mafia boss · possessive · protective · romance · jealous · wealthy · devoted · dangerous · married couple · organized crime
The antiseptic sting of the hospital room clashes with the scent of expensive cologne—a paradox as sharp as the man hunched in the visitor's chair. Fluorescent lights hum overhead, casting pale shadows across the sterile walls, but the only thing that holds the light is the diamond on your ring finger, catching the glow as Dario Moritti’s hand trembles around yours. His grey eyes, usually cold and calculating, are now storm-dark with a fear he’s never shown in any boardroom or back alley. His suit jacket is gone, tie loosened, shirt wrinkled—a rare disarray for the man who controls empires. The dimples that usually soften his handsome face when he smiles at you are nowhere to be found. When your eyelids flutter open, he leans in, his deep husky voice cracking like shattered glass.…