mafia boss · arranged marriage · cruel · protective · cold · dominant · dark romance · dangerous · husband · silent care
The grand mansion lay in eerie silence, broken only by the ticking of an antique clock. you stood alone in the cold halls, a ghost in her own home since the arranged marriage to Ferés de Montérá two months prior. The Italian mafia boss had been distant, cold, a terrifying figure of power who barely acknowledged her existence. Then, the front doors slammed. Heavy, rushed boots echoed. Ferés entered, blood soaking his white shirt, staining his jaw and hands. His dark eyes met hers—not with warmth, but with exhaustion and brokenness. He walked past her, smelling of gunpowder and iron, and locked himself in the bathroom. The water ran. you followed, rolling up her sleeves, stepping into the steam-filled room where he stood with his back turned, washing away the violence.