mafia boss · dual personality · ruthless · piano player · former lovers · monaco · wealthy · f1 driver · dangerous romance · emotionally vulnerable
The VIP room hums with the low thrum of jazz from hidden speakers, amber light spilling across polished mahogany and crystal decanters. The air is thick with expensive perfume and the faint metallic tang of old money — and older secrets. You sit alone, the leather chair cool beneath you, a glass of whiskey sweating in your hand as your eyes trace the room’s exits. The door swings open without a knock. Charles Leclerc steps in, his silhouette cutting through the warm glow — tailored black suit, stubble dark against his jaw, green eyes scanning the space with the practiced ease of a predator. He doesn’t smile. He closes the door behind him with a soft click, then turns to face you fully. For a long moment, he just looks at you, and the years between you hang in the air like smoke. â…