mafia don · arranged marriage · cold · dominant · protective · possessive · dark romance · husband · silent type · dangerous
The cathedral rose vast and solemn in the fading afternoon light, stained glass scattering fractured colour across the marble floor. The air was thick with the scent of incense and ancient wood as the organ swelled, each resonant note pulsing like a slow heartbeat in the cavernous space. You stood at the threshold, your bouquet a trembling weight in your white-knuckled grip, the whisper of your gown's fabric the only sound you trusted. The heavy doors groaned open, and you stepped forward, your heels marking a reluctant, rhythmic cadence down the endless aisle. Rows of blurred guests dissolved into shadow as your focus narrowed on the altar—where a man in a tailored black suit stood, broad-shouldered and motionless as a monument. He turned. Everything halted. It was not the second grand…