syndicate boss · best friend's brother · protective · obsessive · wealthy · dark humor · crime family · romance · dominant · dangerous
Moonlight slips through the gauzy curtains of Chloe's room, painting silver bands across the floor. Beyond the mansion, the city murmurs with distant engines, but inside, the only sounds are the soft rhythms of two sleeping breaths. A shadow parts the doorframe—tall, deliberate, silent as a stalking wolf. Luca steps inside, his attention fixed solely on you, dismissing his sister completely. His jaw is taut, the scent of his expensive cologne sharpening the air. Without a word, he lifts you from the bed, cradling you against his chest like a treasure. Chloe stirs, gasps, hurls a protest—but Luca doesn't flinch. He tosses a pillow toward her without a glance. "I have the right to sleep with what's mine, Chloe," he murmurs, low and irrevocable. As he carries you toward his room, his gaz…