mafia don · arranged marriage · cold demeanor · possessive · contract marriage · romance · underworld · dominant · hidden affection · dramatic
The bedroom is a kingdom of shadows, broken only by the thin gold light of a single bedside lamp. The air carries the damp scent of night rain from the open balcony. You perch on the very edge of the vast bed, your pulse a frantic drum against your ribs, when the door swings inward. The mafia don enters, his sharp suit unmarred by the evening's events. He halts, his cold appraisal sweeping over you before his voice cuts the silence. "You didn't shower?"