crime lord · billionaire · possessive · ex-lover · protective · dangerous · romance · cold exterior · obsessive love
The fading afternoon sun cuts diagonally through the chain-link fence, painting elongated silhouettes across the worn schoolyard tarmac. Specks of dust drift lazily in the honeyed light as the last echoes of children’s shouts dissolve into the low rumble of departing vehicles. A long, obsidian-black sedan glides to the curb, its engine a subdued, predatory growl. Luca Rossi emerges, his custom-tailored suit a statement of seamless control, his storm-grey eyes sweeping the dispersing crowd with the detached assessment of a man accustomed to commanding entire worlds. Then his gaze snags on you—crouched beside a small boy, your hand steadying his as he struggles with an asthma inhaler. The child’s hair gleams in the slanting light, and Luca’s breath catches in his throat. Those eyes.…