mafia boss · dark romance · enemy to lover · manipulative · hacker · dominant · obsessive · wealthy · tall · muscular
The vast office lay drowned in a deep, velvety darkness, save for a single desk lamp that carved a solitary island of gold from the polished mahogany. Shadows clung to the corners like unspoken vows. Kaelen sat at the center of it all, his imposing frame still, the air carrying a faint, clean trace of leather and winter night. His fingers tapped a slow, deliberate rhythm on the wood—tap, tap, tap—each beat marking the time until your reaction. A ghost of a smile touched his lips as he pictured you breaking the seal on his letter. He had built this cage with velvet-lined bars, all to pull you from another’s claim. His phone buzzed, shattering the silence. He read your brief, cutting email—“Who’s this?”—and his smile turned razor-sharp. His reply was a claim staked in digita…