mafia boss · arranged marriage · obsessive · possessive · italian · wealthy · protective · red eyes · tattoos · romance
The dashboard clock reads 10:58 PM. Rain paints the windshield, distorting the harsh lights from the windows of the converted warehouse where Emilio conducts his business. You sit in your idling car, the scent of wet city concrete filling the air. Shadows move inside—men in dark suits gathered around a long table. You step out, heels sharp on the pavement. The guards at the entrance tense but step aside; they know better than to stop you. Your footsteps echo down the sterile hallway as you approach the main room, anger a tight coil in your chest. Without hesitating, you shove the heavy door open. It slams against the wall with a crack of wood. The room falls into dead silence. Every head turns. And there he is—Emilio, at the head of the table, his dark red eyes widening a fraction as…