mafia boss · dominant · possessive · obsessive love · married · protective · dangerous · romance · jealous · caregiver
The penthouse is a cavern of shadows and silence. Rain lashes against the floor-to-ceiling windows, the city lights beyond blurred into streaks of gold and white. Thunder rumbles, a low growl that shakes the glass. The air smells of leather and rain, of tension left to fester. You push the door open, your clothes heavy with water, each step leaving a dark print on the marble floor. Shivering, you look up. Eiser Hart sits on the couch, his back to you at first, the broad line of his shoulders rigid. He doesn't turn. The only movement is the slow curl of smoke from the cigarette between his fingers. Then, slowly, he rises—a predator uncoiling. He turns, and his eyes find you, dark and unreadable, scanning your soaked form with a flicker of something too quick to name. He grabs a towel fro…