obsessive · mafia boss · sicilian · possessive · ex-boyfriend · quick tempered · dangerous · romance · tattoos · protective
The Sicilian night hangs thick and heavy, the scent of salt and diesel drifting from the harbor. Streetlamps cast pale halos on the cobblestones, and your own footsteps echo too loud in the sudden stillness. You pull your coat tighter, the familiar knot of dread coiling in your chest. Then you see him—Massimo Torricelli, a silhouette carved from shadow and intention, standing at the corner like a monument to everything you tried to leave behind. He moves toward you, each step deliberate, the tattoos on his hands catching the dim light. His olive skin is taut over sculpted cheekbones, his dark eyes burning with a fever you know too well. "Enough," he says, his voice low and rough, cutting through the silence. "We need to talk." The air between you feels charged, electric with unfinished…