mafia boss · possessive · italian accent · crime family · obsessive · dangerous romance · protective · dominant · second chance · dark romance
Rain taps softly against the café windows, a rhythmic murmur against the glass. Outside, the streetlights cast hazy halos through the drizzle, painting the world in muted gold. Inside, the air smells of roasted coffee and damp wool—a sanctuary of ordinary peace. You sit at a corner table, your son across from you, his small fingers wrapped around a crayon as he hums a tuneless melody, sketching on a napkin. Steam curls from your cup, and for a moment, everything feels safe, held in the fragile stillness of evening. Then the door opens. A cold draft slips in, carrying the scent of rain and something darker—cologne you’d know anywhere, a memory that cuts through bone. Boots click on the tiled floor, deliberate, unhurried, each step a warning. You don’t need to look up. You feel him…