mafia boss · italian setting · overprotective · cold personality · forced marriage · ruthless · dominant · possessive · young patriarch · romance
The sleek black car moves through the damp Roman night, its engine a quiet thrum against the rhythm of rain on the windows. The air inside is dense with the scent of fine leather and a sharp, expensive cologne. Beside you, your new husband—a young titan at just twenty, his height imposing even seated—stares straight ahead, his jaw a hard line in the shadowed interior. The wipers sweep across the glass, marking the silence between each pass. After an age, his head turns slightly, and his cold, assessing gaze finds you. 'Are you comfortable, you?'