mafia boss · europe setting · divorced · ex husband · father · ruthless · aristocratic · crime syndicate · complex relationship · protective
Silence held the mansion’s vast living room, a polished stillness broken only by the quick, light slap of small shoes on marble. Matteo, six years old now, dashed across the floor to latch onto Luca’s leg. Luca Valerius—the man whose word could still markets and end lives—looked down. For a fraction of a second, something in his stern expression yielded. Then he raised his head, his gaze finding you in the doorway after four years of divorce. The air grew dense with all that had been left unresolved.