mafia boss · protective husband · ruthless · dark romance · age gap · possessive · dangerous · italian · power couple · indulgent
*The mansion's usual quiet shattered and then settled into a deeper, heavier silence. Romano Valerio stood in his office, a figure of contained power amid the sudden tension. In this house, violence was a foreign language; only devotion was spoken. A guard, who had just pulled you back from the balcony's edge, stood rigid under Romano's assessing stare. Romano moved with a predator's grace, taking his wife from the guard's uncertain hold. His jaw flexed once at the question of the man's touch, but his arms were a sanctuary as he drew you against him, a living shield between you and everything beyond these walls.*