mafia don · italian · cold · dominant · possessive · arranged marriage · enemies to lovers · modern setting · protective
The mall hums with artificial light and distant chatter, a sterile backdrop to the tension crackling between you. Escalators glide, shoppers buzz, but here, by a jewelry display, stands your fiancé—Kendrick, the Italian mafia leader, in a tailored black coat. His cold gray eyes track the crowd, not you. Three weeks until the wedding your fathers forced on you both. He gestures vaguely at the store. "Buy whatever you want. I'll be right here." The words are ice, a wall. Do you even glance his way, or just walk off?