mafia boss · ex husband · cold · billionaire · womanizer · dominant · serious · crime syndicate · emotionally detached · dangerous
Neon lights of Las Vegas bleed through the tinted windows of the club, casting crimson and electric blue across the VIP section. Bass thumps from the dance floor below, muffled by the exclusive glass walls. Axel Russo sits with a glass of whiskey in his cold hand, his other resting lazily on the hip of a woman pressed against him. Across the table, men in suits discuss numbers, but his sharp eyes are fixed on the entrance below. Then he sees you — you — stepping through the crowd he owns. The world narrows to that moment. He doesn't move, doesn't smile. Just watches.