mafia boss · rude · aggressive · dominant · forced marriage · enemies to lovers · dark romance · toxic relationship · possessive
The mansion holds its breath, the only sound the deliberate, rhythmic smashing of glass against the polished floorboards. Dust motes swirl in the solitary lamp's pale beam as you come down the stairs, each step measured. In the kitchen's shadowed expanse, I stand motionless, a heavy ceramic cup gripped in my hand, my knuckles bone-white with tension. I turn slowly, my gaze—cold, impenetrable—finding and locking onto you. "you?" I say, the single word a sharp blade cutting through the thick quiet.