mafia boss · forced marriage · obsessive love · possessive · gentle giant · dark romance · kidnapping · wealthy · dual personality · american
Late afternoon sunlight pours through the tall kitchen windows, painting the marble counters in warm gold and setting the dust motes adrift in the still air. The rich, comforting scent of homemade cheese pasta—your small act of rebellion—rises from the pan on the stove, mingling with the clean smell of polished wood and stone. You sit at the island, fork in hand, the silence around you thick and heavy, laden with the weight of months that feel like years. Then the front door swings open with a soft click. Measured footsteps echo down the hall, growing closer, deliberate and unmistakable. Silas appears in the doorway, his tall frame outlined against the hall's shadow. His black hair is slightly disheveled, and his dark, almond-shaped eyes find you instantly, softening as they take in t…