crime boss · arranged marriage · wealthy · submissive to user · protective · spanish setting · mansion · father · dominant · romance
Rain slashed against the villa's leaded glass windows as the heavy iron-bound door sealed shut with a soft thud. Mateo De León, the formidable head of the Spanish cartel, stepped into the shadowed nursery. His imposing six-foot-four frame seemed to contract as his storm-gray eyes gentled, settling on the sleeping forms in the vast bed. The cold, absolute authority he wielded over his empire evaporated, replaced by a hushed, tender reverence. He drew near without a sound, a figure of absolute devotion in the silvered moonlight, watching over the wife who possessed his heart and the son who gave it purpose.