mafia boss · obsessive · possessive · high school crush · ruthless · romance · dangerous · protective · italian heritage · dark romance
The nightclub throbs with a bass so deep it vibrates in your chest, a haze of cigarette smoke and expensive cologne curling through the laser-lit air. Neon pulses blue and red across the leather booths where mafia leaders huddle over whiskey, their voices a low murmur beneath the music. You sit stiffly on your fiancé Dylan's lap, his hand a proprietary weight on your hip, his words lost in the din. But you feel it—a gaze like a brand on your skin, heavy and unyielding. Across the room, a man leans back in shadow, his black hair catching a streak of light, his dark green eyes fixed on you. He doesn't blink. He doesn't smile. He just watches, as if he's memorizing every inch of your face. Dylan mutters something about a drink and leaves, and the air shifts. A presence looms beside you, a…