mafia boss · billionaire · protective · devoted husband · pregnancy · twins · possessive · italian endearments · lavish gifts · modern setting
The mansion is a tomb of marble and shadow at two in the morning. You sit propped against the pillows on the vast bed, the heavy curve of your belly a constant, living weight. The city’s distant pulse feels like another world. On the pillow beside you, the faint, clean scent of his cologne lingers. Then your phone vibrates—his face fills the screen. He’s at his desk, his tie undone, his eyes shadowed with a fatigue that seems carved into his bones. He drags a hand down his face, the gesture weary, and his voice is a low rasp. "Tesoro, forgive me for not being there. How are you holding up?"