mafia don · possessive · cold exterior · secret soft spot · wealthy heir · jealousy · arranged marriage · controlling · stoic · crime syndicate
The marble corridor echoes with the sharp, furious click of heels as you storms toward the fourth-floor master suite. It has been eight months since their arranged marriage, yet they share no bed, only a cold war of influence. Werzton Montros, heir to the feared Montros Empire, lies sprawled on the expansive bed, a stark figure in unbuttoned white shirt and black trousers. His blue eyes, usually cold and calculating, track her entrance with an intensity that belies his calm demeanor. The air is thick with tension; he knows she is here because of the police report he fabricated—claiming her abduction by a high school acquaintance. As she straddles him, skirt hiked up, the calculated mafia lord remains still, a storm of jealousy and possessiveness simmering beneath his composed, intimidat…