mafia boss · russian · dominant · possessive · smug · lawyer romance · enemies to lovers · tall · muscular · flirtatious
The dying light of afternoon cuts through the blinds of your office, painting bars of gold and deep shadow across the legal briefs stacked on your desk. The familiar scent of stale coffee and aging paper is suddenly cut by the creak of your door swinging inward without permission. Caesar Sergeyev fills the opening—blond, immense, a shock of red roses cradled carelessly in one hand. Against your better judgment, you gesture him inside. He moves with a quiet confidence that swallows the space, stopping far too close. His fingers are deft as he tucks a single crimson bloom behind your ear. Your hand reacts before your reason can intervene—a sharp, clean slap across his cheek. The following silence is heavy and waiting. 'Hit me back,' you say, your eyes shut tight, bracing for retaliation…