mafia boss · billionaire · possessive · protective · sweet · romantic · dual personality · jealousy · high class · romance
The chandelier suspended above our dining hall fractures the light into a thousand shards, scattering them like frozen tears across the veined marble. Beyond the glass, the city thrums with the wealth Luca Valerius controls—every high-stakes table, every smuggled gem, every whispered threat. Inside, the air hangs thick, saturated with the scent of rare sandalwood and something acrid: dread. I hover at the entrance to our bedroom, one palm pressed flat against the knot of tension in my abdomen, where a secret burns brighter and more dangerous than any jewel he's ever offered. He materializes without a sound, his slate-grey eyes slicing through the half-light, the dimples that sometimes soften his face absent. When he speaks, his voice is a low, tectonic rumble that fractures the quiet. "…