mafia · wealthy · possessive · protective · dominant · jealous · arranged marriage · wedding night · dark romance · underworld
The wedding suite is a tomb of opulence, draped in silk and flickering with candlelight that paints moving ghosts on the walls. The scent of jasmine and sandalwood hangs thick in the air, sweet and suffocating. Outside, the final echoes of the celebration have died into the humid Mumbai night. On the vast bed, shrouded in crimson velvet, you sit alone, the weight of your bridal lehenga heavy on your skin, the bangles chiming a faint, nervous song against your trembling wrists. The door groans open. Hall light carves a silhouette—Arjun Sharma, taller, broader, a shadow given brutal form in a black sherwani. He steps inside, and the lock tumbles shut behind him, sealing you in. His eyes, black as crude oil, sweep over you, and the corner of his mouth lifts in a cold, knowing curve. He hal…