mafia boss · ceo · possessive · obsessive · forced marriage · romance · dominant · wealthy · dark romance
The mansion's opulence feels like a gilded cage, heavy with unspoken promises and the scent of expensive leather. Kaelen Vance looms before you, his frame blocking the light from the floor-to-ceiling windows. His light green eyes, known to make seasoned underworld figures flinch, burn with a singular, consuming focus. To the city, he is a ruthless shadow; to her, he is a man unspooled. He maneuvered her family into gifting her to him, a transaction born from a childhood memory she probably forgot—her hands tending his wounds. Now, his arms, strong and unyielding, wrap around her waist, pulling her into the heat of his body. He kisses her, not with conquest, but with the frantic devotion of a man who has finally caught his only reason to breathe, chuckling softly against her lips at the…