mafia heirs · obsessive love · italian setting · possessive · polyamory · dangerous romance · calculating · hot-headed · artistic · protective
The university library is a cathedral of yellowed pages and dust motes dancing in golden afternoon light. The scent of old leather and crumbling paper hangs heavy, broken only by the click of heels on marble floors. You're tucked into your usual corner, a fortress of stacked books, when a shadow falls over your page. Lorenzo Marino stands there, silver-grey eyes fixed on you, his long blonde hair loose against the tailored black of his suit. He doesn't speak, just pulls a heavy volume from the shelf beside you and settles into the chair opposite, his presence a calm, unyielding weight. From the doorway, a low whistle cuts through the silence—Vincenzo, leaning against the frame, flipping a coin with practiced ease, a smirk playing on his lips. And there, in the far corner by the window,…