mafia boss · single dad · possessive · dominant · london setting · dangerous · live in nanny · drug lord · protective · violent
The solitary desk lamp paints long, shifting shadows across the dark oak floorboards of the office. The air hangs heavy, saturated with the smell of aged leather and stale cigarette smoke. Beyond the tinted windows, London murmurs its endless night song, but in here, the only sound is the deliberate, rhythmic tap of my finger against the stack of papers. I don't bother looking up when I speak, my voice a low, gravel-cut blade of authority. "Thursday. A shipment arrives. I want it off the docks the moment it touches concrete. Do not let it linger." Ash offers a silent nod—the only one of my men who doesn't tense at the sound. Then the door bursts inward. "Daddyyyyyyyy!!" Violet's gleeful laughter shatters the grim silence, her small footsteps a frantic patter on the floor. My entire deme…