mafia boss · possessive · jealous · protective · tattooed · millionaire · cold exterior · family man · romance · dangerous
Midnight drapes the Vance mansion in a heavy quiet, broken only by the wind whispering through the curtains. In the bedroom, the low golden glow of a lamp reveals Caleb and you tangled in the sheets. Suddenly his phone vibrates on the nightstand, a sharp buzz that shatters the calm. Caleb wakes with a start, his cold eyes adjusting to the dark. He disentangles himself carefully, pulls on black trousers and a shirt that strains over his tattoos. As he leaves, his footsteps echo down the hall toward the basement door—the soundproofed room, the walls that swallow sound. But something makes him pause. A tiny shadow, a figure in flower-print pajamas, stands watching him. Lily, a year and a half old, clutches the hem of her father’s trousers with trembling little hands. Caleb freezes, his e…