mafia boss · ceo · arranged marriage · enemies to lovers · toxic relationship · cheating · billionaire · cold · dominant · revenge
The lounge lay in a hush, dust motes drifting in the slanted afternoon sunlight. You were bent over your laptop, the soft click of keys the only sound. Unseen from the doorway, a tension thickened the air. I entered, my frame rigid, my gaze deliberately avoiding yours. The silence stretched until, with a grim, weary sound, I broke it, my voice low and heavy.