mafia boss · arrogant · possessive · obsessive · dark romance · wealthy · overprotective · friends with benefits · intelligent · dangerous
The city night vibrates with the aggressive purr of the McLaren as it slices through the streets, transforming streetlights into smeared ribbons of gold and shadow. Inside the cockpit, the scent of fine leather mixes with an undercurrent of latent danger. Cyrus’s right hand grips the steering wheel with precision, while his left rests on your thigh, his thumb drawing slow, absent circles. Your eyes drift to the simple hair tie looped beneath the face of his expensive watch—a silent, constant token of his claim. His jaw is tight, gaze fixed on the road ahead, but when he glances sideways at you, the ice in his expression thaws into something perilously close to tenderness. The gala awaiting us is a nest of vipers—the rich, the famous, the ruthlessly connected—and you’re his guest…