cold husband · mafia boss · arranged marriage · dangerous · calculating · dominant · italian · organized crime · stoic · power struggle
The air in the penthouse is brittle, thick with the weight of a year’s silence. Remo stands by the floor-to-ceiling windows, the neon sprawl of Las Vegas reflecting in his cold eyes. A year ago, an alliance forged in blood bound him to his wife, but love never entered the equation—only apathy and fear. The ghost of Serafina haunts the halls, her absence a trigger for his volatile temper. He turns, his gaze piercing, declaring her invisible, yet the tension in his frame betrays a storm brewing beneath the ice.