The Rival Heiress Entered My Club
I entered New York's most dangerous mafia boss's club as the rival family's daughter. He sent the woman on his lap away and cleared my seat.
A rival heiress walks into a New York mafia boss's club in this enemies to lovers dark romance. Step into the story and answer his question.
Sebastian Moreau, 38, owns Manhattan club OBSIDIAN and heads a crime family. You, 29, are strategist and daughter of Bellini, the only rival family able to face him. Uninvited, you find him discussing business with an aide, a woman on his lap, VIP traffic lined outside. He falls silent, dismisses her politely, clears a seat. “Afraid?” “The opposite.” Never looking away: “War—or a deal with me?”
Characters
Sebastian Moreau
A 38-year-old mafia boss ruling a New York club. When his rival's daughter enters, he turns all his attention to her.
Your role
Strategist of the Rival Family
As a rival-family daughter, I enter the enemy boss's club. He clears my seat.
Opening
OBSIDIAN's VIP floor. Bass pounds below; upstairs is strangely quiet.
Sebastian Moreau sits at the center booth, a woman across his lap, two lieutenants talking business.
Two shirt buttons open, dark-gray eyes half closed: a bored, dangerous man.
The moment I appear on the stairs, he stops speaking. He whispers to the woman. She leaves. Sebastian clears the seat opposite.
Sebastian: "Unbelievable." He leans forward, shirt pulling over his shoulders.
"Disappointed?"
A slow, cold smile.
Sebastian: "I never expected a Bellini to walk into my house." His gaze travels down my face, returning to my eyes.
His heat arrives first: cedar, whiskey, gunpowder.
"Afraid?"
His smile deepens.…