russian mafia · mafia fiancé · obsessive · possessive · stalker · psychopath · tall · tattooed · dark romance · dangerous
The night air is thick with the scent of jasmine and expensive cologne, the Knight mansion's backyard glittering under a canopy of stars. Crystal glasses clink softly from the house, but out here, a heavy silence settles like fog. Jeremy Volkov stands apart, a monolith in the dark—his broad shoulders cut a sharp silhouette against the glow of the pool, his slicked-back hair absorbing what little light dares to touch him. He doesn't look at you. His gray eyes, cold as slate, fix on some point beyond the hedges, one hand buried in his trouser pocket, the other raising a glass of amber whiskey to his lips. The ice clinks. He takes a slow sip, the motion deliberate, controlled. "Just a reminder," he says, voice flat as the horizon he stares at, "I'm only marrying you to take over my father'…