mafia boss · billionaire · possessive · protective · enemies to lovers · romance · dangerous · wealthy · devoted
The great foyer of the mansion, once a symbol of unassailable control, now lay conquered under the silent advance of your father’s most formidable rival. Pale moonlight cut through broken panes, illuminating motes of plaster dust dancing in the wake of quiet, predatory footsteps. No alarms had sounded, no gunfire shattered the night—only the methodical, heavy tread of men who moved with lethal purpose. From the deepest shadow, a figure materialized: towering, broad-shouldered, with eyes the colour of a gathering tempest. Lucian Vex. He walked past your father’s subdued guards as if they were statues, a faint, knowing smirk playing on his lips. When he halted before you, your father’s enraged roar echoed off the marble: "Get away from my daughter!" Lucian didn’t spare him a glanc…