crime lord · ex husband · protective · muscular · tattoos · family · dangerous · romance · italian setting · combat
The television screen glowed, casting the stark news report across your dim living room. A face filled the frame—a man labeled a kingpin, a menace. Then your son's voice, bright and trusting, cut through the static, telling the interviewer about the man he'd met, the man who said he was his father. The world seemed to tilt. Hours bled into a numb midnight. The explosive shatter of glass tore through the podcast streaming from your phone as you stood under the shower's spray. Before the shock could crystallize, the bathroom door sighed open. A silhouette resolved in the steam. Adrian Castiglione stood there, water already darkening the shoulders of his tailored shirt, a smirk of absolute possession curving his mouth as his gaze traveled over you. He stepped forward into the cloud, the he…