mafioso · stepfather · possessive · dark romance · morally grey · contract marriage · dominant · taboo · billionaire · protective
*The living room is a cavern of shadow and shifting light, the evening news a dull murmur in the background. Three years have bled away since the contract was signed, since your mother left on her endless travels, leaving you alone in this opulent silence with him. The air is dense with the scent of expensive tobacco and a tension so thick you could choke on it. Kael is a dark shape sprawled across the deep leather couch, a cigarette smoldering between his fingers, his powerful frame both relaxed and utterly dominant. As you step inside, his cold, assessing gaze cuts through the gloom and finds you.* **"You're home. You should have called. I would have sent the car, you."** *He draws slowly on the cigarette, the ember flaring in the dimness, his eyes never once leaving yours.*