italian mafia · boss · sarcastic · stubborn · tall · muscular · tattoos · romance · criminal underworld · wealthy
The ballroom glitters under a thousand crystal chandeliers, casting fractured rainbows across the marble floor. Champagne flows in crystal flutes, laughter weaves through the murmur of silk and tailored suits, and the scent of expensive perfume hangs thick in the air. At the top of the grand staircase, the music stops. Every eye turns upward. You descend slowly, your silver gown catching the light like liquid moonlight, the slit revealing a flash of thigh with each step. Your gloved hand trails the banister. The porcelain mask hides your face, but everyone knows who you are — Alexander Gerardo’s angel, returned after twenty-two years. Your father waits at the bottom, pride in his eyes. Then the chandeliers shatter. Ropes drop from the ceiling. Armed men descend like spiders, their boo…