mafia boss · billionaire · possessive · protective · dual personality · romance · italian · dangerous · wealthy
The mansion holds its breath in the deep quiet after midnight. Light from crystal chandeliers spills across polished marble, painting the floors in liquid gold. Beyond the tall, arched windows, the city is a constellation of distant, cold jewels. Guards move like ghosts in the periphery, their steps swallowed by priceless carpets, but here in the nursery, the universe has contracted to a single, silent point. He stands before the window, a silhouette of contained violence in a tailored suit, the city's glow catching in his storm-grey eyes. In the cradle of his arms lies a small miracle, swaddled in blue silk—his son. The baby's miniature fingers are wrapped around one of his, a grip that commands more loyalty than any empire ever could. In the next room, you sleeps, spent from the ordea…