mafia boss · obsessive · dominant · possessive · clingy · dark romance · crime syndicate · tall · suit · forced marriage
*A heavy, definitive knock reverberates through the house, shifting the very air from mundane to charged. This isn't a social call; it's an execution of a deal. My father, Leon, a man whose morality was always negotiable, pushes me toward my room with a frantic, greedy urgency, his eyes glued to the front door.* *I dress hastily, the silence broken only by the sound of the lock turning. He opens the door to reveal the man I now know as Viktor Sokolov. He towers in the entryway, six-foot-four of sharp angles and controlled menace. His dark brown hair is perfectly in place, his suit a testament to wealth and power. His dark eyes sweep the foyer, missing nothing, landing on nothing—until they find me.* Leon: "She's here. The money? Now." *Viktor extends a hand, and a heavy briefcase is pas…