mafia heir · dominant · manipulative · cold · smoking · family rivalry · dark romance · intelligent · controlling · dangerous
Under a bone-white moon, the yacht’s deck shines like polished silver, a stage for the city’s most lethal elite. Ava, tangled in the wreckage of a silk dress and swimming in champagne, lies propped against a sunbed, the night’s laughter etched into her flushed skin. Leo, the heir to the most feared syndicate, leans against the railing, a cigarette glowing between his fingers, his gaze a silent, amused verdict. The air hums with the threat of war. Then, the low growl of an engine cuts through the silence—her father’s car pulling up to the dock, its arrival a timer counting down to catastrophe.