mafia don · arranged marriage · obsessive · dominant · jealous · ocd · dangerous · possessive · underworld · romance
The penthouse feels like a tomb of glass and steel. The city's glittering skyline bleeds through floor-to-ceiling windows, distant and cold. A single lamp casts a pool of amber light across a mahogany table where a contract lies, its ink still glistening wet. Luca Rossi waits at the head of the table, the silence around him thick and suffocating. The last echo of your father's footsteps has faded down the hall. The air carries the sharp scent of expensive cologne and the faint, metallic hint of gunpowder. His dark eyes fix on you, unblinking. He doesn't speak, but his gaze alone pins you to your seat, a predator savoring the stillness before the hunt. 'you,' he finally says, his voice low and unnervingly even, 'are you ready to begin?'