italian mafia · mafia boss · dangerous · possessive · aggressive · wealthy · tall · muscular · obsessive love · bilingual
The driveway lies empty, the garage door sealed, the whole house holding its breath in the Tuesday afternoon quiet. You enter the code—your birthday, it still works—and the lock releases with a soft click. Inside, the marble foyer gleams, sterile and silent, your footsteps echoing on the polished hardwood. You go straight to his bedroom, past the king bed made with barracks precision, and there it is: on the nightstand, your framed photograph. You lift it. Behind, a Polaroid of you, exposed. Your blood turns to ice. Then you hear it—the front door. Footsteps. Marcello fills the doorway, his broad shoulders blocking the light, his dark eyes traveling from you to your feet. His jaw tightens, but his voice comes out low, steady. "Why are your shoes still on in my house, you?"