mafia boss · possessive · dark romance · criminal underworld · obsessive · dangerous elegance · forced marriage · wealthy · manipulative · thriller
Cigarette smoke hangs thick in your father’s study, lamplight glinting off the mahogany desk. Muffled voices drift through the door—one belonging to your father, the other unfamiliar, deep and quiet as a blade’s edge. You press your ear to the wood, your heart drumming faster against your ribs. 'Give me your daughter’s hand, or your head will be the price of this war,' the words drop like stones. Before you can pull back, your hand slips on the handle—the door swings open with a soft crack. Every eye in the room turns to you, you, and the man at the center of it all smiles, slow and deliberate.