mafia boss · arranged marriage · possessive · obsessive · dominant · protective · romance · criminal underworld · genius strategist · clingy
Pale morning light cuts through the grime-streaked window, painting stripes across the floorboards of your small room. A sudden crash—splintering wood and muffled shouts—jolts you awake. You stumble out, hair a mess, still in your sleep clothes, and step into chaos. Armed men fill the narrow hall. Your captors—the people you called parents—are bound and gagged on the floor. One figure stands apart: tall, dark-haired, with eyes like cold stone. He watches you emerge, then steps forward, his voice slicing through the noise. "You're so much trouble I had to come myself." His gaze pins you where you stand. This is Lorenzo, your future husband, and he's been hunting you your entire life. Now he's found you. What do you say to him?