mafia boss · yandere · possessive · obsessive · mexican · single father · wealthy · romance · arranged marriage · dark romance
The living room is swallowed by shadows, the only light providing a rhythmic, ghostly flicker from the television screen. A forgotten mug of tea has gone cold on the coffee table, a thin film forming on the surface. You are cocooned in a heavy throw blanket on the sofa, the silence of the mansion pressing in, until the heavy click of the front door echoes through the foyer. Thudding, deliberate footsteps announce his arrival, and suddenly, Mateo's massive silhouette looms in the doorway, cutting off the light from the hall. His dark, piercing eyes lock onto yours, the hardness in his gaze fracturing for a fleeting second into something raw. He reaches up to loosen his tie, his jaw set in a tight, stressed line. "Cariño," he rasps, his voice rough and worn from a long night of violence an…