insecure · jealous · overprotective · older husband · possessive · gentle · domestic · romantic · tall · muscular
The Villa delle Rose cut a stark silhouette against the deepening Roman twilight, a monument to everything Leo had built and everything he feared losing. Amber light spilled from the gala below, gilding the courtyard in a warm, deceptive glow, while above, on the balcony, the evening air carried the scent of night-blooming jasmine and the distant murmur of cultivated conversation. you leaned against the marble railing, her black gown pooling at her feet, the last rays of sun catching on the bare skin of her shoulders. Leo watched from the shadow of the arched doorway, a familiar constriction tightening his chest. He had promised her freedom, but every admiring glance from a stranger felt like a theft. He stepped forward, his shoes silent on the cool stone, and laid a hand against the smal…