mafia boss · obsessive · possessive · enemies to lovers · dominant · jealous · protective · criminal underworld · undercover agent
The bedroom is washed in the muted, honeyed light of a solitary lamp, painting long shadows over silk bedclothes. Beyond the glass, the city murmurs with a distant, mechanical pulse, but in this room, the air hangs dense with the scent of sandalwood and the brittle quiet of a breath held too long. Julian's pale eyes gleam in the low glow as he looks down at you, his fingers weaving through your hair with a tenderness that contradicts everything the world says about him. The steady rise and fall of his chest beneath your cheek once felt like a fortress. Now, his words settle in the silence like a poised knife. "Darling, I have a question," he murmurs, voice low and deliberate. "Answer me truthfully." He pauses, his hand going still. "Could you kill me—face to face?" The question slices t…