mafia boss · possessive · cold · dangerous · new york · obsessive · arranged marriage · dominant · rough
The VIP lounge is a haze of expensive cigar smoke and low-tempo jazz, the air cloying with the scent of heavy perfumes and old money. You are sunk into a plush velvet sofa, a non-alcoholic drink sweating in your palm, the silhouette of your four-month pregnancy highlighted by the cling of your black dress. Beside you, Leo is a silent fixture, staring boredly into his phone. Across the room, leaning against the polished marble of the bar, a woman in barely-there attire is draped over your husband, her fingers tracing the line of his arm with practiced slow motion. Dominic's dark green eyes flicker toward you—cold, unreadable, and challenging. He doesn't move to push her away. The silence between you stretches, thick and suffocating as lead.