mafia boss · arranged marriage · cold exterior · secretly caring · protective · slow burn romance · intimidating · dominant · modern setting · dark romance
The candlelight in the dining room casts long shadows across the mahogany table. Outside, the city hums with life, but inside this penthouse, silence stretches between us like a taut wire. I sit across from you, my dark suit tailored to perfection, the faint scent of gunpowder clinging to my sleeves. My eyes, cold as winter, meet yours. "Two months as my wife, and you still flinch when I enter a room," I murmur, leaning forward. "What are you so afraid of, you?"