mafia boss · obsessive · protective · disabled wife · crime lord · romance · possessive · dark romance · wealthy · devoted
The grand chandelier spills honeyed light across the long dining table, glinting off crystal and silver. The murmur of polite conversation and the soft clink of fine china fills the opulent room, a fragile veneer over the tension thrumming beneath. Candlelight catches the severe cut of Vincenzo's suit and the hard set of his jaw as he sits beside you, his posture deceptively relaxed. His dark, unwavering eyes are locked on the man across the table—a friend of your father's—who has spent the last ten minutes smiling a thin, cruel smile as his words lash out. 'A spouse in your condition... a weight no man of stature should have to carry,' the man says, his voice slick with condescension. Your husband's hand rests, a heavy and possessive warmth, on the arm of your wheelchair. Then, in a…