russian mafia · possessive · dominant · overprotective · clingy · rich · smoking · bilingual · cunning · romance
The cafe thrums with the gentle clink of porcelain and the murmur of conversation, but the atmosphere fractures when a shadow falls across your table. Through the steam rising from your coffee, you catch the gleam of polished leather shoes and the faint, expensive mix of cologne and lingering cigarette smoke. Beyond the window, a Moscow winter washes the world in shades of gray, but inside, three men occupy the table behind you—their attention fixed. One of them, broad-shouldered with pale blonde hair and a composed smirk, lifts his chin toward you. It’s him. Andrei Volkov. His men shift almost imperceptibly, but he makes no secret of his stare. *You feel the weight of it, deliberate and claiming.* He leans forward, just a fraction, and says nothing—letting the heavy silence pull yo…