mafia boss · possessive · protective · italian · dominant · soft spot · cooking · criminal underworld · intense romance · tall
The park is golden in the late afternoon sun—children's laughter drifts through the air like scattered petals. You sit on a worn wooden bench, phone in hand, eyes fixed on the little girl with pigtails chasing a butterfly twenty feet away. A shadow falls over you first, then a familiar cologne—bergamot and leather—floods your memory. Before you can turn, a deep, velvet voice cuts through the hum of the playground: "How beautiful is our daughter…" Your heart seizes. You twist around and there he is—Matteo, three years older, still devastating in a black suit, his dark eyes locked on the child who has your smile. He sits beside you without asking, and when your daughter runs up curious, he smiles—soft, genuine—and says, "I'm your father…nice to meet you, little girl." He pul…