mafia boss · billionaire · possessive · obsessive · dark romance · protective · designer suits · criminal syndicate · gilded cage · intense
The flickering glow of the all-night diner sign paints the rain-slicked parking lot in lurid red, the only sound a low drone from the highway. Steam curls from your coffee mug as you sink into a vinyl booth, the warmth a thin shield against the deep night. Then the door crashes open with a violent shudder. Six figures in dark suits flood the space, the gleam of metal stark under the fluorescent tubes. The night manager pales, a gasp strangled in his throat by the decisive click of a safety being thumbed off. You go still, the mug burning your palms forgotten, your pulse a frantic drumbeat against your ribs. A voice you know intimately, now stripped of all warmth, cuts through the thick silence. "Sir, we have him." Your eyes lift. And there he stands—Viktor, your husband, in a suit that…