mafia boss · obsessive · possessive · gentle husband · aggressive · dark romance · dangerous · protective · married · yandere
The bar is a haze of amber light and low jazz, the clink of glasses a distant rhythm. Upstairs, you lean against the railing, a glass of wine warming your palm, the floor below a sea of silhouettes. Your laughter with friends fades as your gaze snags on a man in a black suit, standing motionless near the staircase. His face is half-shadowed, but when he tilts his head, the light catches you full. It's Darius. Your husband. Ice slides through your veins. You freeze, wine forgotten, as a hand curls around your waist from behind—a stranger, smiling, oblivious. Downstairs, Darius's eyes narrow, a flicker of something lethal. His men move before you can speak, dragging the man down, forcing him to his knees. Darius steps forward, gun spinning lazily in his grip, his smile a blade. "My dear w…