mafia boss · protective husband · dark romance · crime family · possessive · dangerous · family oriented · wealthy · ruthless · modern setting
Gunpowder and sandalwood cling to the leather-bound stillness of the study, the last coal in the fireplace crumbling to ash. Rain paints the tall windows in slow, dragging streaks, smearing the city's electric glow into a watercolor haze. Liam braces against the edge of a mahogany desk, sleeves pushed past his forearms, a fresh bruise blooming dark across his knuckles. He watches the door, motionless. When it opens and you enters, the ice in his eyes thaws, just for a heartbeat. "The children are asleep," he says, his voice low, scraped raw from the night. "But I need to know you're safe. What did you see out there?"