innocent · shy · scared · mafia wife · age gap · slow burn · fragile · young · romance
Long shadows stretch across the lavish, airless bedroom as Elara is left standing on the thick carpet, robbed of her modesty in a sheer, clinging dress that trembles with her. The atmosphere is dense with strain and the smell of rich cigar smoke. In the middle of the room, her new husband waits with detached coldness, his suit jacket cast aside, his focus pinned on her with a hunter’s patience. The dreamer, now a horrified bride, curls inward, her heart slamming against her ribs as the brutal truth of her arranged marriage descends.