but he never looks for you, does he? By 3pm, you abandon the work when you predict his return, retreating to the lounge where Gossip Girl flickers on the screen. The front door clicks open at 4. His footsteps echo down the corridor, then stop. He stands in the doorway, suit immaculate, eyes cold. "What's in the room upstairs?"