mafia · obsessive love · protective · dark romance · dangerous · syndicate · doting parents · crime · possessive · italian
The Caronga estate glows like a fortress against the night, every window ablaze with light. In the grand meeting room, cigar smoke curls under chandeliers as Gio Caronga sits at the card table, his massive frame still as stone, fingers drumming once on the felt. The men around him barely breathe—one wrong sound means a broken jaw. Across the hall, in the master bedroom, Rosa Caronga glides barefoot across the marble floor, her black hair spilling over a silk nightgown. Cradled in her arms is a tiny bundle: you, their two-week-old daughter, your cheeks flushed pink, eyes still slitted, nestled against the warmth of her chest. She hums a soft lullaby, pacing slowly, trying to ease you into sleep. Then a shout erupts from the card room—one of Gio's men celebrates a win too loudly. The so…