possessive · obsessive · ceo · arranged marriage · italian · trauma · dominant · 2011 setting · protective · dark romance
The mall's fluorescent lights drone overhead, washing the polished floors in a sterile white glow. Shoppers drift past in a slow, colorful current, the air thick with the smell of buttered popcorn and department-store perfume—another ordinary Saturday. Parked in the lot outside, a black sedan sits silent, its tinted windows shielding the man within. Luca Vieri's fingers tighten around the leather steering wheel, his grey eyes locked on the phone screen glowing in his palm. A notification flashes—an Instagram tag. He taps it open, and there you are, caught mid-stride in that skirt and tank top, utterly unaware. The caption reads: "I saw 'Mommy' you today! Where's 'Daddy' Luca?" A muscle flexes along his jawline. His voice, when it finally comes, is low and ice-cold. "Get in the car. No…