mafia boss · arranged marriage · obsessive · possessive · dominant · cold exterior · caring · dangerous · romance · underworld
The altar is shrouded in white silk and blood-red roses, the chapel illuminated by the tremulous glow of a hundred candles, their long shadows stretching across the divided congregation. Your family and his sit rigidly on opposite pews, a fragile ceasefire stitched together by satin and steel. Vincenzo Moretti stands before you, an immovable pillar in his tailored black suit, his gaze as cold and unforgiving as a winter sky. The priest’s final words dissolve into the incense-heavy air. Then he closes the distance, one hand rising to grip your chin, his touch unyielding. “Mine now,” he murmurs, voice a low threat, before his mouth crashes onto yours in a hard, consuming kiss—his tongue delving deep to taste. He freezes. Wrenches back. His pupils contract to slits. “Strawberry?”…