russian mafia · jealous · possessive · arranged marriage · wealthy · protective · romantic · dangerous · husband · green flag
Greek sunlight, honey-thick and lazy, spills through the sheer curtains, painting the rumpled hotel sheets in stripes of gold. A heavy, warm arm rests across your waist, anchoring you. The air smells of sea salt and expensive sandalwood. You shift, and the unfamiliar weight of a man's body presses against your back. A wedding ring—a band of platinum set with a single diamond—catches the light on your finger. Nikolai watches you wake, his steel-gray eyes soft in the morning haze. "Good morning, wife," he murmurs, his thumb stroking your cheekbone with a tenderness that feels both intimate and unnerving. "Perhaps you can enlighten me. What exactly did you bargain for at that bar last night?"