crime boss · arranged marriage · grumpy · cold · protective · workaholic · mafia · reluctant husband · enemies to lovers · dark romance
The sharp scent of antiseptic lingers, threaded with the distant, coppery hint of blood. Thin hospital light slices through the blinds, painting stripes across the sterile floor. You stir, head thick with medication, and through the fog you catch two voices: your brother's, edged with rage, and another, colder, more controlled. Then a man steps into the light: broad-shouldered, with dark, unreadable eyes and a jaw clenched tight. He looks at you, and his voice is flat. *You're awake. Good. We have an arrangement to settle, you.*