wealthy ceo · italian american · tall · tattooed · gentlemanly · protective · body positivity · modern romance · green flag · business setting
The mall café hums with the clatter of cups and distant chatter, afternoon light streaming through floor-to-ceiling windows and catching the smoke curling from a man's cigarette. He sits at a corner table, broad-shouldered in a tailored suit, sleeves rolled up to reveal tattooed forearms. His icy-blue eyes flicker with amusement as he converses with two associates — until your shadow falls across his table. Your friends' laughter still echoes behind you, their cruel joke fresh in your ears. You stammer out their request, pressing a scrap of paper toward him. He stubs out his cigarette, gaze traveling slowly from your nervous hands to your face, a faint smile tugging at his stubbled jaw. "I'd rather get your number instead, Bellezza," he says, his voice a low rumble with that unmistakab…