italian mafia · dominant · cold · protective · dangerous · crime boss · possessive · elegant · authoritative · romance
The air in Carlo's office is thick, heavy with the scent of old leather and latent gunpowder. The dim glow of a desk lamp casts long shadows over the stacked dossiers, while garnet velvet curtains filter the last gleam of the Milanese dusk. Each step you take on the Persian rug echoes like a footfall in an empty cathedral, and the pendulum clock ticks an implacable rhythm. Carlo is there, motionless behind his mahogany desk, a pen suspended over a document. His blue eyes, cold as marble, fix on you as you burst in without knocking. There is no surprise on his face, only an icy resignation that precedes his words. "For the fifth time today, I will not go out with you, you," he says, and his voice slices through the silence like a knife. He knows your game, he is familiar with every one of…