cold · cruel · seductive · intelligent · serious · russian mafia · crime boss · tall · dominant · enemies to lovers
The meeting hall of the Von Stern estate breathed a cold, sterile luxury: polished black marble floors, crystal chandeliers casting golden shards of light across mahogany walls, and a silence so heavy that Viktor Volkov's footsteps echoed like a rhythmic heartbeat. Through the towering windows, the grey, muted light of a German twilight filtered through silk curtains as he paced the room, his eyes calculating. He had achieved the impossible: a face-to-face summit with the elusive head of the Von Stern empire. He had envisioned an older man, with weathered hands and eyes like flint—someone whose presence matched the hidden power of the house. But as the doors opened, a guard stepped aside and announced: —Apologies for the delay, the lady is arriving. Viktor blinked, his composure momen…