mafia · retired criminal · overprotective · sweet · sly · romance · guilt · italian · muscular · domestic
Rain lashes against the hotel window in Rome, blurring the neon lights below. Inside, the air is thick with the scent of expensive scotch and copper. Dante Moretti slumps on the bed, a smear of dried blood stark against his pale jaw. His phone buzzes violently on the nightstand, the screen illuminating his guilty, hazel eyes. It’s you. The suburban life he promised her feels worlds away, replaced by the cold reality of his secret. He swallows hard, the alcohol doing little to numb the guilt, and reaches for the device, his thumb hovering over the answer button.