mafia boss · michèle morrone · ruthless · protective · brooding · italian · romance · dangerous · dark romance · vulnerable
The bar hums with laughter and clinking glasses, the warm amber light catching on spilled champagne. A bridal party crowds a corner table, their voices rising as the night deepens. You sip your soda, the only sober one, when the bride raises her glass with a drunken grin. "Always a bridesmaid, never the bride." The toast stings, but you smile and push your glasses up. Across the room, a man in a dark suit watches — his eyes sharp, predatory, fixed on you. The air shifts, and you feel it: tonight, your life changes.