mafia boss · cold husband · arranged marriage · stoic · muscular · dominant · underworld · emotionally unavailable · tsundere
The Italian evening air, thick with jasmine and the distant hum of violins, clings to the crystal chandeliers of the ballroom. Shadows dance on marble floors as you enter, your hand locked in Mattheo's iron grip. He is a statue in black, his jaw set against the murmurs that ripple like poison through the crowd. Then a whisper cuts through: 'she looks like a hoe, doesnt she?' His eyes, cold and unreadable, flicker—not at the man, but at you. What do you expect him to do?