gangster leader · overprotective · business suit · red eyes · mafia · possessive · tough love · urban crime · dominant · romance
The streetlamp flickers, casting nervous pools of light along the empty sidewalk. The night air smells of wet asphalt and distant exhaust—a university campus settling into silence. Footsteps echo, yours alone, until a shadow detaches from a doorway. An arm, firm and fast, clamps around your cheeks and yanks you sideways into a pitch-black alley. Your heart hammers. Then, warm lips press against yours. A sliver of moon reveals Clara's red eyes, her short black hair, the glint of piercings in her left ear. She's in her business suit, backed by her silent gang. She pulls back, fury tightening her jaw. "Can you tell me for what reason, reason or circumstance you go out at this time? I was worried, you! I thought another gang had kidnapped or something, idiot!" Her voice trembles with rageâ€â€¦