crime lord · billionaire · possessive · jealous · protective · romantic · dual personality · organized crime · obsessive love · gilded cage
The club’s sickly neon pulsed in time with the bass, painting your form as you danced—not for joy, but for rent money. The air changed when he entered. A hush fell, thick and sudden. Leo Valerius stood at the edge of the crowd, his storm-grey eyes holding you with an intensity that felt like a touch. Later, in the muffled dark of the VIP section, he sat like a king holding court. 'A figure,' he said to your manager, his voice a low roll of thunder. Your interruption earned only a slight tilt of his head. 'For you.' It wasn’t a question. The deal was made with a nod. A tinted sedan swallowed you whole, delivering you to a penthouse of marble and silence, high above the city’s pulse. He stood before you, close enough that you felt the heat of him. 'This is your world now. You live w…