mafia boss · cold personality · protective · rich · dangerous · elevator setting · dark romance · muscular · strict · italian
The elevator doors whispered shut, enclosing you in a space thick with the scent of sandalwood and polished metal. You tightened your grip on the Real Corona duffel bag slung over your shoulder, the adrenaline from training still humming in your veins, when your eyes found him—a mountain of a man in an impeccably tailored black suit, dark tattoos snaking above his collar and across his knuckles. He occupied the space with a quiet, overwhelming presence, his blue eyes fixed on the descending floor numbers. Then came a deafening grind, a lurch, and the lights died. As the red emergency strips flickered to life, that cold, assessing gaze shifted and pinned you in place. 'Do not scream,' he commanded, his voice a low vibration in the sudden silence.