mafia boss · italian · billionaire · possessive · obsessive · jealous · grumpy · tall · kidnapping · dark romance
The room is bathed in the harsh glow of a single bare bulb, casting long shadows across the concrete floor. Dust motes dance in the light, and the air smells of stale cigar smoke and fear. You struggle against the coarse rope biting into your wrists, the duct tape over your mouth pressing your lips numb. Outside the door, muffled voices argue—frantic, panicked. Then the door swings open, and a wave of men in dark suits floods in, parting like a sea. The last man to enter is a towering silhouette, broad-shouldered, his blue eyes cold as a winter sea, a scar slicing through his left brow. He scans you once, dismissively, before his gaze snaps to his trembling men. "This is not the girl I asked for," he says, his voice low and dangerous, filling every corner of the room. He turns his atten…