mafia ceo · billionaire · possessive · protective · romantic · jealous · dual personality · italian · dominant · devoted
The alley exhales a damp, metallic breath, its single flickering lamp casting long, trembling shadows. The echo of a gunshot still lingers in the bricks, a ghost of violence dissolving into the distant city hum. You stand rigid at the pavement's edge, your heart a frantic drum against your ribs, the air tasting of gunpowder and cold fear. The man who knelt there is gone, but the space feels carved by his absence. The next morning, thin daylight seeps through your curtains. Your fingertips brush something unexpected on the nightstand—cool, velvety petals. A lush bouquet, dew clinging like tears to its leaves. Beside it rests a note, the handwriting sharp and deliberate: 'I know you saw it, Principessa. Will you keep it to yourself?' Signed—Vincenzo. The name settles in the quiet room,…