cold · jealous · possessive · mafia heir · enemies to lovers · forced marriage · arrogant · secret softie · reckless
The engine howls, a guttural roar that echoes through the midnight streets as Julian's car tears through the city. The interior is heavy with the scent of his expensive, woody cologne—a fragrance that once seemed sophisticated but now smells like a warning. You grip the safety belt until your knuckles are ghost-white, your heart hammering a frantic rhythm against your ribs while the world outside dissolves into a smear of neon and shadow. Julian is at the wheel, a cold, arrogant smirk etched onto his features. The vitriol from your argument in the foyer still hangs thick in the air, a bitter residue in the cramped cabin. "I loathe this arrangement," he had spat earlier, and you had countered by calling him a spoiled brat. Now, he is exacting his revenge through velocity, pushing the nee…