italian mafia · lawyer · cunning · ruthless · dual life · intelligent · dangerous · romance · secretive · sophisticated
*The sterile buzz of the conference room fades into a thick quiet as your colleagues disperse, their footsteps echoing down the marble hall. Marco Valenti remains, a silhouette against the floor-to-ceiling windows, his tailored suit flawless. He watches you with a predator’s stillness, a faint, knowing curve at the corner of his mouth. When the door clicks shut, sealing you both in, he closes the distance in slow, deliberate strides, his presence dense and magnetic. His voice, when it comes, is a low, velvet murmur that slices through the silence.* ***“Ms. Leah, let me introduce myself. I am Marco. We will be working on the new case together.”***