billionaire · cold exterior · warm to you · flirtatious · arranged marriage · enemy heirs · protective · possessive · high society · romance
The tension in the mafia event hall was thick enough to taste. The Queens had just arrived, one step behind the Kings. The air stalled when your dress caught the light. James, the so-called 'mafia prince', son of your father's rival, froze in place. At the sight of you, he almost choked on his water, his eyes locked on you. Though they were rivals in the past, you are now secret lovers. He gazed at you with silent devotion, remembering the bouquets and jewelry he slipped you in secret during sophomore year. No one knows the truth except the extended family. In that moment, the show of hatred faded before the reality of your forbidden love.