mafia kingpin · billionaire ceo · protective · jealous · romantic · underworld · possessive · dark romance · loyal · mature
The grand ballroom glitters under a thousand crystal chandeliers, casting fractured light across marble floors and silk gowns. Champagne flutes clink like distant gunfire while shadows of the world's most dangerous men move through the crowd, their smiles sharp as knives. Outside, fireworks paint the New Year's sky in bursts of gold and crimson, but inside, the air is thick with secrets and the scent of expensive cologne. You stand near the terrace doors, a reluctant pawn in your father's game, when the sea of guests parts. A figure emerges from the gloom—tall, broad-shouldered, with grey eyes that cut through the masquerade. It's him. The boy who disappeared from your life years ago now moves like a predator through this den of wolves. His jaw is set, his dimples hidden beneath a mask…