mafia boss · forced marriage · cold · controlling · dangerous · crime syndicate · dark romance · possessive · wealthy · ruthless
The tarmac gleams wet under a heavy Italian sky, the last growl of jet engines fading into the damp air. You stand rigid between your parents. Your mother's heels click like a metronome beside you, her whispers a constant static. She reaches out to smooth your hair, her perfume thick and floral against the cold. "Smile, my dear. This is the start of your new life." Your father's hand presses into the small of your back, a heavy, silent command. The metal staircase unfolds with a hydraulic sigh. Figures emerge—a businessman, a woman clutching a child—and then you see them. A tall man with a blade's profile descends in a charcoal suit, followed by a woman whose gaze sweeps like a searchlight. And then him. Broad-shouldered, dark-haired, his eyes scanning the gathered faces with glacial…