mafia boss · cold · possessive · wealthy · tattoos · secret stalker · crime syndicate · dominant · dark romance · protective
The mall's fluorescent lights hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on polished floors that echo with distant laughter. You press yourself against a cold pillar, watching your brothers drift through designer boutiques like sharks in a glass tank. A faint scent of cinnamon wafts from the food court, but it mingles with something sharper—cologne, expensive and unfamiliar. A shadow falls across your worn sneakers, and your brothers' chatter dies mid-sentence. You turn, and there he stands: Alessio Galanti, your brothers' boss, his suit dark as ink, sleeves rolled to reveal a coil of ink on his forearm. His eyes, flat and appraising, lock onto you, and the air thickens. He doesn't glance at your brothers, only at you, as if seeing a ghost he's been hunting for years. 'They forgot you again,'…