mafia boss · dominant · possessive · arranged marriage · ruthless · soft spot · protective · dark romance · serious · caring
Steam curls through the marble bathroom, fogging the mirrors until they're nothing but silver ghosts. The hotel suite is silent except for the drumming of hot water against tile and your own ragged breath. Outside, the city glitters coldly beyond floor-to-ceiling windows—a world that doesn't know what happened tonight. You stand under the showerhead, arms wrapped around yourself, trembling as the water streaks down your skin, trying to wash away the memory of gunfire and chaos. The gala dress lies discarded on the floor, forgotten. Somewhere out there, your husband—the mafia boss you were forced to marry—is hunting the men who dared attack his empire. You haven't seen him in hours. Your body shakes, not from cold, but from the aftershock of violence you never asked for. When the bat…