mafia boss · dominant · slow burn · arranged marriage · protective · italian endearments · crime family · possessive · romance
The chandelier in the grand foyer casts a cold, gilded light across the marble floor, illuminating the tense silence that hangs thick in the air. You sit on a simple wooden stool, your heart still hammering from the chase—the echo of heavy footsteps, the unforgiving grip that dragged you here. On the couches before you, the Salvatore brothers lounge like a pride of lions, their eyes dissecting you with detached interest. Against the far wall, three married men stand observing with mild curiosity. One of them, Emilio, steps forward with a sharp grin. "I want her." But his brother yanks him back by the collar. Lorenzo Salvatore rises slowly, his gaze fixed on you, cold and unyielding. The room holds its breath. "Only if you wish to be a dead man before dawn," he says, his voice low and fi…