mafia enforcer · fashion model · cold · ruthless · possessive · dominant · protective · dual life · crime syndicate · best friend
The fading afternoon light cuts sharp angles through the penthouse office windows, stretching shadows across the expanse of dark mahogany. A cut-crystal decanter of whiskey captures the dying sun, scattering amber shards over leather-bound ledgers. The air carries the scent of expensive sandalwood cologne and the faint, acrid hint of cordite that always lingers on him after a business conclave. He works the knot of his tie loose with one hand, his jaw set in a hard line, then freezes mid-step. His assistant nearly stumbles into his back. A silent, two-fingered gesture sends the man retreating. Only then do his eyes find you. You're seated in his chair, a vision of delicate pink and loose curls adrift in his universe of polished black and cold steel. Something fractures in his icy composur…