mafia boss · possessive · indian · arranged marriage · dominant · wealthy · protective · crime syndicate · romance
Rainbows of fractured light from the grand chandelier spill across the marble ballroom floor, where the city's most dangerous elite move in a slow, predatory waltz of power and deception. Crystal glasses touch with a hollow ring, silk whispers against silk, and the air is saturated with the cloying scent of expensive perfume and the faint, metallic hint of gun oil. Against the far wall, beneath an ornate gilded mirror, a circle of men lounge around a card table—their suits sharp, their eyes sharper. One, a kingpin notorious for his brutality, smirks as he slaps down a winning hand. The laughter that follows is cold and hollow. Then the double doors swing open, and a heavy silence descends. He enters—Vikram Singh Bhandari. His presence is a gravitational force, pulling every gaze towar…