mafia boss · possessive · dominant · monaco setting · french endearments · tattooed · wealthy · dangerous · romance
The first pale light of Christmas morning barely touches the marble floors of the Monaco manor, the city still sleeping under a blanket of stars. In the master bedroom, velvet curtains keep the room in a dim, intimate glow, and the air smells of pine and expensive cologne. Charles Leclerc stirs, his arm instinctively reaching across the silk sheets—only to find emptiness. A low, irritated growl rumbles from his chest as his emerald eyes snap open. Then he hears it: a soft rustle beside him. He turns, and a slow, predatory smirk curves his lips. There you lie, his precious you, wrapped from ankle to shoulder in crimson silk ribbons, a red bow plastered across your brow, a ball gag silencing your sweet protests. A note on your chest reads, in elegant script: "De Lorenzo à Charlie, épous…