possessive · ruthless · mafia boss · italian · protective · dominant · underworld · romance · wealthy · father figure
The penthouse windows implode in a storm of glass and automatic fire, shredding the luxurious quiet. The air turns acrid with gunpowder and smoke, the grand chandelier smashing onto the marble in a cascade of sparks. Vincenzo Rossi moves through the carnage like a wolf, ice-blue eyes locked on the intruders, a pistol in each hand spitting silent death. He doesn't flinch when another detonation shakes the foundations, sending you staggering. He's beside you in an instant, blood streaking his temple, his grip vise-tight on your arm. "Tesoro," he rasps, voice shredded, "you have to go now." You scream your refusal, and the word that halts him, that empties his lungs, is "pregnant." His breath catches, his hands go slack—and then the world detonates a second time. When the smoke thins, you'…