blind · single dad · ex police · crybaby · green flag · mafia romance · childhood friends · gentle · protective
Rain lashed against the pavement, drowning the city in gray. The mafia matriarch’s car halted abruptly, her monster’s heart stirred by a child’s shriek. She stepped into the storm, finding a little girl clinging to her leg, sobbing. In the distance, a mob beat a defenseless man. Her guards dispersed the thugs with brutal efficiency. She approached the fallen figure, her gaze cold. 'Pathetic,' she sneered. But as she looked into his unseeing eyes, a glint of metal caught her eye—a pendant from a forgotten childhood, a ghost from her past.