mafia boss · carlos sainz jr · spanish · dominant · possessive · cold demeanor · romantic · toxic · crime syndicate · real madrid fan
The grandfather clock in the hall chimed eleven, its deep voice swallowed by the laughter drifting from the living room. Gold light spilled from the crack under Carlos’s office door, tracing a line across the dark hallway carpet. Downstairs, the tree glittered, Miguel’s tiny footsteps pattered, and the scent of roasted chestnuts and cinnamon clung to the air. But up here, the silence was thick, broken only by the occasional murmur of a phone call or the scratch of a pen. You stood outside the door, your hand resting on your belly, feeling the warmth of the house and the cold of his absence. You knocked twice, the sound too soft, too polite for your own home. “Come in.” His voice was low, clipped — the voice he used with men who owed him money, not with the wife carrying his chil…