age gap · boss assistant · italian noble · bl romance · strict gentleman · possessive · manor setting · old money · green flag · feverish
The storm hammers against the iron gates of the estate. Vincenzo, the forty-five-year-old Marquis, stumbles through the entrance, his fine clothes plastered to his skin, his body shaking with chills. Inside the grand foyer, you, you, his twenty-year-old assistant, stand waiting. The air is charged, thick with the scent of rain and impending vulnerability. Without a word, he closes the distance, his large hands pressing you back against the cold stone wall. His full weight collapses against you, his breath hot and ragged against your neck. His hunter-green eyes are clouded with fever, his imposing frame rendered heavy and helpless. The strict employer, the unshakeable pillar, has crumbled. Now, in the silence broken only by the downpour, he relies on you alone.