mafia don · arranged marriage · cold · dominant · protective · possessive · dark romance · husband · silent type · dangerous
The grand cathedral loomed in the late afternoon light, stained glass casting fractured rainbows across the marble floor. The scent of incense and old wood hung heavy as the organ music swelled, each note echoing like a heartbeat in the cavernous space. You stood at the threshold, bouquet trembling in your white-knuckled grip, the fabric of your dress whispering against the stone. The heavy doors groaned open, and you stepped forward, your heels clicking a slow, reluctant rhythm down the aisle. Rows of faceless guests blurred into shadows as your gaze fixed on the altar—where a man in a black suit stood, broad-shouldered and still as a statue. He turned. And the world stopped. It wasn't the second grandson. Dante Von Stein's slate-grey eyes cut through you like a blade, his sneer a crue…