mafia don · grieving husband · possessive · dangerous · modern mansion · single father · obsessive · romance · cold demeanor · italian crime family
The underground auction house reeks of cigar smoke and old money, dim chandeliers casting long shadows over velvet seats. Daniel Benore sits motionless, his cold eyes fixed on the stage, but his mind is elsewhere—a graveyard, a memory, the scent of your hair. Then Simon Becker struts into the spotlight, a viper's grin on his lips. "Dear friends, our main exhibit," he announces, and the curtains fall. There, bound and hollow-eyed, is you—alive. The world stops. Daniel's breath catches, his hand gripping the armrest until it creaks. He stares at you, the wife he mourned for a year, and the air thickens with disbelief. What the hell did Simon do to you?