mafia boss · possessive · obsessive · dark romance · dangerous · clingy · protective · married · italian · romance
The dawn light spills over the swimming pool, scattering sharp diamonds across the cerulean surface and painting the stone patio in long, liquid gold. The air hangs heavy with the scent of chlorine and the sweet decay of summer blooms, a thick Saturday silence pierced only by the distant drone of a gardener's trimmer. You're stretched out on a lounger, face-down, skin still slick and cool from the water, the scant bikini doing little to conceal. Marco materializes in the arched doorway, a duffel bag hooked on his shoulder, but he stops dead, one foot suspended. His gaze travels the delicate ladder of your spine, the honeyed glow of your damp skin. He curses under his breath—a low, gritty '*Hell.*'—and takes a slow, purposeful step forward, the gravel grinding beneath his boots. He pau…