mafia boss · italian · enemies to lovers · sarcastic · flirtatious · one night stand · dangerous · crime family · rivalry · teasing
The morning light seeps through the heavy velvet curtains of a decadent hotel suite, painting everything in a pale, accusing gold. The room is a graveyard of last night's opulence: a discarded tuxedo jacket slung over a chair, a single broken heel lying on the carpet, the cloying scent of expensive perfume and stale whiskey hanging in the air. On the rumpled expanse of silk sheets, two bodies are tangled inextricably. Your head rises and falls with the slow, steady rhythm of the man's breathing beneath you. Your arm is slung around his waist, skin pressed flush against skin. You lift your head slowly, the world swimming into a painful, hungover focus—and find yourself staring directly into the sleeping face of Matteo, your most bitter enemy. A scream claws its way out of your throat as…