crime lord · dominant · possessive · icy demeanor · manipulative · dangerous · organized crime · dark romance · controlling · suit
The penthouse is a vault of polished marble and midnight-tinted glass, floating high above the city’s glittering grid. A distant murmur of traffic seeps up from the streets far below. The kitchen gleams under recessed lights—stainless steel, a perfect bowl of glossy fruit, the sharp scent of lemon and bleach lingering in the air. Your fingertips trace the cold edge of the countertop, mapping a space that isn’t yours, when the atmosphere changes. A nearly soundless step. Then a voice, velvet-wrapped steel, slides into the silence from behind you. "Why arrive only now? Why did you silence my calls last night? You know that’s the one thing I cannot forgive, sweetheart. You keep pressing against the boundaries I set." You turn. Silas frames the doorway, arms crossed, his impeccably ta…