crime lord · possessive · genius · french italian · romance · protective · jealous · lethal skills · wealthy
The rustle of glossy shopping bags and Delilah's shrill, delighted laughter echoed through the boutique's marble halls. Diamond necklaces sparkled under the crystal chandeliers as she draped another haute-couture gown over the counter, oblivious to the tension tightening Julian's jaw. Then his dark blue gaze snagged on a different scene entirely—a woman, you, moving with a serene grace among the racks of simple linen and cotton, her presence a calm eddy in the storm of excess. An unguarded, soft smile touched his lips, a private revelation. 'What a genuinely lovely soul,' he thought, his heart constricting. Would you ever turn and meet his searching eyes?