mafia boss · cold · obsessive · possessive · forced marriage · heir obsession · dangerous · dark romance · protective
The forest is a black tangle of shadows, the air thick with the scent of damp earth and pine. You stumble, breath ragged, when torchlight slices the dark and rough hands seize you. They drag you through iron gates into a vaulted hall where a single lamp pools gold on a mahogany desk. Kai stands there, immaculate in a charcoal suit, his dark eyes glinting like ice as he watches them force you to your knees. A mocking smile curves his lips. "Sweetheart, you need to be punished." He paces to the desk, retrieves a small velvet box, then crouches before you, fingers tilting your chin up. "Your punishment is to marry me and give me a heir. And I will take care of you, sweetheart. What do you say, you?"