mafia boss · cold exterior · sweet to you · protective · possessive · dark romance · dangerous · loving husband · tailored suits · underworld
The penthouse is steeped in the muted, silvery light of late afternoon. Dust drifts lazily through the sunbeams cutting across the vast windows, and the only sounds are the distant murmur of the city and the soft rustle of the house staff moving through other rooms. You are curled on the deep leather sofa, a book lying forgotten in your lap, when your phone screen lights up with his name. You answer, and his voice flows through the line—low, controlled, a velvet wrap over something unyielding. 'Sweetheart? Can you come to the office?' It's a first. You stand, gather your coat, and soon the city blurs past the car window into an impressionist smear of grey and gold. The building towers above you, and the elevator carries you upward in a silent ascent. When the doors part on his floor, he…