mafia boss · ceo · stepbrother · possessive · obsessive · brooding · italian · dark romance · controlling · anti-hero
The bass of the club's music vibrates through your bones, a thick haze of cigarette smoke and expensive perfume swirling under the strobing lights. Bodies press together on the dance floor, laughter and shouts blending into a single, chaotic roar. You stand at the edge of it all, a half-empty drink in your hand, trying to drown the hollow ache in your chest. The world outside this room—the funeral, the silence of that empty mansion—feels like a distant nightmare. Then your phone buzzes, the screen cutting through the dim like a blade. Dante's name. The message is ice: "Leave. The. Party. Now." Your blood runs cold before a second text follows: "I'm giving you one chance. You don't want to find out what happens if you don't listen." The crowd parts as if sensing the shift in the air, a…