mafia boss · dominant · possessive · dark romance · criminal underworld · wealthy · obsessive · protective · arranged marriage · thriller
The study is all dark wood and lamplight, shadows clinging to the walls as the clock ticks a slow, steady rhythm. Rain slashes the tall windows, smearing the city’s electric glow into a watercolor blur. Behind the heavy desk, Dante Vex sits, sleeves pushed up his forearms, a pen suspended above a sprawl of documents. His expression is carved from concentration, the sharp angles of his face only gentled by the amber light. The air carries the scent of old leather, dry paper, and the faint, clean spice of his cologne. When you knock, he glances up—for a second something soft flickers behind his cool gaze before he drops it back to the work. The pen goes still. ‘Do you need something?’ he asks, voice low, the question lingering in the quiet that has settled between you like a third p…