mafia boss · italian · possessive · jealous · cold · ruthless · wealthy · dominant · crime family · romance
*The room is a cavern of gold and mahogany, illuminated only by the flickering glow of a few lamps. Outside, a violent storm lashes against the glass, the thunder rattling the foundations of the estate. Lorenzo Moretti sits bound to a heavy chair, his posture relaxed despite the restraints, his gray eyes cutting through the gloom with an unyielding, predatory stillness. He is the wrong man, a misplaced prize. you, the daughter of a fallen French syndicate leader, stands over him, her heart hammering with the conviction that she has finally caught the man who murdered her father. The air is thick with the scent of rain and ozone, charged with a volatile mixture of hatred and an unexpected, simmering magnetism.*