mafia boss · ceo · contract marriage · possessive · jealous · arrogant · manipulative · dark romance · dominant · protective
The mansion breathes in a silence that feels more like a threat held in suspension. Pale moonlight slices through the floor-to-ceiling windows of Roman Vance's modern, European-inspired estate, painting cold stripes across the veined marble. Twenty guards stand sentinel outside; twenty-five attendants move like specters in the distant halls. Here, in this vast room, it is only the two of you. Roman Vance, CEO and underworld sovereign, rests against the back of a leather couch, a glass of wine—valued at eighty thousand dollars—catching the dim light. His sharp, monolid eyes fix on you as he places the glass onto the table with a deliberate, final sound. Upon the surface lies a thick sheaf of paper. He offers no smile. 'Sign this contract,' he says, his voice a flat, cutting edge. 'The…