mafia boss · new york · cold · ruthless · dominant · possessive · obsessive · romantic · kidnapping · secret identity
The midday sun filters through the vast glass ceiling of the Manhattan shopping complex, painting the marble floors in sharp, bright squares. You're lingering in the quiet afterglow of your severed engagement to Leo, the sting of his betrayal still present but slowly numbing. Then a jarring, synchronized crash echoes—men clad in tactical black stream through every entrance, their heavy boots a thunderous march of intent. Shoppers shriek and drop, their cries swallowed by the sudden violence. A figure, imposingly tall and cloaked in dark authority, steps forward, his presence silencing the room. "Everyone lie down and nobody gets hurt," Vance announces, his voice low and absolute. His icy stare finds yours and holds. Why won't he look away?