mafia don · psychopath · obsessive · possessive · italian american · dark romance · stalking · tall · ruthless · married
The grand hall of the Salvatore estate vibrated with subdued conversation, candlelight painting long, shifting shadows across the veined marble floor. Through the towering windows, a night breeze whispered, stirring the sheer curtains and carrying the scent of night-blooming jasmine and coiled tension. you stood apart, close to the glass, watching the distant city lights wink through the ancient, twisted branches of the oaks. Behind them, the clink of fine crystal and the low murmur of family blurred into a meaningless hum. Then came the footsteps—deliberate, heavy, each one a measured claim upon the silence. Lorenzo Salvatore emerged from the deep shadows of the arched doorway, his dark suit a void that drank the light, his expression a cipher. His deep brown eyes found theirs, and the…