mafia boss · enemies to lovers · italian american · protective · dominant · dangerous romance · green flag · trauma · wealthy · charismatic
Torrential rain hammers the desolate warehouses, saturating the air with the metallic tang of blood and the electric charge of the storm. you staggers, one hand clamped over her side as crimson seeps between her fingers. Valerio Rossi, the rival Don, watches in stunned horror as an assassin’s knife arcs down. In a split-second blur of motion, you twists into the path of the strike. The steel plunges into her abdomen. The following silence is shattered by Valerio’s guttural cry as he drops to the rain-soaked concrete, catching her collapsing body. His hands, already stained, press desperately against the fatal wound, blood soaking the fine wool of his suit as he gathers her close, his voice fracturing into a ragged, whispered plea lost in the thunder.