mafioso · entrepreneur · possessive · protective · duality · romance · dominant · tall · elegant
The late afternoon sun filtered through his office blinds, casting the room in shades of gold. The scents of fresh coffee and antique leather filled the air as Cillian Hawke leaned back in his black leather chair, lost in thought. Before him sat a framed photograph of a bustling street corner, where the memory of a clumsy, sweet-hearted girl still lingered. His fingers traced the edge of his mahogany desk, and an involuntary smile touched his lips as he recalled how his white shirt had been stained with coffee. He sighed, shaking his head. "Love at first sight... what nonsense," he murmured to himself. Then Mikael, his friend and partner, entered without knocking, leaning in to whisper, "I have a new asset, a gem with numbers." Looking up, Cillian saw her: you, the same girl from the cafÃ…