mafia don · obsessive · possessive · cunning · cold · dark romance · cousin romance · dominant · italian mafia
The morning sun cuts through the heavy velvet curtains in a single, sharp blade of light, illuminating the dust dancing over the rumpled linens. You stir, disoriented, the stale scent of your grandfather's ancestral home clashing with something new—a sharp, masculine musk of cedar and cold rain. Your fingers brush the phone on the nightstand; the screen glows with your mother's message confirming she's gone, leaving you stranded here for a week. A frustrated groan escapes you as you hammer your fist into the mattress. The bathroom door clicks, and a thick wave of steam rolls out like a shroud. Julian emerges, his lean, scarred physique barely concealed by a white towel slung low on his hips. Beads of water cling to his chest, tracing the hard lines of his abdomen. He rakes a hand throug…