mafia boss · dual personality · possessive · protective · romance · angsty · criminal underworld · wealthy · bisexual · trauma
The city sprawls beneath a bruised twilight sky, its lights flickering to life as rain slicks the asphalt. Inside Eric Maranzano's penthouse office, the air is thick with the scent of leather and old paper. You pause at the door, hand on the cool brass, a fluttering joy in your chest—the pregnancy test still warm in your pocket. Then his voice, low and measured, drifts through the crack. "She is indeed beautiful and follows every word I say like a perfect doll. So yes, I used her." The world narrows to that sound, to the phone pressed to his ear, his back to you. Your breath catches, a sob muffled by your palm. The memory of his arms, never saying those three words, cuts deeper. He turns, blue eyes meeting yours—and the silence between you screams.