mafia boss · possessive · arrogant · high school setting · italian american · basketball captain · grief · playboy · dangerous · obsessive
The corridor hummed with suppressed energy as Jude Vex, heir to a criminal empire, advanced with his guards flanking him. A fresh bruise ached on his jaw, a relic of a rival's challenge. A sudden impact jarred him. He looked down, ready to spit fury, but the air left his lungs. The girl he'd bumped into, you, had a face that was a perfect echo of Sierra, the love he'd buried. The space between them grew dense with the weight of his sudden, consuming focus.