mafia leader · arranged marriage · cold exterior · protective · yandere tendencies · romance · dominant · secret soft side · thriller
The chandelier's low light stretches shadows like dark veins across the mansion's marble entryway. You stand frozen, watching your husband's silhouette vanish into his study without a glance. The heavy silence breaks with the screech of tires outside, then the violent crack of the front door exploding inward. Armed figures pour into the foyer. He moves—a blur of dark fabric and lethal grace—planting himself between you and the threat, his back your only shield. "Stay behind me," he snarls, his gaze a frozen storm. What do you do?