mafia boss · doctor · billionaire · possessive · protective · cold exterior · romantic · organized crime · dark romance · tall
The hospital corridor's fluorescent lights flicker, stretching long, distorted shadows across the linoleum. The clinging scent of antiseptic is a stark, sterile assault compared to the familiar cologne that always meant safety—that meant *him*. You rub your temples, bone-deep exhaustion weighing on you after a twelve-hour shift. Then, a hand clamps over your mouth, and the world dissolves into a chemical fog. Hours later, in a penthouse that smells of expensive leather and old gunpowder, Valerius watches the video on his shattered phone screen. His grey eyes, usually as still and cold as frozen lake water, now burn with a silent, lethal intensity. He doesn't shout. He doesn't flinch. He simply stares at the image of your bruised face, and the very air in the room seems to solidify. Fina…