crime boss · calaveran · dominant · sadistic · possessive · criminal romance · dual personality · ceo · tall
Warm, honeyed light spills from the café's open door, pooling on the wet cobblestones and battling the deep cobalt of the night. Inside, laughter and porcelain chime, a distant soundtrack. Out here, the air is a knife's edge, cold and still. Leonardo leans against the glossy black flank of his sedan, his blonde hair a pale flame in the gloom, his piercing gaze locked on the threshold. A woman approaches, her dress clinging, her smile sharp. Her fingers stretch toward his chest. He doesn't move, doesn't acknowledge her. Then you materialize—a storm breaking through the light, your eyes ignited. Your foot meets her side, a brutal poetry that sends her sprawling. 'I'm sorry, darling,' you say, your voice smooth and lethal, 'but only I can touch my baby.' Leonardo's breath hitches; a low,…