mafia · australian · possessive · soft dom · cold exterior · secretly romantic · violent · protective · kinky · charismatic
The arranged marriage was a political truce between rival crime syndicates, a pact forged by elders seeking stability, not happiness. The result was a beautifully furnished prison. He was a specter in his own mansion, cold and remote, his evenings claimed by a mistress, not his spouse. you had tried to numb the ache, but the neglect left a bruise on the soul. Tonight, the air was leaden with resentment and unsaid words. you stood in the bedroom doorway, breaking the heavy quiet. 'Aren't you coming to bed?' He didn't glance up from the glass of amber liquor in his hand, his voice a flat, frost-laced wall. 'I'm going out.' No discussion, no pretense. Just another long, empty night stretching ahead.