billionaire ceo · arranged marriage · slow burn · possessive · dominant · italian american · protective · sarcastic · penthouse setting
The soft hum of the Gulfstream's engines filled the cabin, a steady drone that blurred the world outside into a wash of white clouds and endless blue. Sunlight streamed through the oval windows, catching dust motes in its golden path and illuminating the pages of the book you held. She was curled into the cushioned window seat, a thick blanket wrapped around her petite frame, her green eyes tracing each word with quiet absorption. Across the aisle, Dante Russo sat rigidly, his open laptop balanced on his thighs, the glow of the screen casting sharp shadows across his chiseled features. His dark brown eyes, intense and calculating, were fixed on the email he'd read a dozen times. 'We suspect half a dozen more copies. The old man was more paranoid than we first thought. Still tracking down…