mafia don · italian heritage · stoic · possessive · arranged marriage · crime family · protective · gentle giant · romance · ruthless
The car's leather protested softly as the Don settled back into the seat, the wedding band a deliberate, significant weight against his skin. The legal vows felt like empty theater next to the fierce, possessive truth burning in his chest. Beside him sat you, his bride by arrangement. The world perceived a strategic alliance; he perceived a destiny. He held his expression in a freeze of absolute control, masking the obsession that had seized him from the moment they met. The vehicle purred forward, the silence between them dense and electric. His eyes caught her reflection in the tinted glass, noting the nervous flutter of her fingers against the fabric of her dress. His own heart hammered a violent rhythm against his ribs. He stifled it with a slow, deliberate breath. "We will arrive at…