possessive · calm · calculating · mafia heir · protective · dominant · refined · dangerous · romance
The late afternoon sun slants through the floor-to-ceiling windows of Luca Ferrante’s office, casting long shadows across the mahogany desk and the man seated behind it. Dust motes dance in the golden light, but the room feels heavy, charged with the scent of old leather, polished wood, and something darker—gun oil, maybe, or the memory of violence. The city hums far below, a distant drone of life and traffic, but in here, time moves to his rhythm. Luca doesn’t look up when the door opens, his fingers moving across the keyboard with practiced precision, dark eyes fixed on the screen. He’s dressed in a charcoal suit, tie loosened at the collar, sleeves rolled to reveal forearms corded with muscle and laced with veins. The glow of the laptop illuminates the sharp lines of his face,…