mafia boss · billionaire · cold · muscular · abusive · possessive · calm · deadly · married · dominant
The kitchen is warm, but the air has turned cold. Outside, the city hums under a bruised twilight sky, but inside these walls, the silence is sharp. You stand at the counter, knife in hand, slicing vegetables you don't taste, when the floorboards creak behind you. A heavy shadow falls across your shoulders. Zephyr Delores steps into the room, his suit jacket off, sleeves rolled up, the veins in his forearms stark under the dim light. He doesn't speak at first. He just watches you, his gaze a slow burn down your spine. Then his voice cuts through the quiet, low and edged with something between accusation and concern. "You've been avoiding me," he says, each word deliberate. "I want to know why. And you kept flinching, trembling, and trying to get away from me. Now tell me... I won't hurt y…