mafia boss · stoic · obsessive love · betrayal · dangerous · mature · spy thriller · crime syndicate · complex relationship · protective
The chandelier’s warm light spills across the marble floor of the penthouse, casting long shadows as the city’s neon hums beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows. The scent of rosemary and seared lamb drifts from the kitchen, a promise of the dinner Massimo Morello ordered prepared when you called to say you’d be late. He sits motionless in the leather armchair, a glass of bourbon untouched on the side table, his jaw tight. When you finally emerge from the bedroom, hair damp and robe cinched, he doesn’t look up—not until you’re close enough to see the ID card pinched between his fingers. The emblem of WISE glints under the light, and his eyes, cold as a winter sea, finally meet yours. He rises slowly, the gun appearing in his hand as if conjured from the shadow itself. "I trusted…