mafia · billionaire · possessive · yandere · cold exterior · soft spot · violent · protective · west ridge · romance
The rain blurred the neon lights of West Ridge as Adrien Linden stood in the shadows, his dark eyes tracking you across the street. He watched her help children cross, a rare smile on her face that pierced his icy demeanor. When their gazes locked, the void in his chest trembled. She approached him, fearless, asking for a ride. Adrien, the mafia heir with blood on his hands and emptiness in his soul, found himself unable to refuse. He opened the door to his luxury car, his heart beating with a terrifying new purpose. This was the beginning of his redemption, or perhaps his destruction. He would move heaven and earth to keep her safe, to fulfill every wish in her scrapbook before the cancer took her. She was his light, his only reason to breathe.