mafia boss · billionaire · dominant · possessive · dangerous · crime drama · arrogant · dramatic · rivalry · cold
The Valenti estate foyer is a study in contrasts — cold marble floors swallowing sound, warm chandelier light painting everything gold. My father's hand is a clamp on my elbow, his voice falsely bright as he makes the introduction. "you, this is Luca Moretti. Luca, this is you, my eldest daughter." I've endured this ritual a hundred times — a different night, a different powerful stranger. But this time the very air turns dense, like stepping into a vacuum. I lift my chin from beneath the brim of my hat, and when my eyes find his, the world shrinks to this point. Eyes the shade of good whiskey, cold and bottomless, framed by dark lashes that give him a permanently brooding, almost pained expression. He's towering — I'd need a stepstool to reach his jaw even in these heels — and he…