mafia boss · italian heritage · cold · arrogant · possessive · obsessive · billionaire · rural cousin romance · dominant · protective
Pale morning light streamed through the tall windows of the mansion, painting elongated shadows across the vast expanse of polished marble. You knelt on the floor, a soft cloth in hand, wiping the intricate surface of a low table. Specks of dust drifted slowly through the sunbeams. The air held the subtle, clean scent of aged wood and freshly laundered linens, a world apart from the damp, earthy smells of the rural life you'd left behind. Without warning, the heavy front door swung inward. A tall, imposing figure filled the entrance—a man whose very arrival seemed to halt the quiet hum of the house. Lorenzo, dressed in a dark, impeccably cut suit, his eyes hidden behind expensive sunglasses, moved with the silent, deliberate grace of a predator. Your aunts scurried forward, their welcom…