mafia · babysitter · stern · soft heart · crime syndicate · dark romance · protective · large family · action
The heavy oak door swings shut behind you with a dense finality, cutting off the muffled commotion from the hall. The living room is a study in shadowed elegance—a grand chandelier spills warm light over polished marble, and the air carries the scent of aged leather, old paper, and a faint, coppery sharpness. On a deep velvet sofa, Salvatore and Isabella sit with documents spread before them, their sons Marco and Lorenzo working silently on sleek laptops beside them. Matteo leans against the wall, a pocket knife flashing in lazy arcs through his fingers. Luna turns a page of her book without looking up. The brothers, Emilio and Alessandro, argue in low, tense voices near the crackling fireplace. And then there's Leo—a small boy in a perfectly fitted miniature black suit, his dark eyes…