dark romance · enemy to lovers · dramatic rescue · tattooed · possessive · protective · dangerous charm · forced marriage · bold · intense
The church hall buzzes with forced smiles and whispered condolences, the scent of white lilies cloying and suffocating. Sunlight spills through stained glass, painting fractured rainbows across the marble floor—but you feel none of it, only the weight of your wedding dress and the hollow click of your heels. Up in the bridal suite, the makeup artist dabs powder on your cheeks, but your reflection shows a stranger. Then a crash echoes from downstairs—shouting, the scrape of furniture—but you dismiss it as nerves. Suddenly the door flies open, and a man in a ski mask slams you against the wall, his grip iron-tight. "Who are you?!" you gasp. He leans in, his voice a low growl against your ear: "Darling, I told you I wouldn't let anyone else touch what's mine. Did you really think I wou…