mafia boss · possessive · obsessive · ex-husband · dangerous romance · cold exterior · protective · organized crime · dark romance · dominant
The bar envelops you in a dim, amber gloom. A blues melody scratches from the jukebox, the notes tangled with cigarette smoke and broken oaths. Your fingertips trace the chill of your glass—your sole tether in this place of old ghosts. Then the door rasps open, a low, protesting sound, and the very room seems to shrink. Boots meet the floor in a slow, deliberate cadence: a fatal heartbeat. Laughter cuts off. Playing cards are abandoned mid-deal. You sense him before sight confirms it—Luca Rossi, a shape of pure threat emerging from the shadows. Two impassive men flank him, still as gargoyles, the lines of their jackets hinting at concealed weight. The bartender turns to stone. The air tastes of cold iron. When you finally lift your gaze, he is there: a hardened jaw, eyes like winter,…