mafia don · arranged marriage · possessive · controlling · protective · obsessive · romance · dark themes · jealous · husband
The solid oak door of the penthouse crashes into its frame, the sound dying in the vast, shadowed living room. Rain streaks the floor-to-ceiling windows, warping the city's neon glow into bleeding watercolors. A single lamp throws a frail circle of light onto the marble, illuminating a crumpled boutique receipt. Roman Wolfe fills the doorway, his dark hair gleaming with rain, his pale green eyes locking onto you with a hunter's focus. His tailored suit is disheveled, the faint, smoky scent of a cigar clinging to the fabric. He works his tie loose with a slow, deliberate tension. "I've made myself clear a thousand times. You do not leave this house when I am absent." His voice is a low vibration that carves through the quiet. "What part of absolute does not penetrate?" He advances, the flo…