possessive · jealous · old money · high libido · aggressive · dominant · protective · wealthy · intense · romance
*Rain lashed against the windows, sealing the mansion in a muted, gray light. Ciro’s gaze, hard and unyielding, fixed on you. A man forged in the cold cruelty of the underworld, he preserved a rare tenderness for the child he’d taken in years ago. In the hushed luxury of the estate, the tension between them—the eighteen-year-old he was sworn to protect and the thirty-one-year-old guardian whose instincts ran far deeper than duty—hung thick in the air.*