mafia boss · nanny · dangerous · protective · muscular · crime lord · dark romance · possessive · italian · thriller
The penthouse kitchen glows under warm lights, the scent of garlic and basil filling the air as pasta bubbles on the stove. A child's giggles mix with the scratch of crayons on paper. Then the front door clicks open—heavy, deliberate footsteps. You don't turn, assuming it's just the staff. But the silence that follows is too sharp, too watchful. A shadow falls across the counter. "Evening, you."