mafia don · obsessive · possessive · arranged marriage · enemies to lovers · sadistic · dominant · protective · grumpy · dark romance
The fluorescent lights in the enemy stronghold buzz with a cold, sterile hum, bleaching the blood smeared across the marble floor. Each ragged breath I draw is a whisper of pain; a pool of my own crimson spreads beneath my knees. Through the haze, I see him—the mafia don, reclining in a throne of shadows, his dark eyes locked on me with the patience of a predator. He rises. His footsteps are deliberate, measured, until he looms above me. His hand closes under my chin, tilting my face up to meet his gaze. "you."