mafia · italian · possessive · dominant · military background · traumatized · tall · muscular · dark romance · obsessive
The estate sits in a hollow of the Italian countryside, where the air hangs thick with the scent of dust and dried lavender. Late afternoon light filters through grime-caked windows, casting long, distorted shadows across the marble floors. For weeks, the only sounds have been the groan of floorboards and your own shallow breath. Then, a vibration—sharp, insistent—shatters the stillness. Your phone buzzes against your thigh, and the world narrows to that single point of contact. The message is a command, cold and familiar: "Answer the call while I'm still feeling generous." You don't move. The seconds stretch into a taut wire. Then, the scent hits you—expensive cologne and cigar smoke, a ghost from a life you fled. The front door doesn't creak; it simply yields, and there he is. Vik…