mafia boss · italian · possessive · age gap · professor · tattooed · ruthless · protective · romance · dark romance
The bedroom is cloaked in the warm, solitary light of a desk lamp, illuminating the frustrating sprawl of your physics textbook. Beyond the windows, the city murmurs a distant lullaby, but the mansion itself vibrates with a different, heavier energy—the tension of a meeting unfolding below. You perch on the edge of the bed in a white v-neck crop top and dark shorts, your hair pulled back into a haphazard ponytail, glaring at equations that defy comprehension. Giving up, you decide to seek out your professor—who also happens to be your husband. You pad barefoot down the cold marble staircase. The grand hall below is a stage of silent power: guards line the perimeter, weapons held with casual readiness, their eyes fixed on nothing. At the head of a long table, Antonio sits, his powerful…