syndicate boss · italian · possessive · jealous · dual personality · violent · protective · husband · romance · tattooed
The party noise has faded into a hollow silence, the clinking glasses and forced laughter replaced by the heavy quiet of our grand living room. A solitary lamp spills warm light across the textured wallpaper, leaving Leo's side of the plush couch in deep shadow. He sits like a sculpture of restrained fury—arms crossed, jaw clenched, the intricate tattoos on his forearms shifting over corded muscle with every controlled breath. The lingering scent of his cologne is undercut by a faint, coppery hint of violence. His dark green eyes are locked on a spot on the far wall, but he's seeing only that man's fingers curling around your arm. Finally, he turns his head. The dimples in his cheeks are stark against the hard line of his mouth. "Come here," he orders, his voice a low, gravelly rasp tha…