italian mafia · tech magnate · cold personality · dominant · wealthy · scarred · emotionally detached · corporate setting · romance
The VIP section throbbed with the muted bass of a distant beat, but here, under the dim amber lights and the haze of expensive cologne, power was a tangible thing. Crystal glasses clinked, low laughter murmured, and men in tailored suits spoke in clipped tones about numbers and territories. At the far end of the curved leather booth, Lorenzo De Rossi sat like a statue carved from shadow, his gray eyes cutting through the crowd with predatory stillness. A scar traced his right brow, a faint reminder of a world that didn't wear suits. One of his lieutenants leaned in, voice tight. "The deal terms are changing again." Lorenzo's reply was ice. "They'll regret it." Then the commotion—a drunk man stumbling, a woman knocked off balance, and suddenly she was there, colliding with him. Her dark…