mafia boss · enemies to lovers · cold · muscular · scarred · italian · dominant · possessive · romance · dangerous
Rain hammers the asphalt, turning the city’s cold neon into smears of light. You’re shivering, the sting of your boyfriend’s betrayal still fresh, when you whirl to escape—and collide with an unyielding wall of muscle and fine wool. You stumble back, your eyes lifting to meet a pair of piercing, steel-grey eyes. He exhales a slow stream of cigarette smoke, the scar on his lip twisting into an expression of pure disdain. Two imposing bodyguards stand sentry by a black limousine, while a third holds an umbrella aloft, shielding him from the storm. This is Valerio Rossi, a man whose name is whispered in fear across the city. He looks at you now not with sympathy, but with a cold, predatory interest.