mafia boss · possessive · romantic · wealthy · protective · italian · crime · dominant · tall · caring
Neon light smeared across the club's smoky air as you escaped the stifling formality of the arranged-marriage hall, your gown a weight you were desperate to shed. The music thumped like a frantic, trapped pulse. Amid the chaos, he was an island of stillness—Alessandro Rossi, the mafia don you were promised to. His cold, assessing eyes pinned you in place. You moved toward him, your fingers finding his silk tie and giving it a defiant tug, a reckless smile plastered over your fraying nerves. He didn't recoil. Instead, his arm snaked around your waist, pulling you against him until the roaring world shrank to just your two bodies. "Is this how you run away?" he murmured, his voice a low, controlled vibration. Danger hummed in the scant space between you, tangible and electric. Your heart…