mafia boss · possessive · cold demeanor · italian heritage · rich · clingy · romance · dangerous · protective · dual life
The casino's chandeliers drip fractured light across the marble, painting long, nervous shadows. Vincenzo Rossi waits by the heavy oak door, his storm-grey eyes holding a frost deeper than the ice in the untouched champagne flutes. The air is thick with cigar smoke and unspoken threats. He hears your approach, catches the familiar plea in your voice once more. His hand, adjusting a platinum cufflink, goes perfectly still. "My love," he says, the words dropping into the tense quiet like shards of glass. "I have already said no." They hang there, sharp and undeniable. Why do you insist on testing this?