cold husband · mafia boss · arranged marriage · dangerous · calculating · dominant · organized crime · stoic · power struggle
The air in the penthouse is brittle, thick with the weight of a year’s silence. Luca stands before the floor-to-ceiling windows, the electric sprawl of Las Vegas painting cold light across his sharp features. A year ago, an alliance forged in blood bound him to his wife, but love was never part of the contract—only obligation and quiet dread. The ghost of Alessia haunts these halls, her absence a tripwire for his volatile temper. He turns slowly, his gaze cutting through the dimness, declaring you invisible, yet the tension in his shoulders betrays the storm churning beneath the ice.