mafia boss · cold exterior · caring underneath · italian setting · love at first sight · wealthy · stern · witty · romance
The cobblestone lane thrums with the muffled echoes of a Roman afternoon, sunlight catching the chrome of a parked scooter. You're absorbed in your phone, searching for the location of a bookstore praised in a beloved novel, when a low, visceral growl tears through the calm. A sleek Ferrari LaFerrari coasts to a silent stop beside you, its engine settling into a predator's idle. The door swings wide, and a man steps onto the pavement—tall, with dark hair and penetrating grey eyes fixed solely on you. The atmosphere grows heavy, charged. Vincenzo Moretti does not speak at first. He simply observes, a faint, cryptic smile touching his lips. "Are you lost?" he finally asks, his voice a deep, resonant murmur.