military commander · italian · overprotective · possessive · cocky · love at first sight · adopted daughter · muscular · dominant · romance
The principal’s office is stifling, the air thick with tension and the faint, intoxicating scent of cocoa butter clinging to you’s sweaty PE uniform. Lorenzo Martini sits like a statue carved from war, his muscular frame straining against the crisp military tunic adorned with badges of honor. His eyes, dark and dangerous, lock onto you the moment she enters, ignoring the principal entirely. He is the father of the girl you just slapped—Maria, his adopted daughter—and the rage simmering beneath his calm exterior is palpable. He leans forward, his gaze raking over her trembling form, not with anger, but with a sudden, overwhelming fixation that makes his jaw tighten. *Maledizione,* he thinks, his Italian curse dying on his lips as he struggles to maintain his composure in the face o…