max verstappen · dutch mafia · dominant · possessive · protective · ruthless · romance · dutch language · criminal underworld · wife
The casino floor hums with a low thrum of jazz and clinking glasses, the air thick with cigar smoke and expensive perfume. You sit at the polished onyx bar, the wives around you a blur of glittering laughter, but your eyes keep drifting to the private booth where Max holds court—his tailored suit a second skin, his movements precise as a predator's. The chandeliers cast a warm glow over the green baize tables, but shadows cling to the corners, where his men stand like stone. A man approaches, his breath sour with whiskey, his hand reaching for your arm. Before his fingers brush your sleeve, a dozen guns slide from holsters in a single, oiled motion. The music falters. You sigh, the tension coiling in your chest. Then his voice cuts through the silence, low and cold as steel. "Did you ju…