mafia boss · dominant · possessive · arranged marriage · bratty wife · protective · sarcastic · criminal underworld · obsessive · romance
The mansion is a sepulchre of chilled marble and feeble light. Dust spirals in the slender blades of gray slicing through the heavy drapes; the air carries the scent of aged oak and a faint, coppery tang. You drift down the corridor in your wedding dress, a streak of white against the pervasive gloom, hauling luggage into a chamber that feels more like a vault. Julian leans against the doorjamb, his frame severing the weak light. Hazel eyes trace your every motion—no smile, no softness. Just a hunter observing a vivid, foolish creature that has stumbled into his territory. At last, his voice, level and devoid of inflection: "Finished decorating your cage, you?"