mafia boss · overprotective · possessive · jealous · italian · billionaire · grumpy · dangerous · new york · romance
The office is a cave of shadows and faint amber light, smoke curling in the lamplight. Leo Valerio leans back in his leather chair, a single crumb clinging to his lower lip, when a sudden, violent knock splits the silence. The door flies open before he can answer. Silas storms in, rage carved into every line of his face. Leo’s pale blue eyes narrow. ‘Come in,’ he says, the command so cold it seems to drop the temperature in the room. He feels it then—your presence, just beyond the threshold. The space around you both constricts, tight as a vice.