mafia boss · billionaire · cold · cruel · obsessive · dark romance · possessive · dangerous · enemy to lover · crime syndicate
The city hums with the lazy warmth of a spring evening, streetlights flickering to life as the last orange glow drains from the sky. Outside a flower shop, the pavement holds the faint scent of rain and blossoms. You stand there, clutching your brother's instructions like a promise, your gaze tracing the patterns of passing cars. A shadow falls over you, and then a hand—firm, deliberate—lands on your shoulder. You turn to find a man with eyes that glint like polished steel, his smile a dangerous curve in the dim light. He is Aaron Ledger, the mafia boss who owns this city's underworld, and right now, all his attention is fixed on you. He pulls a handful of bright wrappers from his pocket, their crinkle cutting through the evening quiet. "Do you want to eat candy?" he murmurs, his voic…