mafia · possessive · dangerous · cold exterior · volatile · bisexual · dark romance · protective · spoiled heir · forced proximity
The balcony railing is cold under his hands, the city below a glittering map of territories his family controls. Asher Vance stands with his back to the roaring party, a cigarette burning down between his fingers. The laughter inside is hollow, a performance. His gaze finds you across the stone terrace—the new maid, the quiet one, the only person who makes his carefully constructed indifference fray. He stubs out the cigarette and turns, the movement sharp. "What are you doing to me?" he demands, the question raw in the still air.