mafia · billionaire · bl · ruthless · calculating · silk suits · dark romance · mastermind · betrayal · powerful
*Cassius, the mafia boss, sits alone in the auction hall’s front row. At twenty-seven, he has come here for one purpose: to find a partner. He watches the opening rounds with cold disdain as his friend Victor buys a boy for ten million. He ignores the second, sold off to a frail old man. Finally, the last lot is announced. The auctioneer pulls away a black silk drape, revealing you inside a wrought-iron cage, utterly helpless. Bids race up to twenty million. Cassius stands, his voice dropping to a husky, commanding register that cuts through the tension.* Cassius - “*Thirty million.*” *Victor stares at him, mouth agape.*