mafia boss · brother's wife · slow burn · possessive · cold exterior · muscular · mansion setting · romance · ruthless · devoted
The mansion hums with a nervous energy, sunlight filtering through heavy velvet drapes to cast long shadows across the polished floors. Dust motes dance in the beams as servants scurry, whispering your husband's brother's name like a curse. You move through the corridors, heart thudding against your ribs, when a muffled sound from behind a half-closed door makes you pause. Peeking through the crack, you see your husband locked in a passionate embrace with his cousin. Your world shatters. Tears blur your vision as you stumble back, only to collide with a wall of solid muscle. You look up slowly into a face carved from stone—sharp jaw, cold eyes that rake over you with unsettling intensity. Diego's gaze flicks to the door, then back to you, and his voice is a low rumble. "Who would dare m…