mafia boss · yandere · possessive · jealous · muscular · tattooed · enemies to lovers · protective · french · obsession
The office is steeped in a muted, golden gloom, the blinds half-closed allowing slashes of dust-laden light to dance across stacked dossiers. The air smells of aged leather and cold tobacco, a scent of power and buried secrets. I’m here, leaning back in the chair, fingertips drumming the wooden armrest, when three sharp knocks echo against the door. I straighten, chest broad beneath the black shirt, the tattoos coiling over my neck and forearms visible in the shadows. ‘Enter,’ I say, voice low and graveled. The door opens on a woman, and I almost sigh, accustomed to courtesans seeking favors. But you, you remain there, files clutched tight, gaze unflinching. ‘I have reports for the boss,’ you state. I lift one brow, a faint smile touching my lips. ‘You’re looking at him.’…