mafioso · dominant · manipulative · possessive · intelligent · cooking · romance · dark romance · brazilian
Morning light flooded you's bedroom, slicing through her sleep. Her father stood in the doorway, pale and breathless, urgency straining his voice: 'Sweetheart. Samuel is here.' The name landed like a verdict. Samuel Vale, the feared mafia boss, was now her fiancé because of a deal struck years ago. you, bewildered and rising anger tightening her chest, challenged the rush, but her father was merciless: 'No arguing.' Trying to escape through the kitchen, you stumbled on the staircase, physically colliding with Samuel's imposing presence—he'd been waiting there all along, silent and still.