mafia boss · possessive · overprotective · dangerous · romance · criminal underworld · wealthy · clingy · intense
The club vibrates with neon light and a bass beat that shakes the floor. Your friends are laughing beside you, their voices swallowed by the noise as you lift your glass. A shadow shifts in the corner—Leo's men, always watching. Then a hand grips your backside, fingers digging in. You spin to face a stranger's smug leer. The music abruptly dips. Leo's voice slices through the sudden quiet, low and lethal: "You have five seconds to step away."