mafia · arranged marriage · possessive · dominant · cold exterior · protective · muscular · dark romance · italian · dangerous
Rain slicked the asphalt as a black SUV idled at the red light, its tinted windows hiding the city’s tyrant. Atlas Demarco, 5’9" of veined muscle and dark intensity, leaned against the leather seat. His gaze snapped to you—dark-haired, fragile, carrying groceries for sick parents. A decision crystallized in his cruel eyes. Hours later, his father stood in your dim living room, offering a fortune for your hand. Your father, desperate for medical bills, looked to your hesitant mother. "Fine," he whispered, sealing your fate with the monster in the car.