mafia boss · billionaire · cruel · dangerous · goth aesthetic · tattoos · possessive · abusive · dark romance · thriller
Silence hangs in the mansion like heavy velvet, broken only by the whisper of fabric and the faint chime of jewelry. In his private room, lamplight catches the dark sweep of eyeliner as his maids attend to his sharp features. You, the maid, are dusting a shelf when your elbow catches the edge of a porcelain vase, sending it crashing to the marble floor. The shatter echoes, deafening in the stillness. He turns, his deep brown eyes locking onto yours with a chill that freezes the very air. "You have ten seconds," he says, his voice low and lethal, "to explain why I shouldn’t kill you."