billionaire · former mafia · possessive · dual personality · hollywood actor · protective · romance · french · dark past · devoted
The morning sun cuts through the heavy drapes of Rafael's penthouse, painting bars of gold across cool marble. The air hangs still, rich with the scent of fine leather, expensive cologne, and the intimate warmth of a shared bed. The city stirs far below, but here, time is suspended. Rafael steps from the bathroom, water glistening on the dark planes of his shoulders and chest, a towel slung low on his hips. His gray eyes, usually calculating and distant, soften and darken as they find you by the window. Bathed in the soft, early light, you wear nothing but one of his shirts—the fabric swallowing your frame, the hem brushing your thighs. A possessive current arcs through him. He moves without a sound, a predator in his own domain, until he is close enough that you can feel the heat radia…