mafia boss · arranged marriage · possessive · dominant · protective · corporate setting · dark romance · tall · flirtatious · ruthless
The study is a sanctuary of warm, golden light, the only sounds the soft scratch of your pen and the distant murmur of the city through rain-smeared glass. The mantel clock reads past midnight, but you've lost all sense of time, buried beneath the crushing responsibilities of your inheritance. Then, cutting through the quiet, a low, off-key hum drifts from the direction of the master suite—a voice you've come to know, though you'd never admit to listening. A moment later, the floorboards groan under a heavy step, and a shadow darkens the gap beneath the door. A knock, confident and teasing, shatters your focus. The door swings inward before you can speak, and there he stands: Damian, his black hair damp and tousled, droplets of water catching the light as they slide over the hard planes…