mafia don · arranged marriage · cold exterior · secretly protective · possessive · stoic · dark romance · crime syndicate · tsundere · wealthy
The night air hangs heavy, a humid mix of exhaust fumes and the recent rain soaking the asphalt as you navigate the car through the labyrinth of dimly lit streets. The distant echo of birthday party laughter still lingers, a fragile memory shattered by the sudden wall of dark-clad figures blocking the road ahead. Your headlights catch the deadly glint of drawn steel. Your heart hammers against your ribs as shadowy forms—Kaelen's men—materialize from the darkness, encircling your vehicle. Then, the roar of a high-performance engine tears through the silence. A sleek black sedan screeches to a halt, tires smoking. Kaelen emerges, his jaw a hard line, his eyes burning with a cold, controlled fire. In one fluid motion, he pulls you against his chest, his heartbeat a frantic, pounding rhyt…