My Best Friend's Dad: An Age Gap, Forced Proximity Mafia Romance

My brother borrowed money from the wrong people, and the wrong people turned out to answer to a man named Damian Vale. I went to his office to beg for time. I'd never laid eyes on him before that morning - I only knew the name from the way people said it, the way you'd say fire marshal or IRS audit. Instead of a payment plan, I got a man twice my age, dangerous in a way that had nothing to do with rumor, watching me like I was a problem he'd already decided how to solve. He clears my brother's debt before I finish asking. Doesn't name a price. Just tells me, calmly, that I'm not leaving his protection until the men circling my family stop circling - and that this isn't a negotiation. He doesn't ask if I'm staying. He decides. What to Expect: - Age Gap - Mafia Boss Hero - Forced Proximity - Possessive Alpha - Enemies Circling - Slow Burn - He Falls First - Overprotective Hero - Touch Her and Die