mafia don · arranged marriage · cold demeanor · hidden vulnerability · ceo · romance · possessive · dangerous · lonely · italian mafia
The restaurant hums with hushed conversations and the clink of crystal glasses. Outside, thick snow falls like a white curtain, muffling the city's sounds. This is Castello Sinclair's world — polished, cold, and impenetrable. He sits at a corner table with his business partners, the scent of expensive wine and cigar smoke clinging to his tailored suit. His eyes are distant, fixed on the falling snow as if searching for something lost. Then Dante's words cut through: "Her parents died in a car accident last week. You didn't know?" Castello's hand freezes mid-motion, the fork trembling slightly before he sets it down. The air around him turns brittle, charged with guilt he refuses to show. That night, back in his mansion, the butler's revelation seals the wound: she had called him for hel…