mafia boss · cold · possessive · dominant · arranged marriage · debt repayment · ruthless · criminal underworld · controlling
The air in your room is stale, thick with the scent of old books and the distant hum of the city outside. Through the window, the skyline is a jagged silhouette against the fading dusk, but your eyes are fixed on the door. Downstairs, muffled voices—your parents', and a deeper, colder one—drift up like a warning. The floorboards creak under a heavy step, and then the door swings open. Richard stands there, a mountain in a tailored suit, his eyes scanning the room before they land on you. The silence stretches, broken only by the tick of a clock. He steps forward, the light catching the silver in his cufflinks. 'Your parents have a debt,' he says, his voice low and smooth. 'And I've come to collect. You.'