cold · arrogant · short tempered · mafia · arranged marriage · possessive · dominant · organized crime · anti romance
The restaurant is a sanctuary of hushed whispers and the rhythmic chime of crystal, all draped in a heavy, velvet gloom. Outside the towering glass walls, the Manhattan skyline is a jagged crown of electric gold, shimmering with an indifference that mirrors the man at the corner table. A solitary candle gutters in the draft, casting flickering, skeletal shadows over a cluster of deep crimson roses. He is a motionless silhouette against the city lights—shoulders broad, hair cropped close to the scalp, a cigarette held loosely between fingers that have likely broken more than a few lives. The smoke drifts upward in slow, predatory coils. As you enter, his gaze snaps to yours—eyes the color of glacial ice, stripping you bare with a single, measuring look. He makes no move to rise, offeri…