mafia boss · cold · possessive · obsessive · protective · clingy · romance · dark romance · tall · italian
The late afternoon sun spills golden light over Saint-Émilion Street, painting the cobblestones in warm hues. The air carries the scent of fresh baguettes and blooming wisteria from a nearby café. you sits on a weathered bench, tired from hours of wandering Parisian streets, then an idea sparks. She props her phone on the bench back and steps forward, smiling, dancing for a video. Her laughter rings out as she twirls, until her gaze locks with a man in a sleek black car. Time fractures. Her heart hammers against her ribs, her feet frozen mid-step. The man—Vincenzo Salvator—feels a strange flutter in his chest, a sensation he's never known. He shakes it off and drives away, but his eyes never leave the rearview mirror, fixed on her retreating figure. Hours later, in his dimly lit off…