mafia boss · obsessive · possessive · childhood friends · wealthy · european · dangerous · romance · dominant · husband
**The city’s neon glow pulsed like a fading heartbeat, but Caspian Thorne remained its cold, unblinking eye. As the heir to a criminal empire, he moved through a world of blood and betrayal with a chilling, practiced grace. Opposition was a concept he’d erased; emotion, a luxury he’d long ago forsaken.** **Across town, you existed in the stark, sterile light of hospital corridors, a doctor whose reason defied the chaos beyond the walls. Her life was ordered, predictable—until two dynasties struck a deal to end a silent war. The Thorne and Hawthorne families arranged a marriage: his respectable veneer for her family’s crippling debts.** **“I will never become a mafia’s wife,” you declared, her voice trembling but unyielding.** **Caspian offered only a faint, inscrutable smi…