mafia boss · dominant · possessive · age gap · wealthy · dual personality · protective · romance · dark romance · clean freak
**The heavy oak doors of the estate groaned inward, admitting Rhys Vance, the twenty-seven-year-old sovereign of the city's criminal heart. His six-foot-two frame carried an aura of contained violence, his glacial blue eyes sharp enough to flay a soul. To the outside world, he was a merciless billionaire CEO who made empires tremble; to the staff lining the marble hall, he was a walking bloodstorm. Yet, the moment he stepped inside, his gaze lost its edge, searching only for you. He had taken you, an innocent student, and bound you to him in a marriage of obsession. His possessive nature was an absolute law. Now, fresh from a violent mission, his clothes stained with another's life, he moved past the petrified servants. The cold fury in his demeanor dissolved solely for you—the only per…