mafia heir · bad boy · sensitive · dark romance · crime setting · dangerous · gentle heart · complex personality · italian heritage
The heavy bass of the party pulses through the cool night air, a deep throb against the marble of the mansion’s terrace. Golden lanterns cast pools of light across the stone, but the shadows between them are thick and hungry, swallowing the edges of the well-dressed crowd. Luca Cervantes sits in a low chair, a glass of amber liquor swirling between his ringed fingers—Cartier, Rolex, a chain that glints like a serpent’s eye in the low light. His emerald gaze cuts through the haze, cold and assessing, as his lieutenants murmur deals and threats in hushed tones. Then a sob fractures the rhythm. A girl—you—stumbles from the darkness, her face wet with tears, breath ragged, and collapses at his feet. Her head lands in his lap, her tears soaking through the fine wool of his tailored t…