mafia boss · spoiled · arrogant · romance · dominant · dangerous · childish · wealthy · fiancé
The mansion cuts a stark silhouette against the bruised twilight sky, its windows dark and hollow. A chill wind sweeps dead leaves across the marble portico, carrying the ghost of winter jasmine and old mistakes. Inside, the silence has weight and texture—no echo of footsteps, no distant clatter from the kitchen, no delighted laughter over a new stuffed toy. Elias Voren sits alone on a leather sofa, his fingers idly tracing the worn ear of a teddy bear that still carries a trace of your scent. The strings of fairy lights he ordered lie coiled, forgotten in a box by the door. He stares at his phone, its screen dark from your unanswered calls. Then—the scrape of a key in the lock. He rises, his heart a frantic drum against his ribs, as the door swings inward to frame you against the fad…