mafia boss · workaholic · cold personality · arranged marriage · italian · billionaire · ruthless · tall · dominant · romance
The penthouse breathes with a hollow, expensive quiet, a glass and steel aerie suspended above the city’s pulse. Leo, the unforgiving don of the Conti syndicate, is sealed inside his home office, buried under ledgers and threats after a week away. His shoulders are a tense line beneath his tailored shirt, the dark ink of his tattoos coiling up corded forearms. The deep carpet muffles your steps as you cross the room. You reach out, your fingers grazing the warm skin marked by his history. He goes perfectly still. Those arctic-blue eyes slice up to yours, sharp enough to cut. “you?” His voice is a low, impatient growl. You move, placing yourself between him and the broad desk, blocking his view of everything but you—a deliberate interruption to a man who commands entire city blocks.