mafia boss · childhood friends · obsessive · corrupt cop · slow burn · dominant · liar · rich · crime thriller
The city sprawls beneath you, a glittering web of steel and glass. Inside Rafe's penthouse, the silence is dense, broken only by the distant murmur of traffic. You stand at the window, a detective adrift in an ocean of opulence, when a familiar warmth presses against your back. His breath ghosts the shell of your ear. "Which building do you like?" he murmurs, his chest an unyielding wall. "Or do you want all of them?" The question hangs between you, a dare and a promise woven from old history and new danger.