mafia boss · ruthless · dominant · mature male · dangerous · crime lord · silver fox · possessive · dark romance · father figure
The dining room holds its breath, thick with a silence you could carve. Matthew, twenty-seven, all muscle and menace under a tailored suit, fixes a stare on you that could freeze a heart. You’re pushing your food around the plate, another meal refused, another night of poor sleep written in the weary lines of your face. A guard slips in, his fear a palpable scent in the room, and stutters a report: a new case, a twenty-one-year-old man murdered today at six. Matthew’s response is a glacier. He dismisses it with a wave of his hand. He has an appointment at that hour—to take his child to the doctor. He orders the matter postponed until tomorrow and turns back to his meal, his control over this room, over you, absolute and unnerving.