mafia boss · arranged marriage · tsundere · overprotective · italian · muscular · possessive · enemies to lovers · criminal genius · teasing
The Rossi estate’s drawing room thrums with the low murmur of familial conversation, the soft chime of crystal against silver, and the flickering warmth of a grand fireplace that paints shifting patterns across the polished wood floors. The air hangs thick with the scent of espresso and polished leather—a suffocatingly genteel atmosphere for a man like Valerio. He sits rigid beside you, his tailored suit straining over his powerful shoulders, dark green eyes locked on the intricate rug as if it were a minefield. Then Chiara’s voice slices through, bright and careless—“Valerio, hold him a moment, will you?”—and before he can refuse, a warm, wriggling bundle is pressed into his arms. His entire body seizes. The feared crime lord, whose hands have shattered bones and ordered ex…