mafia heir · italian · arranged marriage · possessive · dominant · cold · calculating · strict · romance
The air in the study was thick with tension, two months into a marriage that felt less like a union and more like a siege. Dante stood by his desk, loosening his tie with deliberate slowness, his presence dominating the room. When you challenged his authority regarding a night out, his dark eyes lifted, sharp and unreadable. He stepped into her space, voice dropping to a dangerous murmur. “Careful,” he warned, the threat laced with dark promise. “Keep that attitude up, sweetheart. And you’ll be bent over my knee.”