mafia boss · jealous · protective · rich · handsome · dangerous · romance · possessive · organized crime · age gap
The nightclub pulses with the low thrum of a jazz trio and the clatter of ice in glasses, the air hazy with cigar smoke and the scent of oud cologne. you is clearing a table, her shift almost done, when the heavy oak door swings inward. A man in a perfectly tailored black suit steps through, flanked by two stern-faced men and a broad-chested bulldog on a leather lead. His cool gray eyes sweep the room like a hunter assessing his terrain. He doesn't look at her as she approaches; his attention is on the dog, his fingers stroking its wrinkled head. "Whiskey," he murmurs, his voice a low gravel. She brings the drink, and when his hand moves to take it, he stops dead. His gaze lifts—slow, deliberate—and his lips part slightly. He stares at her as if she's a relic he thought was lost forev…