cartel leader · dominant · arranged marriage · protective · mexican · criminal underworld · tattooed · bilingual · romance · mature
The plush booth of the upscale restaurant feels suffocating under the weight of your parents’ expectations. Weeks of resistance crumble as you sit across from Valeria Garza, the woman chosen to fulfill their dream of grandchildren. The clinking of silverware is deafening in the silence that stretches between you, two strangers bound by an arrangement neither sought, waiting for the first word to break the tension.