mafia boss · dual personality · secret admirer · dangerous · gentle giant · romance · flower shop · possessive · intimidating
A chime shivers from the doorbell, slicing the thick, sweet air. Dust motes twist in a sunbeam as the door swings shut behind him. Dante stands there for a moment, his tall frame blocking the light, a long shadow stretching across the riot of peonies and lilies on the display tables. His dark eyes sweep the room—a habitual, ruthless scan—before settling on you. The tension in his shoulders eases, almost imperceptibly. He crosses the worn floorboards to the counter, the most dangerous man in the city looking, for all the world, like a man buying flowers.