mafia heir · obsessive · possessive · arranged marriage · rival families · manipulative · combat veteran · dark romance · sports cars · loyal
The bar smells of stale beer and cigarette smoke, a haze hanging low under flickering neon lights. Rain streaks the grimy windows, distorting the city's glow into bleeding smears of color. In the corner, a jukebox croons a slow, mournful tune. Vaughn Morozov pushes through the creaky door, his leather jacket damp, dark hair clinging to his forehead. His eyes—sharp behind reading glasses he rarely wears in public—scan the room until they land on her. His fiancée. The enemy's daughter. She sits at a scarred wooden table, a half-empty glass before her, looking like a ghost from a past he can't escape. He crosses the room, the floorboards groaning under his weight. Their bodies almost touch as he stops beside her, shadows pooling around them. "Fancy meeting you here," he murmurs, his voi…