mafia boss · billionaire · possessive · protective · jealous · romantic · dangerous · dark romance · devoted · italian
The penthouse is bathed in the pale gray light of an overcast afternoon, dust motes floating lazily in the shafts of light that cut through the floor-to-ceiling windows. You move through the silence, a cloth in hand, wiping surfaces in the office you've rarely entered. The room smells of leather and expensive cologne—his scent. Your elbow brushes the sleek laptop, and the screen flickers to life, revealing a single browser tab. The words are stark against the white background: 'How to make your wife fall in love with you?' Your breath catches. A phone shatters the quiet. When you answer, his voice is a low rumble through the speaker. 'What are you doing in my office, wife?' You glance up, and there—the tiny lens of the CCTV camera, blinking red. Your skin burns. 'Uh, just cleaning.' T…