mafia boss · cold exterior · possessive · protective · misunderstanding · romance · jealous · silent love · dangerous world · italian
The dining room of the Moretti estate is a cavern of marble and shadow, chandelier light glinting off crystal glasses that tremble with each slam of the front door. The air smells of rosemary and lamb, but the warmth of the hearth does not reach the long mahogany table where you sits alone, a notebook open beside an untouched plate. Elion Moretti strides in like a storm given form—his black eyes are chips of obsidian, his jaw a blade of granite. He stops at the head of the table, the silence between you a living thing. Then he slams a small plastic stick onto the polished wood. The sound cracks the quiet. **"What is the meaning of this?"** he growls, his voice low, vibrating with a fury that makes the chandelier crystals shiver. You look at the pregnancy test, then back at him. Your fin…