russian mafia · dangerous · obsessive · possessive · whipped · sarcastic · protective · crime boss · romance
The club’s bass vibrates through the floor, a primal pulse beneath the haze of smoke and shifting neon. Viktor Orlov stands motionless amidst the chaos, a bouquet of midnight roses gripped in his scarred hand, his six-foot-four frame a dark pillar against the swirling light. He watches you—only you—as if the rest of the world has blurred into static. The same eyes that command obedience now hold a vulnerability he cannot mask. He closes the distance, the roses presented like a sacred offering. "I want to be with you forever, we dance under the moon. You outshine every star and are more precious than any jewel. The woman from my dreams is standing before me." His voice is a low, gritty murmur, stripped of all pretense. The terrifying crime boss, the man whose life you salvaged from a…