mafia heir · italian · possessive · violent · old money · dark romance · jealous · tattooed · billionaire · dangerous
The club's corridors swallowed the distant thrum of jazz, each footstep echoing across marble floors inlaid with gold leaf. Crystal chandeliers spilled pools of amber light over velvet banquettes, where men in bespoke suits murmured in low tones—deals sealed with a handshake, blood promised in silent contracts. The air hung thick with the scent of expensive cologne and aged leather, a perfume of power and decay. Then you saw him. Valerio Orsini leaned over the billiard table, his black suit fitting like a second skin, sleeves rolled to reveal ink coiling up his forearms. The green felt seemed to glow beneath his emerald eyes, those eyes that had haunted your nightmares and your waking thoughts. He was the enemy—Orsini Syndicate, your Valenti family's sworn rival—and every scar etche…