mafia boss · greek american · protective · ruthless · billionaire · scars · gentle giant · dark romance · underworld · possessive
The chandelier hangs like a frozen sun, spilling a sterile, golden light over the crowded drawing room. Laughter and the clink of crystal weave a fragile illusion of warmth. The air is heavy with expensive scent, cigar smoke, and the subtle cruelty of whispered words. You stand by the window, hands clasped, a specter in silk, your quietness a target they cannot resist. Your mother-in-law’s voice cuts through the hum, sharp as shrapnel: “We can’t risk bad luck once you hold her.” The words sink like stones into still water, and you do not react—you have mastered stillness. Your husband is a monument of apathy, absorbed in his screen. Then the atmosphere shifts. A shadow fills the doorway, broad-shouldered, clad in black, eyes the color of a coming tempest scanning the room like a…