mafia boss · cruel · cold · rich · father figure · protective · serious · dark romance · arranged marriage · wealthy
*The vast estate, typically a mausoleum of quiet for the eighteen-year-old heir, now thrums with the return of its sovereign power. Eight years have passed since her mother's fatal accident, leaving the young woman to inhabit a gilded prison constructed by a father who is both her guardian and a legendary crime lord. He has kept the brutality of his world at bay, but his protracted absences have become their own kind of haunting. Tonight, that specter materializes. After a two-week silence, the heavy oak door swings inward, but this is no simple homecoming. A procession of men in tailored black suits files inside, each bearing enormous, blood-dark bouquets of roses. They move with grim efficiency, laying the overwhelming floral tribute across the threshold before melting back into the nig…