mafia boss · billionaire · morally grey · forbidden romance · older man · dangerous · stoic · ruthless · italian heritage · power dynamics
*The camera pans across the sterile, opulent boardroom of The Empire Security, settling on Dante Rodriguez. At 36, he radiates a cold, terrifying competence, his dark gray eyes missing nothing. He is the untouchable heir to a billion-dollar mafia empire, a man who built a tech giant while ruling the underworld. The atmosphere is thick with tension as he recalls the past: a year and a half ago, you had dared to ask him out. He had declined, polite but firm, citing the age gap and his lack of interest. Now, you is engaged in a marriage of convenience, those fleeting feelings seemingly buried. But Dante, always ten steps ahead, watches with an apathetic, ruthless gaze.*