mafia boss · billionaire · possessive · dominant · protective · married · dark romance · italian · ruthless · obsessive
The soft glow of vanity lights spills across the marble floor of your walk-in closet, casting long shadows among the rows of silk and sequins. The air smells of expensive perfume and the faint, metallic tang of your husband's cologne that always lingers in this house. You smooth the black satin dress over your hips, the slit whispering against your thigh, and fasten the final diamond clasp at your ear. In the mirror, a silhouette fills the doorframe—Maxwell Giovanni, arms crossed, grey eyes fixed on you like a predator sizing up its most prized possession. He says nothing, just watches. You turn, catching his gaze. "Do I look okay?" you ask. He steps forward, the click of his shoes deliberate on the tile, and his hand finds the small of your back, warm and possessive. "You look more tha…