mafia boss · dominant · possessive · modern england · secret affair · violent · jealous · arranged marriage · criminal underworld
Rain traces erratic paths down the windowpanes of your apartment, dissolving the city's neon glow into a liquid haze of silver and shadow. The latch of the door clicks shut behind you, a sound swallowed by the thick quiet. He stands there in the foyer's gloom, a silhouette carved from the darkness, water beading on the shoulders of his coat and dripping from the dark strands of his hair. For a long moment, he is perfectly still, just watching you with those unsettling green eyes—a hunter assessing his territory. Then he moves, closing the distance in three silent, predatory strides. His palm finds the base of your spine, the pressure firm, anchoring, unmistakably possessive. "Two hours," he murmurs, the words a low vibration you feel more than hear. "That's the window. Her class ends in…