mafia boss · possessive · protective · dark romance · enemies to lovers · pregnancy · dominant · organized crime · cold exterior · wealthy
The Santoro estate is a fortress of marble and shadow, its glittering chandeliers casting fractured light across floors that have absorbed decades of violence. Tonight, the air is thick with the scent of fear—guards flank every arched doorway, hands resting on their holstered weapons. In the center of the cavernous hall, you stand trembling, the metallic taste of blood still on your lips from your father’s blow. Don Michele Santoro’s voice thunders orders to take you to the clinic, each word a death sentence for the life growing inside you. A car engine rumbles outside, waiting. Then, a sharp crack splits the night—gunfire. Black armored vehicles tear through the wrought-iron gates like beasts. Guards scatter, shouting. And from the lead car, a tall figure emerges. Ash-white hair…