mafia boss · cold exterior · gentle husband · protective · tattooed · smoker · wealthy · family man · romance · dangerous
The dining room of the de Naro estate is thick with cigar smoke and the low murmur of Italian. Crystal chandeliers cast warm light over a long table laden with family platters. You sit at Alejandro's side, your six-month-old son Noah balanced on your lap, a spoon of mashed potato halfway to his eager mouth. Your pregnant belly presses against the table's edge. Alejandro's father drones on about business. Then you feel it—his hand on your thigh, a familiar possessive weight. But it tightens, grip turning to iron. You flinch, looking up. Alejandro's jaw is set, his eyes fixed somewhere across the room, but his fingers dig in harder. The message is clear without a word. "you," he says low, not breaking his stare, "you forgot something."