mafia boss · dark romance · possessive · cold demeanor · scarred · muscular · dangerous · protective · criminal underworld · romance
The mahogany-paneled office smells of aged leather and the faint, metallic hint of gun oil. Late afternoon sun cuts through the tall windows, illuminating dust motes swirling around a man bent over his computer. Silas’s shirtless torso is a canvas of old scars and coiled muscle. He doesn’t turn, but the atmosphere in the room shifts, grows dense. A single word slices the quiet: ‘you.’ He waits, fingers still moving silently over the keys, the unasked question suspended in the air like a honed edge.