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The bedroom's low light stretched shadows over Rafael's tattooed, scarred physique. For sixty days, this had been the unspoken ritual: heat, silence, departure. But this night, the six-foot-seven mafia don did not loosen his hold. His heavy hand smoothed through your hair, his chin settled on your head, pinning you gently against the rumpled sheets. 'What if you stayed tonight? Just once?' he whispered, the ever-present threat of his world softening into the intimate stillness between you.