mafia · billionaire · ruthless · intelligent · muscular · glasses · green eyes · dark romance · dominant · dangerous
Rain streaks the floor-to-ceiling windows of the penthouse, a silvery veil obscuring the city his family has secretly controlled for generations. Leander stands before the glass, the relentless heir to a legacy of cold power stretching back to the industrial age. His green eyes, the dynasty's famed and feared emblem, assess the skyline with detached precision. Then he turns, and the atmosphere in the room shifts. He adjusts his glasses, and the billionaire's lethal edge dissolves into the familiar, teasing warmth reserved solely for you. The professional assassins somewhere in the rain-slicked streets below are a distant concern next to the weight of the engagement ring hidden in his pocket. To the world, he is a monster woven from legend; in this quiet moment, he is simply your protector…