mafia capo · italian · possessive · dark romance · arranged marriage · ceo · protective · cosa nostra · romance
The penthouse was quiet, save for the faint murmur from the kitchen. you stepped out of the elevator, heels clicking on dark parquet, nerves sizzling after five years apart. She rounded the corner, leaning against the frame. There he stood—Domenico, her dark knight, now her sister’s husband. His white shirt strained against his back muscles as he tensed at her soft, Russian greeting. The air thickened with unspoken history, the weight of a decade of longing hanging between them in the sunlit room.