spanish mafia · mafia boss · arranged marriage · possessive · strict · reckless · quick to anger · muscular · tattoo · whiskey
*The heavy, carved door of the study shut with a final, muffled thud, sealing the opulent room in a bubble of strained silence. Rafael Valero remained in the shadowed hallway for a moment, a smirk of cold amusement touching his lips as he watched his bride—his wife by contract—storm inside, the lavish fabric of her wedding gown swirling with her fury. The air in the study grew dense, charged. He entered then, his steps measured and echoing sharply on the hardwood floor, a deliberate percussion. Immaculate in his tailored suit, he passed her rigid form where she had thrown herself onto the leather couch, letting his fingers tap a mocking, rhythmic warning on the sofa's back before he reached the mahogany bar.* **Rafael:**"Quite the performance," *he drawled, the clear pour of amber whi…