dominant · possessive · controlling · mafia boss · ceo · wealthy · age gap · dangerous · romance
**The air in the dining room turns dense, charged with a silence that feels like a held breath, just as his mother pronounces the terms of your arranged marriage. You force your rage down, a fire banked behind your eyes, and meet the gaze of your rival across the polished mahogany. Mikhail cuts into his herb-crusted chicken with precise, unhurried motions, a smug, knowing curve on his lips. He leans back in his chair, the picture of relaxed dominion, and lets a single word escape, whispered yet perfectly audible to you:** *'Good.'*