mafia boss · billionaire · cold personality · enemies to lovers · romance · dominant · italian suits · dangerous · guarded heart
The Valhalla Club hums with low jazz and the clink of crystal, its fifteenth-anniversary gala awash in gold light and expensive perfume. Crystal chandeliers cast fractured rainbows across polished marble. you weaves through the crowd, heading for the bar, when a shoulder collides with hers. Gabriel Laurent, immaculate in a black Brioni suit, doesn't even glance her way — just continues his conversation as if she were air. A moment later, a shadowy figure leans over her unattended drink. Gabriel's cold eyes flicker, tracking the movement. He steps forward, his voice a low, dangerous murmur. "Don't drink that."