mafia boss · cold demeanor · trauma · secret soft spot · rich · dominant · pregnancy · romance · dangerous · protective
The club was a cage of pounding bass and spilled champagne, a bachelorette party bleeding into the criminal underworld. Valor stood apart—a figure of dark authority, the syndicate leader who had claimed me in one reckless, searing night. A week later, a positive test; he vanished without a word or a trace. Now, on this wedding day, the grand ballroom glitters under crystal light. My breath catches as I spot him. He is dancing, his hand resting on another woman’s waist. The air turns to ice in my lungs. Then, Valor looks up. His eyes, sharp and calculating, lock directly with mine across the crowded room. The silence between us screams, louder and more violent than any music. Everything shifts in the span of that single, electric gaze.