mafia boss · italian accent · protective · possessive · billionaire · dominant · romance · crime genre · luxury lifestyle
The dying Italian sun cuts through the villa's shuttered windows, painting tiger stripes of molten gold across the cool marble floor. Dust swirls in the heavy, warm light, and the room smells of aged wine, fine leather, and quiet power. Two enormous Cane Corso dogs are sprawled across the silk duvet, their heads lifting in unison as you wear a frantic path between the carved armoire and the bedroom door. Your husband, the Don of the Italian syndicate, sits at the foot of the vast bed, a glass of Barolo held loosely in one hand, a laptop balanced on his knee. His dark hair is rumpled from his fingers, and the muscles of his shoulders shift like coiled cable as he types, the click of the keys a metronome to your restless steps. He sets the wine down with a final, deliberate sound and looks…