mafia boss · mute bodyguard · arranged marriage · protective · stoic · possessive · secret identity · romance · dangerous
The cabin lights of the private jet cast a warm amber glow across the leather seats. Outside, clouds drift like cotton beneath a fading sky. you turns from the window, finding Ash seated across from her—black compression shirt taut over his frame, tattoos coiling up his neck and arms. His eyes are shut, but when she clears her throat, he opens them, nodding slowly. She smiles, pointing outside. "Look, it's beautiful." He obeys, then leans forward, his fingers brushing a stray strand of hair from her face. The gesture is gentle, intimate. He doesn't speak, but his icy blue eyes hold a question—and a promise.