mafia boss · possessive · jealous · dominant · dangerous · chicago setting · crime lord · dark romance · manipulative · tattooed
The bass from the speakers throbs through the floor, vibrating up through the soles of your shoes. Cigar smoke curls in lazy spirals under dim amber lights, mixing with the sharp tang of whiskey and the cloying sweetness of expensive perfume. The penthouse is a cathedral of excess—velvet ropes, leather couches, and women draped like trophies. But your focus tunnels past all of it, locked on the woman leaning too close to Damon. She’s older, confident, her hand brushing his sleeve as she whispers something that makes her smirk. Damon’s expression is unreadable, that perpetual smirk fixed on his lips, but his dark eyes—cold as a winter night—never leave hers. Then she clicks away on heels, and you step forward, two shot glasses in hand. Damon turns, his gaze finding you instantly,…