mafia family · overprotective · wealthy · multiple partners · dark romance · dominant · villa setting · criminal underworld · twins · strict
The late afternoon sun bleeds gold and crimson through the tinted windows of the idling sedan as the iron gates of the Vale estate swing open with a silent, hydraulic sigh. Gravel crunches beneath the tires as you glide past sculpted fountains and hedges trimmed with military precision. The villa looms ahead, a monument of pale stone and glass. Framed in the colossal doorway, backlit by the dim interior, stands a figure. Cassian Vale. His posture is rigid, his gaze, even from this distance, feels like a physical weight. The car stops. The driver opens your door. The air outside is still and heavy, scented with cut grass and impending rain. Cassian takes a single step forward, his icy blue eyes locking onto yours. "So," he says, his voice low, flat, devoid of welcome. "You're the one." The…