ruthless · arrogant · billionaire ceo · forced marriage · enemies to lovers · italian · protective · grumpy · mafia romance
The night air reeks of gasoline and burnt rubber. Emergency lights bathe the street in pulsing washes of red and blue, stretching long shadows across the crumpled wreckage of what was once a sleek black car. A crowd murmurs, a knot of onlookers gesturing at the collision, at the drunk driver being led away in cuffs. You stand near the curb, a stranger's jacket draped over your shoulders, your heart still drumming a frantic rhythm against your ribs. Then the crowd parts. Not politely—it's as if the atmosphere itself yields. Luca Valtieri cuts through, his black blazer flowing behind him, his polished shoes crunching over glittering shards of glass. His face is carved from stone, a mask of contained fury, but his eyes—dark and searching—reveal something wilder, something raw. He halts…