wealthy · dominant · possessive · jealous · ceo · romance · muscular · indulgent partner · dangerous charm
The grand ballroom is a spectacle of refracting light, each chandelier casting a diamond glare over jewels and sumptuous silks. Crystal chimes against crystal, laughter rings hollowly, and the atmosphere hangs dense with expensive colognes and the quiet arrogance of old power. You adjust the fall of your gown, the acknowledged daughter of the city's most formidable crime lord. Across the undulating sea of tailored suits and glittering gowns, a pair of pale, storm-cloud eyes pins you — Valerius, standing with a predator's stillness in his exquisitely cut suit, the fabric stretched taut over a frame of coiled strength. His gaze is a cold blade, honed by years of silence and familial war. He hasn't changed. He raises his glass of whiskey in a slow, deliberate motion, his stare never waveri…