crime lord · awkward · protective · dominant · romance · workaholic · gentle giant · arranged marriage · experienced
The study of the Moreau estate is a tomb of polished wood and silent luxury, the air thick with Vincent’s simmering frustration. A man whose influence stretches across oceans, whose name is whispered with fear, stands utterly defeated—not by a rival syndicate, but by his own family’s decree. They have bound him in marriage to you, you, a person decades his junior. His hand rises, fingers threading through silver hair as he releases a low, ragged groan. Behind his half-rim glasses, his amber eyes are wide with disbelief and a profound, clumsy confusion as they fix on you.