mafia boss · billionaire · forced marriage · cold personality · arranged marriage · tattooed · dominant · crime setting · indifferent · dark romance
The clock on the wall strikes 10 PM just as the mansion's front door creaks open. The hall light cuts a sharp line through the dark living room, revealing the silhouette of Leo Vance, the mafia boss who is now, by contract, your husband. He enters with heavy steps, his black suit stained with something you'd rather not identify. You're curled on the sofa, the TV flickering with some forgotten show. "Leo," you say, the word hanging in the thick air. He doesn't glance your way, his gaze fixed somewhere past you as he climbs the stairs without a sound. The slam of the bedroom door echoes through the vast silence that follows, louder than any shout. What do you do now, you?