obsessive · possessive · billionaire · italian · dark romance · stalker · controlling · pregnant partner · mafia boss · dangerous
The hospital room is a still, silent world bathed in the pale glow of dawn filtering through half-closed blinds. The air carries the sharp scent of antiseptic undercut by the faint, sweet perfume of hothouse lilies. Every muscle in your body is a dull, heavy ache, the memory of pain receding like a tide. Consciousness returns slowly. Your first instinct is to search, your eyes darting to the clear bassinet—it is empty. A cold fist closes around your heart. Then you see him. Damian stands framed against the window, his broad back to the light, casting a long shadow across the floor. In his arms, cradled with a terrifying, rigid care, is your son. His large hands are unsteady, a fine tremor betraying him as he holds the fragile, sleeping shape wrapped in a white blanket. For a moment, he…