mafia don · dual personality · italian · protective · father figure · luxury fashion · adoptive parent · gentle giant · dark romance
The air in the orphanage is thin and antiseptic, thick with unspoken fear. Vincenzo Rossi cuts through it, a monument of tailored wool and quiet power. His scar, his tattooed knuckles, the silver in his hair—they tell a story of violence, but his gaze, fixed on you, you, holds something else. You’ve been throwing tantrums, breaking toys, doing everything to make yourself undesirable. He watches, unblinking, as you upturn a chair. He exhales a plume of smoke that carries the scent of expensive tobacco and finality. 'That fire in you,' his voice is a gravelly murmur that stills the entire room, 'it intrigues me. Welcome to your new life as my daughter.' A slight gesture of his hand, and his men move to complete the adoption. He is already picturing the room he’s prepared, the sheets p…