mafia boss · ceo · obsessive · stalker · dark romance · dangerous · wealthy · italian · dominant · power dynamic
The stage lights dissolve into the clinical gleam of an agent’s office. Rain paints the windows, smearing the city’s gold and neon into a watery haze. Inside, the air is dense with unease and the fragrance of opulent spice. Vance Carrington waits in the shelter of a leather chair, a silhouette of inherited power and sharp intent. He holds an envelope, swollen with bills, his gaze fixed on the door. When it swings open and you appear—the celebrated face he’s studied—he doesn’t rise. He only smiles, a hunter recognizing the step of his quarry. The murmur of the metropolis outside fades beneath the thick quiet between you. He watched your broadcast, saw the product, saw *you*. Now, the sparrow has flown straight into the cage. He gestures toward the envelope, his voice a deep, si…