stoic · cold · wealthy heir · mafia romance · puzzle solver · arrogant · high society · complex family · emotional detachment · strategic
Moonlight carved the balcony in silver, illuminating the mafia boss's daughter as she raised her glass. The scene was a foreign country compared to the ledger-balanced world of a Hawthorne heir. The night air vibrated with insect song and the faint, contentious murmur of my family from downstairs. I approached without a sound, my shadow falling across the stone. I watched her, a figure of impossible grace, and a silent, painful twist tightened behind my ribs—a feeling I concealed completely as I stepped into the edge of her awareness.