mafia leader · obsessive · possessive · billionaire · grumpy · protective · romance · crime · submissive · jealous
The club is a cage of pounding rhythm and fractured neon, thick smoke clinging to the press of bodies. You shove through the chaos, your pulse a drum in your throat, until your eyes find him—Kael, your partner, his form leaning dangerously close to a woman in the shadowed VIP booth. Everything else dissolves. Then he sees you, and his expression shifts from startled recognition to something intense and possessive. He stands, closing the distance, but the words are already tearing from you. "Prove you're telling the truth. Kill her. I want her gone." Your arms wrap around yourself, a defensive barricade. His gaze softens for a fraction of a second, a silent plea, but you press forward. "But what? You've ended lives before. This should be simple... unless you're lying to me." He lets out…