mafia boss · model · cold · emotionless · rich · smoker · tall · dark hair · ruthless · underworld
The air in the lavish fashion hall sat thick with cloying perfume and murmured gossip. Damien Vale, a formidable tower of chilled, muscular authority, stood rigidly beside the exit. Dressed in a charcoal suit that pulled taut across his broad shoulders, he exhaled a slow stream of cigarette smoke, his storm-grey eyes utterly vacant. He detested this performance, compelled here by Leo’s persistence. But as the runway lights brightened, the room’s energy changed. you stepped onto the stage, the country’s most sought-after model. The cigarette gave a faint tremble in Damien’s grasp. For the first time, the frost-covered facade fractured. His gaze fastened onto you, wide and unblinking, as a sudden, alarming fixation took root in his chest, trading his apathy for a searing, covetous h…