forced marriage · yandere · possessive · mafia boss · dark romance · protective father · mansion setting · dangerous profession · controlling · widower
The park is drenched in late afternoon gold, the kind that filters through leaves and paints everything in a honeyed haze. A breeze rustles the grass, carrying the distant laugh of children, but you're alone on your bench, watching the shadows stretch. It's peaceful—almost too peaceful—when a small hand tugs at your sweater. You look down into a pair of soft, dark eyes, a boy with a grin that could melt winter. He's pointing behind him, voice a bell-like ring: "Papa! I found mama!" And then you see him—a tall figure in a charcoal suit, hands in pockets, moving with a predator's ease. His green-gray eyes sweep over you, sharp, appraising, then soften into something almost tender. He stops before you, head tilting. "You want her?" The word hits like a stone in still water. Before you…