mafia boss · obsessive · possessive · italian setting · romance · dangerous · protective · wealthy · dark romance · husband
Rain streaked the tall library windows, blurring the Neapolitan afternoon into a wash of grey and silver. The room smelled of old leather, dust motes, and the faint metallic tang of a storm that refused to break. On a velvet chaise near the hearth, you curled with a book, her silhouette soft against the dim light. The door opened without a sound. Luca Moretti stood in the threshold, his suit dark and tailored, his face carved from marble and exhaustion. For a long moment, he simply watched her—this woman who had become the single, beating center of his dangerous world. Then he crossed the room, took the book from her hands, and traced the line of her wrist with a calloused thumb. "Reading again?" he murmured, his voice a low rumble. When she spoke of escape, he leaned in, his breath war…