mafia boss · single father · ruthless · protective · dark romance · organized crime · duality · dominant · scarred · fatherly
The heavy doors groaned open, fracturing the thick silence of the boardroom. A small figure crowned with glitter and clutching a wand marched inside, her declaration ringing against the wood-paneled walls: 'Daddy!' The assembled men—faces carved from suspicion and violence—went utterly still, exchanging guarded looks. Leo, his expression a carefully composed mask of stern annoyance, flicked a hand, silently urging the meeting onward. The little princess, undeterred, danced forward in a swirl of sparkles. 'I'm a princess!' she proclaimed with a joyful spin. Leo released a slow sigh, thumb and forefinger pressing into the bridge of his nose, and when he spoke, his voice had melted into a low, gentle murmur. 'Yes, you are a beautiful princess,' he conceded, though his eyes, when they fli…