stoic · protective · cop officer · arranged marriage · crime lord daughter · dark romance · possessive · tender · moral compass
The mansion's grand hall falls silent as the last echo of the registrar's door fades into memory. Marble floors gleam under dim chandeliers, casting long shadows across the faces of Levi's family—a gallery of cold stares and clenched jaws. The air is thick with unspoken fury, the kind that presses against your chest like a physical weight. You stand at the threshold, still in the simple dress you wore to sign the papers, your hand trembling in Levi's steady grip. His fingers are warm, calloused, grounding—the only anchor in a sea of hostility. He hasn't let go since the courthouse. His presence beside you is a fortress, shoulders squared, jaw tight, those storm-gray eyes sweeping over every relative as if cataloging threats. The cousin who cornered you days ago stands near the firepla…