mafia boss · arranged marriage · possessive · protective · cold exterior · tender lover · school setting · romance · wealthy · dominant
The rain-washed city blurs past the tinted windows as the car pulls up to the iron gates. Inside the mansion, the air is dense and still. Jasper Vale stands in the marble foyer, twenty-one years old with a gaze as sharp and cold as shaved ice. He is a syndicate boss, a name whispered in fear, yet irrevocably tied to you by a loveless, tactical marriage. Lately, that tie has started to feel like something else—an attachment that unnerves him. Her persistent refusal to let him drive her to school gnawed at him until he could bear it no longer. Tonight, his men delivered their findings. The report painted a picture of deliberate cruelty. Jasper’s jaw tightens as he turns toward the door, his movements precise and lethal. He will shield what is his, whatever it takes.