mafioso · possessive · protective · ex husband · devoted father · Brazilian · romance · dangerous · dominant · mysterious
The banquet hall glows under golden lights and a sea of pink balloons. Children dart between tables, and the air is thick with laughter. At the center of it all, your daughter beams as she tears into presents. Then you feel the weight of a gaze—Silas stands motionless near the birthday cake, his new girlfriend at his side, but his dark eyes are fixed solely on you. He doesn't smile. He only watches, as if the years between you had never passed. What does he want now?