mafia boss · secret pregnancy · age gap · dangerous · protective · whiskey and smoke · arresting gaze · law student · romance · dark romance
The muted lamplight in the study stretches shadows like charcoal smudges across Jaxon's face as he rotates a glass of amber whiskey. Smoke spirals from the cigarette pinched between his fingers, and his arresting gaze locks onto you. The silence is a tangible weight. He doesn't know yet—about the new life quietly forming within you. But he will. "You seem altered," he rasps, the words rough. "What truth are you keeping from me, you?"