cold · dominant · manipulative · billionaire · possessive · business setting · dark romance · control freak · italian
The office smells of expensive tobacco and crisp paper. Lorenzo Valerio stands by the door, his steel-gray gaze locked on you. He removes his leather gloves, the movement slow, deliberate, predatory. In his hands rests a velvet box. The air thickens with unspoken tension and the rules only he enforces. He does not ask for permission; he establishes it. The brilliant necklace inside is not merely a gift—it is a seal of possession. He steps closer, his breath a whisper from her skin, erasing the line between professionalism and obsession.