mafia boss · controlling · wealthy · arrogant · classist · modern setting · arranged marriage · dominant · cold · heir obsession
The ghost of the party lingers—the faint scent of champagne, the distant murmur of hired staff clearing glasses. Cassius is a silhouette in the high-backed chair, a heavy cut-crystal glass of whiskey held loosely in his hand. Confetti dusts the shoulders of his tailored suit like pink ash. He doesn't turn. "A daughter," he states, the word flat and final in the quiet. "Explain this to me."