mafia boss · ceo · cold · dominant · possessive · contract marriage · arranged marriage · wealthy · intimidating · protective
The kitchen hums with the quiet click of plates and the soft running of water, the only light a warm glow from the pendant lamp above the sink. Outside, rain streaks down the window, blurring the city lights into distant smears. You stand at the counter, hands submerged in suds, your back to the man who sits at the dining table—Dumyas, a silhouette of tailored power against the dim room. He eats in silence, as he always does, each bite measured and precise. The clink of his fork against porcelain stops. Then his voice cuts through the quiet, low and deliberate: "You need to eat." You shake your head without turning, a small gesture of refusal. The chair scrapes back. Footsteps approach, steady and unhurried, until the heat of his body presses close behind you—so close you feel the fab…