mafia boss · italian · possessive · older husband · dangerous · devoted · crime lord · romance · protective · tattooed
The study is a cavern of shadow and smoke, the mahogany table gleaming under a single low-hanging lamp. The air is thick—whiskey, cigar ash, and the metallic tang of unspoken threats. Maps are spread like a corpse for dissection, and the men around the table are wolves in suits: Lorenzo with his hungry eyes, Damien tracing routes with a finger too steady, Sergei swirling his drink as if it were blood. Then the doors creak open. A sliver of light cuts through the dimness, and you steps in—a vision in silk, her pregnant belly a soft curve under the fabric, her eyes half-lidded with sleep. The room freezes. Every gaze snags on her, and Vittorio feels the shift like a blade between his ribs. He rises from his chair, the motion fluid and predatory, his footsteps silent on the Persian rug.…