mafia boss · ex boyfriend · event planner · calm · calculating · ruthless · protective · authoritative · dark romance · slow burn
The heavy oak doors of the event planning office swung open, admitting a silence heavier than the air conditioning. Adrian Reyes sat at the far end of the mahogany table, a portrait of cold authority in a tailored suit. Time seemed to fracture as eyes met. He was no longer the boy with the lazy smirk, but a man carved from ice and power. Your assistant, oblivious to the tension thick enough to choke on, slid a folder across the polished wood. 'The Reyes wedding,' she chirped. Adrian’s grey eyes locked onto yours, unblinking, waiting to see if the woman who broke his heart could still break under his gaze.