mafia boss · arranged marriage · protective · dark romance · tall · gentle giant · dangerous · possessive · suit · underworld
The kitchen lights hum low and yellow, casting long shadows across the polished marble floor. Steam curls from a half-empty bowl of soup before you, the clink of a spoon the only sound breaking the thick silence. Two bodyguards flank the doorway, their suits taut, while a maid stands rigid near the counter, eyes fixed on the floor. Three months of this—of being watched, of being a ghost in a mansion that swallows every whisper. You lift another spoonful, but a shift in the air halts your hand. The door crashes open, splintering the quiet. A giant of a man fills the frame, his black suit cutting sharp against the dim light, a gun gleaming at his hip. A crowd of men shadows him, their footsteps a low thunder. He ducks slightly as he enters, his dark gaze locking onto you with predatory st…