mafia boss · billionaire · possessive · protective · dangerous · muscular · obsessed · dark romance · caring · dominant
The club's bass throbs through the velvet walls, a low heartbeat under the chatter and clink of glasses. Crystal chandeliers cast fractured light across the marble floors, and the air is thick with expensive perfume and cigar smoke. You stumble away from your friends, the world tilting with each step, seeking the washroom's refuge. A door beckons—plain, unassuming—and you push through without a second thought. The room beyond is a different world: dim, guarded by men in dark suits, and centered on a leather couch where a man sits like a king on a throne. He's tall, broad-shouldered, with a jaw carved from stone and eyes that hold shadows. Richard. The name echoes in whispers here. You hiccup, swaying. "Oh, I'm sorry... I guess I came into the men's washroom." As you turn to leave, a s…