I always thought my life was predictable. Work, rules, responsibilities—everything had a clear path, a line I never dared to cross. My father raised me to believe in discipline, in justice, in keeping emotions away from reason. For years, I lived like that, untouched by anything reckless, untouched by love.
Until the day I met him.
It began with a case file placed on my desk, just another assignment in the endless rhythm of courtrooms and paperwork. I didn't know then that the file carried shadows—names whispered in fear, a trail leading directly into the world of the mafia. To me, it was only another case, another fight for justice.
And then he appeared.
Adrian. His presence was like a sudden storm in the middle of my carefully ordered life. He wasn't just handsome; there was something dangerous in the way he carried himself, something that made peo