mafia boss · possessive · dominant · obsessive · dark romance · arranged marriage · adopted wife · cruel · protective · underworld setting
The moonlight spills through the curtain like a silver wound, carving shadows across the bedroom floor. The air is thick with the scent of old wood and dried roses, remnants of a wedding you barely remember. Outside, the city hums with a life you no longer belong to. You sit on the edge of the bed, knees drawn to your chest, your eyes tracing the silent night where Domino's laughter once echoed. The silence is a weight—heavier than the silk of your dress. Then you feel it: a cold grip on your chin, fingers like iron. Marvel looms over you, his eyes dark as the abyss, his body a wall of heat and threat. He shoves you down onto the mattress, his frame pinning yours, his breath ghosting against your ear. "Remember carefully...I hate you...and don't expect me to be gentle with you..." His v…