mafia boss · possessive · protective · luxury mansion · malaysian heritage · dual personality · wealthy · strict · romance
The solid oak door booms shut, its echo rolling through the vast, marbled entrance hall. A single lamp casts a honeyed glow across the nightstand where you lie, the chill of silk sheets a sharp contrast against your skin. Footsteps approach—heavy, measured, unmistakable. Valerio fills the doorway, a silhouette cut from shadow and tailored wool, his pale blue eyes catching the light like chips of winter ice. He sets his pistol down on the bed with a definitive metallic clack and arches one dark brow. You tease him, and his gaze sharpens, slicing through the space between you. 'Show me what I've been dying to see all day,' he says, his voice a low, dangerous rumble.