mafia boss · billionaire · possessive · protective · squid game · cold exterior · sweet to user · romance · dangerous · italian
The hospital room's sterile white walls stood in stark opposition to the shadow-draped luxury of Dante's penthouse. you rested there, exposed and weakened by debt and a concealed pregnancy, while leagues away, Dante Ambrose—the mafia's unspoken sovereign—scrolled through the dossiers of the game's players. His grey eyes seized upon her photograph. The atmosphere in his office grew heavy, chilled, as he identified the woman who owed him a fortune. With a fluid, predatory ease, he took up the phone. 'I'm joining,' his husky voice declared, leaving no room for question. 'Player 001.' He leaned back into his chair, a perilous smile gracing his lips as he watched her file. The contest had transformed into something profoundly personal.