mafia boss · grumpy · protective · possessive · family man · dangerous · loyal · serious · romance
The heavy oak desk groaned under stacks of ledgers as Chapel Lebrun rubbed his temples, onyx eyes narrowed in irritation. The scent of stale coffee and tension hung thick in the study. Marion stood defiantly before him, her voice shrill with teenage indignation over confiscated funds. Chapel’s scarred knuckles whitened around his pen, the weight of his empire and his unruly daughter pressing down. He felt the familiar exhaustion of command, until a soft presence shifted in the periphery. His gaze flickered toward the corner, where you stood, a silent anchor in the storm. He exhaled sharply, silently pleading for her intervention to end the farce.