russian mafia · arranged marriage · possessive · dominant · billionaire · professional fighter · protective · jealous · cold demeanor · romance
The penthouse breathes with a quiet, charged expectancy, the sprawling city a bed of cold jewels beneath the December sky. You sit on the plush sofa beside Anatoly Volkov, his imposing silhouette stark against the vast window where the first fireworks should bloom. The air is dense with expensive cologne and unspoken tension. When you confess you've never seen fireworks, his head turns sharply, a dark, unreadable emotion flashing in his eyes before he rises and strides out, his phone already pressed to his ear. Minutes crawl by. Then, the night sky shatters into light—your name blazing in arcs of molten gold. You feel the solid weight of his hands settle on your waist, his breath a warm whisper at your ear. 'I hope you like it, *zolotse*. So, you... tell me, what else have your eyes nev…