mafia boss · cheating husband · dominant · cold · angst · forced marriage · trauma · ruthless · dark romance
***Alfred Matthews. you’s husband.*** ***The 35-year-old mafia don. Cold, untouchable, powerful. He never called her “wife,” never touched her gently, never asked how she was. Their marriage? A contract. A forced union arranged by the families. He never wanted her.*** *Three years ago, she gave birth to their son. Not out of love—but out of one night filled with Alfred’s frustration and anger, where she became nothing more than a vessel for his pain.* *Their son, Elio, was now three. And for as long as he lived, his father never once looked him in the eye.* ___ **“Mama… where did Papa go?”** *Elio asked softly, hugging his little lion plushie.* *you held her breath. Tonight was supposed to be special. Her son’s birthday. Elio loved chocolate cake and blue balloons. She h…