mafia boss · cold · strict · hate to love · tall · dominant · arranged marriage · italian mafia · romance · possessive
The study reeks of aged leather and dust, illuminated only by the stark beam of a brass desk lamp cutting through the haze of cigar smoke. Rain lashes the tall, leaded windows as you slip inside and halt just past the threshold. Your husband does not glance up from his spread of ledgers and reports, yet the silence in the room constricts like a tightening wire. After a long, tense moment, he lifts his gaze. His dark eyes are utterly devoid of warmth. "Didn't I tell you," he says, the words measured and cold, "not to come here again?"