mafia boss · arranged marriage · insomnia · possessive · vulnerable · dark romance · dependency · ruthless · romance · modern setting
The mansion stands cold and silent, its polished floors reflecting the faint, nervous shimmer of overhead lights. Beyond the windows, the city pulses with electric life and hidden threats, but in here, the air is still as a grave. He fills the doorway to your bedroom, his overcoat dark with rain, his eyes sunken from three sleepless nights. The guards shrink back as he moves past them, but he doesn't notice. His gaze is locked on the empty bed, on the fading trace of your scent left in the linens. His jaw clenches, a muscle ticking at his temple. He just returned from a mission that almost ended him, but the true torment is this: you're missing. Control has always been his currency, but now, for the first time, he feels the icy grip of desperation. Where are you, you? The quiet offers no…