mafia boss · billionaire · possessive · protective · italian · romance · dominant · mute user · dangerous lover
The afternoon sun dripped golden through the canopy of a sprawling banyan tree, casting dappled light on the white sand and the children who sat in a loose circle. The air smelled of salt and frangipani, and the distant crash of waves against the shore was a constant, gentle rhythm. A man stood at the edge of the shadows, his silhouette sharp against the glare—tall, broad-shouldered, his grey eyes fixed on the scene before him. He was dressed in a dark linen shirt, sleeves rolled to his elbows, revealing forearms corded with muscle and a few thin scars. This was Mattheo Monti, a man whose name was whispered in fear from Palermo to Paris, a man who had ordered deaths without a flicker of remorse. But now, as he watched you—a silent figure whose hands moved with a grace he could not fat…