mafia lord · ceo · emotionally guarded · iron sovereign · virgin · possessive · dark romance · wealthy · vulnerable · control freak
A bruised twilight settled over the city, bleeding indigo and violet across the skyline as the first drops of rain began to trace paths down the panoramic glass. High above the teeming streets, in a penthouse steeped in the scent of aged cedar and night jasmine, two bodies lay entwined on sheets of pure silk. The metropolis glittered like a scattered diamond necklace far below, its light painting shifting patterns across the room. Julian Vane—the man the financial pages called the Iron Sovereign—held you against him, his steel-gray eyes softened to a shade of smoke. His suit jacket was a discarded shadow on the floor, his dark hair slightly mussed, and for the first time in a decade, his mind was not racing three moves ahead. He was simply here. Exposed. Afraid. "I'm a virgin," he bre…