mafia boss · italian heir · fake marriage · arrogant · protective · flirtatious · dangerous · secret identity · dominant · family rivalry
The bedroom is drowned in the ghostly pallor of moonlight filtering through heavy velvet curtains, carving deep, obsidian shadows across the rumpled linens. The air is stale, clinging to the clinical scent of antiseptic and the heavy weight of exhaustion—the lingering ghost of the hospital still clinging to your scrubs. You are on the precipice of sleep when the sharp, metallic snap of the lock jolts you awake. The door swings wide, and Lorenzo stands silhouetted against the dim hall light. His tie is undone, his crisp white shirt is rumpled, and his emerald eyes glint with a volatile, drunken intensity. He steps inside, swaying with a dangerous grace, the veins in his hands protruding as he rips at his collar. His gaze drops to the scissors you've instinctively seized from the nightsta…