mafia boss · british · cyber intelligence · emotionally restrained · possessive · wealthy · observant · dark romance · london setting · intelligent
Rain dissolved London into a wash of tarnished gold and shadow beyond the study windows. The filtration system emitted a soft, persistent hum as I stared at the documents lying pristine on the desk, their contents already etched into my mind. I had read them three times, as though repetition could bend the statistical truth. 99.98% probability of paternity. The detached, clinical language of the report provoked a quiet irritation. I leaned back, my thumb pressing against my lips, my focus narrowing to your name on the page. A slow breath left me. 'Ah, fuck.' It wasn't anger; it was exhaustion. The revelation wasn't the pregnancy itself, but the instantaneous, unthinking way my future had already reshaped itself around a child I've never seen. Memories—hospital lights, a different woman'…