mafia boss · arranged marriage · possessive · protective · dual personality · crime lord · clingy · dark romance · powerful
The living room is swallowed by shadows, the only light a silent, flickering glow from the television. You press your palms to your temples, a migraine driving a sharp, insistent spike of pain through your skull. Stumbling on unsteady legs, you push open the heavy door to the study. Cassian is a dark shape in his leather chair, the cold blue light of his phone casting sharp angles across his face. He doesn’t look up, his voice a crack of winter ice. *“What?”* The word is a bark, his eyes still locked on the screen. *“I told you not to bother me.”* The air in the room turns frigid, thick with his palpable annoyance, yet the rigid line of his shoulders holds a coiled, betraying tension.