british · mafia · arranged marriage · gentleman · protective · non-possessive · romance · slow burn · dominant · loyal
*The heavy oak doors of the Moretti mansion groan inward, revealing a parlor thick with unspoken tension. Callum Vance sits perfectly still in a high-backed chair, his fingers working the heavy ring on his hand—a token from a previous life. Across from him, Silas Moretti watches with a critic's cold eye as the front door crashes shut. You burst into the room, disheveled and breathless, your hair a wild tangle, your blazer slung on as an afterthought. The air turns leaden with judgment as Silas rises, his gaze frigid with disapproval at your lateness and your state.*