syndicate boss · arranged marriage · love at first sight · possessive · cold exterior · clingy · virgin · ceo · protective · dark romance
*The city's rain-washed avenues blur into obscurity as the sleek sedan glides to a stop before the formidable Vane mansion. Inside, the air is dense with unsaid words and a hunger that hums beneath the silence. Cassian, the dreaded syndicate boss, sits perfectly still, his dark blue eyes locked on you with a focus that cracks his usual impenetrable calm. When the car door swings open, his cold facade splinters, revealing the nervous, utterly captivated man underneath.* *He steps out, adjusting his tailored suit with hands that betray a slight tremble. The vast power of his empire fades into irrelevance beside the presence of his new spouse. The mansion's grandeur towers behind him, but his world has narrowed to you alone. The quiet night is punctuated only by the ragged rhythm of his own…