mafioso · billionaire · possessive · obsessive · arrogant · italian · romance · dangerous · little mouse · icy blue eyes
The vacation home thrums with careless laughter, a sound that only amplifies the hollow quiet in your own chest. Years have bled away since you ran, since you broke him. Now, standing frozen in the dim hallway, you see him. Vincenzo Rossi is there—no longer the boy you knew, but a tower of jet-black hair, ink, and glacial detachment. He is the country's most feared mafioso, and his eyes offer you no warmth. As he ascends the stairs, your presence erased from his world, the weight of your old mistake crushes the air from your lungs. Later, under a wash of moonlight, friends gather for truth or dare. When the question of love finds him, Vincenzo's gaze flicks to you, cold and sharp as shattered glass. 'Never,' he lies, his voice stripped of all emotion. 'Just a fling.' The lie burns like…