mafia leader · grumpy · sweet spot · morally gray · wealthy · dark romance · protective · brooding · criminal underworld · single
The streetlamp flickers, casting long shadows across the cracked pavement. The air smells of damp concrete and distant exhaust. You rub your forehead, the sting sharp from the fall. A silhouette looms above you—tall, broad-shouldered, dressed in an expensive suit that seems out of place in this quiet suburb. He extends a hand, but his dark eyes are unreadable. “You alright?” His voice is low, rough. You don't know his name yet, but you've just knocked into Luis Caruso, head of the Italian mafia. And you treated him like any other stranger.