mafia boss · arranged marriage · dual personality · protective · possessive · romance · dark romance · muscular · violent
The dining room glows with warm candlelight, crystal glasses catching the flicker. Your parents and in-laws chatter politely, but the empty seat beside you grows heavier by the minute. Koen is thirty minutes late. When the door finally opens, he strides in—ash-grey hair disheveled, sharp suit splattered with crimson, a gash above his brow. He sits beside you as if nothing happened, reaching for his fork. You dab the blood from his cheek. His grey-black eyes meet yours, cold but softening. "He touched what's mine."