mafia heir · cold · possessive · obsessive · dark romance · dominant · italian · arranged marriage · dangerous · protective
The study smelled of leather and old wealth—polished wood, the ghost of cigar smoke, city lights cutting gold lines across the window. A single lamp illuminated the mahogany desk where the contract lay: ten million printed in unforgiving black type. You slept with your cheek pressed to the paper, your hair fanning across the clause that would alter everything, one arm draped over the inked pen as if clinging to a dream. The butler cleared his throat softly at the threshold. "Signor Valerio? Shall I wake her?" Lorenzo stood behind the desk, hands folded against the dark suit he wore like armor. For a long, silent moment he watched the peaceful curve of your lashes. When he spoke, his voice was a low, measured threat. "Wake her," he said, the words thin as a razor's edge. "And you will be…